What I've taken to doing is using Tom for VoiceOver and Samantha for
VoiceDream. (I don't care much for the Neo Speech voices.)
On 10/20/2017 1:11 PM, Chime Bear wrote:
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
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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
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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.
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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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