Which title is it? There is the pronunciation dictionary so you can get the name pronounced phonetically. 'The problem may also be the format. Not all books are created equal. Richard
"Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education." -Victor Hugo (Sent from my iPod 6) > On Jul 9, 2016, at 8:42 PM, Gary Petraccaro <garypet...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I downloaded one of the Grimm related novels from BookShare. One of the > characters is named Whu (believe that's the spelling). For whatever reason > no voice I tried regardless of group of voice could handle the name and the > reading of that writing style was unlistenable. > I tried to follow the punctuation but couldn't get the VDR to read the > characters and punctuation so I could follow it. I'm not making a comment on > the voices or the software. It's probably my lack of proficiency in handling > the software that got in the way of my figuring out what was causing the > problem with the reading in general. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerr...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 3:35 PM > Subject: Re: Another good Voice Dream Reader voice. > > >> I really haven't gotten into different voices, figuring that I can >> adjust to most anything, and that different voices are very subjective >> to each person listening and what they like or don't like. However, >> with this discussion, I went back and browsed through all the >> available voices; wow! I ended up getting James, and after my wife >> heard him, she was very surprised that it was a TTS voice and not >> someone speaking. She liked Sally the best. So now I've got some >> choice when I want to read files or BookShare books. BTW, thanks to >> the people that have pointed out that BookShare is very easy to browse >> and download from, I never realized. I just might extend my BookShare >> membership on that fact alone, grin. >> >> Wayne >> >>> On 7/8/16, englishride...@gmail.com <englishride...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> My biggest problem with most Acapela and Ivona voices is that they kind of >>> have this weird up-and-down internation in the middle of words. It's very >>> sudden and jerky-sounding to me, and sort of sounds like the voice was put >>> through auto tuning. All the NeoSpeech voices sound a lot smoother when they >>> speak, at least in my oppinion. However, this is why we have choice, and >>> it's great to see so many options in Voice Dream Reader. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ari >>> >>>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 6:20 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> My personal favorite is Amy from Ivona which I usually have set at 375 or >>>> 395, depending on what I'm reading. >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> >>>> (From a poster of a church cemetery) >>>> When you are dead, you don't know that you are dead. It is difficult only >>>> for the others. >>>> >>>> It's the same when you are stupid. >>>> (Sent from my iPhone 5S) >>>> >>>>> On Jul 7, 2016, at 10:50 AM, englishride...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Besides Kate and James, I'm really starting to like Ashley from >>>>> NeoSpeech. I have her set to read at 255 words per minute, just like Kate >>>>> and James, both also from NeoSpeech, but I have her pitch set at 120. 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