I like human voices way better, and think Siri and Samantha sound way more human than Eloquence, which I have with JAWS.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Friday, September 3, 2021 12:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: cell phones O.K. I do agree with you about eloquence. I have used it all my life. It would be very cool if we could get it on the iPhone. On 9/3/21, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > TTS voices are extremely subjective, some like the most human sounding > voice possible and others couldn't care less and want whatever can be > understood the best when it talks fast. > If I could get Eloquence on the iPhone I'd be a happy camper, I use it > on my PC and have little or no use for any of the other voices. For me > the TTS is a tool, it doesn't have to sound like a human, it has to be > able to read me the information I need accurately and fast and there > are few voices better than Eloquence for that purpose. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Carolyn > Sent: September 3, 2021 7:52 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: cell phones O.K. > > I have lost about half my hearing, so I avoid accents of any kind. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Joshua Hendrickson > Sent: Thursday, September 2, 2021 8:07 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: cell phones O.K. > > I have never understood why people like Samantha. To me, she is > totally boring. There are so many much better voice over voices to > choose from. I periodically change both my voice over voice, and my > Siri voice. I currently have the female Irish Siri voice as my voice > over voice and the male Siri voice as my Siri voice. I like the British Kate > voice very much. > Australian Lee and Karen are also very good. I don't like UK Daniel at all. > Alex is also good at times. So is Tom. Tessa from South Africa > isn't bad either. > > On 9/2/21, Carolyn <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote: >> I use Samantha too, Joseph, as well as the default Siri voice. And, >> you know that I also am in the US. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Joseph Hudson >> Sent: Thursday, September 2, 2021 5:08 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: cell phones O.K. >> >> Are you Samantha all the way. And I am in the US. >> >>> On Sep 2, 2021, at 2:17 PM, Star Gazer <pickrellrebe...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> So I want to know this, for those of you in other >>> countries, what voiceover voice do you use? What is the default on >>> your phones? I’ve noticed the U.K. voices as well as a couple >>> Australian voices. >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V >>> iPhone list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this >>> list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please >>> contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the >>> list itself. >>> >>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>> mk...@ucla.edu. 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