when Sally first came out, I heard people saying how much they liked her. My reaction to her was quite different. She sounds entirely too perky. I don't need a 15-year-old valley girl reading me my texts. Smile. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:24 PM, "Richard Turner" <richard.turne...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Yes, Sally is also quite good, as is Joey for the male voice. > Brian, the British male is also quite good. > What voice a person likes is extremely subjective. > The thing that blows me away is how well Amy handled text that was written > without spaces. It parsed the words just like there were spaces between them. > Richard > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Alex Hall > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 1:27 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the > British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 > > I'm a fan of Sally over Amy, but I agree that the $3 I spent on James now > feels wasted. <smile> Speech is incredibly subjective, but I think Ivona > sounds far better than anything put out by A Capella or the other companies > VDR uses. The only one that can match it is Nuance, with their newest > Expressive voices (like Ava or Oliver). > On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy > <hayasim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Pretty funny! I also get your point about the British voice. > > Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 15, 2014, at 21:16, "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. > > 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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