That's the biggest problem I have: I typically have my voice set to
about 550 words per minute. For the human voices that makes them almost
incomprehensible, whereas not so much the synthetic voices.
On 10/20/2017 9:19 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
I think people were really looking forward to Alex because on the Mac he does
sound quite a bit better. Also, for some people with hearing loss I understand
Alex can be better than other voices.
I also still use Eloquence with Jaws although occasionally may switch to a
voice like Samantha or Nathan if I want to read a longer article or piece of
text slowly. All of the human sounding voices in my opinion don't sound good
when they speak fast. The new female SIRI voice on the uiPhone is a good
example. I think it sounds awesome, maybe the best TTS I have heard except
maybe Alexa on the Echo, but she definitely does not sound good if you go
faster than her default.
Larry is correct, voices are super subjective, some for example prefer to use
the compact iOS voice and think it sounds better than the high quality one and
I just don't hear it that way, to me the high quality is much better.
Regards,
Sieghard
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K. Scott Carlson
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 5:38 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com; Larry Lumpkin <llump...@austin.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Why Does Everyone Like iOS Alex so Much?
I agree; Eloquence is still my favorite and I haven't found anything to replace it. I
actually find the "human" sounding voices to sound really weird.
On 10/20/2017 8:37 AM, Larry Lumpkin wrote:
Synthesizer voices are highly subjective and very much a matter of personal
taste. I like eloquence and wouldn't use another voice if I had a choice and
would do so if IoS offered it but that is just my personal preference.
-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of K. Scott Carlson
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 7:33 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Why Does Everyone Like iOS Alex so Much?
The subject pretty much says it all. I've tried using his voice a number
of times, and it sounds weirdly robotic and muffled to me. Not appealing at
all. What is the appeal for people, since it was such a big deal when it was
added?
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