Herve, that is just your opinion that eloquence is horrible I have been using it and several other speech voices for many years. I'm glad to see how much better synthetic speech has gotten over the years. I really like Acapela, Ivona, Nuance, and Neospeech voices to name a few.
On 6/11/19, Herv <bmkreco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I'd first like to start by saying that jaws is horrible, and any apple voice > is much better than ugly eloquence. > Not sure why blind people love it so, but they do. > I don't have any problems with my alex voice. > Wanna read your emails at hurricane speeds? > Speed up the voice. > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 11, 2019, at 11:26 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >> >> It always sounded to me as if Apple is particularly proud of the fact Alex >> sounds so human that you can even hear the breathing. >> Years ago I once went to an Apple Store to get a little demo of a Mac >> computer with Voiceover (the first and last one I ever felt the need for) >> and the Apple Genius who was working with me was so pleased about this >> incredible achievement that he must have mentioned it 5 times. >> I then pulled out my Windows laptop and fired up Jaws with Eloquence to >> show him how a no-nonsense synthesizer should sound like. I told him that >> by the time Alex took his first breath I’d already finished reading an >> email with Jaws and Eloquence 😂🤣 >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of >> Devin Prater >> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 8:01 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: annoying darth vaider breathing >> >> The is a feature of Alex, meant to simulate human breathing, although I do >> see how it is sometimes more noticeable than it should be. Direct your >> complaints to >> accessibil...@apple.com >> >> >> >> On Jun 11, 2019, at 9:55 AM, Paul and Paula Jordan <pau...@roadrunner.com> >> wrote: >> >> Since several have complained about the darth vaider breathing sound which >> particularly, but not exclusively, occurs in the Alex voice, does anyone >> have any idea to whom we should address that particular complaint. >> Although it’s most common with Alex, my husband’s IPhone gets it once in a >> while with Samantha. 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