I agree, Kendra is horrible, and Joey is kind of annoying to me. At least we have choices, though, you're right about that. And VDR is such a better app compared to Read2Go.
Thanks, Ari > On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:07 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > > A lot of the Ivona voices aren't great; Sally is good, and the Birtish male > is good. Kendra is horrible, though, and Joey annoys me after a while. That > said, overall the good Ivona voices still have the others beat, I think. > Again, synthesized speech is one of the most subjective things we could > discuss, so I guess it comes down to this: whichever you prefer, VDR now > offers four voice manufacturers to pick from. The other Daisy app on iOS > offers only one, and other self-voicing apps similarly lack choices. No > matter how you slice it, you are more likely by far to find a voice you like > in VDR than any other app. >> On Mar 15, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Gmail <englishride...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This is probably just me, but I think most of the Ivona voices sound super >> flat. I like the Neospeech voices much better, except for Paul. I don't know >> why, but I can't stand him for some reason. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Ari >> >>> On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:16 PM, "Richard Turner" <richard.turne...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object >>> in a certain place, don’t bother reading. >>> I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the >>> internet using Voice Dream Reader. >>> I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from >>> Ivona, but the way it handles the text. >>> I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him >>> away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from >>> Ivona. >>> The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. >>> James reads the below text first, then Amy. >>> Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. >>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 >>> >>> Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with >>> other voices: >>> >>> We all know this feeling.... >>> >>> "Please create your password below:" >>> >>> roses >>> >>> "Sorry, too few characters." >>> >>> pretty roses >>> >>> "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." >>> >>> 1 pretty rose >>> >>> "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." >>> >>> 1prettyrose >>> >>> "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." >>> >>> 1friggingprettyrose >>> >>> "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." >>> >>> 1FRIGGINGprettyrose >>> >>> "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." >>> >>> 1FriggingPrettyRose >>> >>> "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." >>> >>> 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! >>> >>> "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." >>> >>> 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow >>> >>> >>> >>> "Sorry, that password is already in use". >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> >>> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> >>> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >>> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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