I also don't like the Alex voice. He doesn't pronounce things well and to often spells things which he cannot pronounce. I sent this to Apple who were quite interested in the problem.
On 9/28/14, Chuck Dean <cadean...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree with you, I like the female voice better. It sounds like freedom, > dating back to when I got my first iPhone 3GS. > > But I will keep the Alex voice, so that if I'm listening to a book that's > narrated by a man, I can use his boys for more realism. > > Chuck (mobile) > Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. > >> On Sep 28, 2014, at 10:35 AM, Steve Vandecar <steve.vande...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I downloaded Alex on my IPhone 6 and I prefer the female voice. It is >> just muffled and harder to understand and I normally prefer male voices. >> >> Steve >> >>> On Sep 28, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >>> >>> I find that to my ears he sounds muffled especially at higher speeds and >>> I >>> find the original female high quality voice pronounces things more >>> clearly. >>> But I have often noticed in discussions about TTS voices that there is >>> great >>> subjectivity. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Devin >>> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 11:46 PM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Alex voice, how is it? >>> >>> He's still the best, but listen closely to the way he says "cool." That's >>> a >>> very strange clicking sound of the c in cool. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>>> On Sep 28, 2014, at 1:40 AM, Christopher Hallsworth >>>> <challswor...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> To my ears, Alex sounds great on both y iPad Mini and Macbook Pro >>>> running >>> Maverix. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my laptop >>>> >>>>> On 28/09/2014 06:31, Chuck Dean wrote: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> For those of you who have downloaded the Alex voice, is it worth it? >>>>> It >>> takes almost an entire gigabyte, which I have plenty of now, but I'm >>> just >>> curious do you really like it better? >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Chuck (mobile) >>>>> Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone >>> list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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