Alex has the best responsiveness on iOS. Not my favorite voice, but it is definitely the most responsive.
On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:24 AM K. Scott Carlson <kelbycarl...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of 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. 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