Alex, As I noted earlier in a Nother message on this thread, I have every reason to think Kendra will be offered in Voice Dream. Winston seemed to be indicating that when he responded to my message about Kendra not being available at present. I certainly have high hopes. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 16, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Sorry, but Kendra is not offered in VDR. The two female Ivona voices are > Sally (American) and Amy (British). >> On Mar 16, 2014, at 12:49 PM, Dionesque <diones...@interia.pl> wrote: >> >> Oh, really, Alex? This indeed confirms how much different one's perception >> of synthetic speech can bee! I haven't tried Kendra in Voice Dream Reader >> yet but can't wait to do so, because on PC, with NVDA and with Balabolka, it >> has always been my all-time favourite English-speaking voice, especially for >> books, I've made myself quite a lot of mp3s by Balabolka using Kendra, smile! >> I'm not English native speaker, maybe this has an impact on my perception, >> not sure about it though, for me Kendra sounds very pleasant, not >> high-pitched like so many other female voices. >> Kind regards, >> >> Barbara >> >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- From: Alex Hall >> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 11:07 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 >> >> 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! 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