Hi Sieghard, I'd like to try adding female siri to my roto as a second choice. For whatever reason I can't seem to figure out how to do that. Would you step me through it?
Thanks, Kimber On 9/21/17, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Kimber, I also prefer Eloquence on my computers and use Samantha on my > iPhone for the day-to-day stuff, but at normal human speaking rate I have > not yet met anybody except maybe Karla who was not very impressed with this > new female SIRI voice and I still don't know if Karla set her as the > Voiceover voice as you did and cranked up the volume. I could also not stand > her in that situation. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Kimber Gardner > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 8:52 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Siri Issue > > Ha, I thought I was the only one who didn't like the new siri voice. I > usually keep the rate set to 70% and I didn't care for her at all. I kept > her around for a day, thinking I might get used to her, but this morning I > went back to my compact Samantha. Of course I prefer Eloquence on my laptop > so go figure. > > On 9/21/17, Carla <cd5...@comcast.net> wrote: >> OK what do you have your speech rate set to. Man she sounds like a >> cackally witch to me! Lol! >> >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Rick Alfaro >> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 6:25 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: Siri Issue >> >> >> >> Hi. Totally agree with you regarding the new Siri female voice. It >> isn’t the most responsive by a long shot but the most human sounding >> I’ve ever heard on an iPhone. Hopefully, responsiveness will improve. >> Despite the small lag, I still am keeping her as my default voice >> because she’s so pleasant to listen to. As you mentioned she’s the best at >> normal human speed. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >> [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel >> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 12:11 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: RE: Siri Issue >> >> >> >> That shows how subjective TTS voices sound to us. I always preferred >> Samantha for Voiceover, to me she sounds just fine and if you truly >> have downloaded the new female american SIRI voice then I really don’t >> understand where you get the witch thing because I think she is one of >> the best TTS voices I have ever heard. I don’t have an Amazon Echo, >> but from Podcasts I heard I thought Alexa also sounds extremely good, >> but this new SIRI voice is probably the most human sounding voice I >> have ever heard. I must add that she only sounds good at regular human >> speaking volume, if you download her for Voiceover and cranc up the >> volume it’s a different story, her kind of voice is not meant to speak >> fast. >> >> Unfortunately the next update won’t change things since I’m sure after >> the amount of money and effort Apple has gone through to come up with >> that voice they won’t go back to what she sounded like before. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Sieghard >> >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >> [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner >> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 8:23 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: Siri Issue >> >> >> >> >> >> I know people that never liked Samantha because they thought she >> always sounded angry. I usually use a male voice for Siri. >> >> I tried the new female Siri voice which I had to download and I >> thought she sounded a great deal better than Samantha. >> >> So, I have no idea what the issue is for you. >> >> Richard >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 20, 2017, at 7:59 PM, Carla <cd5...@comcast.net >> <mailto:cd5...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> >> Since doing the update I'm having a problem with Siri sounding kind of >> like a witch! I have Samantha and her voice got higher and she sounds >> like a mean cacklly witch. Have any of you experienced this sort of >> thing? If so can I fix it or just wait for the next upgrade. >> >> >> >> Carla >> >> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >> list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >> or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact >> the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> . 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