I have a hearing loss and do not like Alex in any way. On my phone I use Tom or the male Siri voice. On my computer I much prefer Paul from the DecTalk Express and can't stand Eloquence in any way. He sounds to choppy and like he has a clothepin on his nose, if he had one. Just my grumpy take on the voices
Kay Malmquist kay.malmqu...@gmail.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <siegh...@live.ca> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 8:19 AM Subject: RE: Why Does Everyone Like iOS Alex so Much? 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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