I use either Karen or Tom for my VoiceOver. I can't stand Alex. He sounds too robotic. Better than Eloquence, though.
On 10/20/17, Michael Feir <michael.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have hearing losss and quite like the Alex voice on my iPHONE7. It's the > best compromise between responsiveness and enjoyability and I use it for > reading books quite a lot. However, in some backgrounds where I really need > the voice to cut through for me, I prefer the Australian Karen voice. An > old but reliable companion. The American Ava voice is also reasonably > pleasant. > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 12:34 PM Kay Malmquist <kay.malmqu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> 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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