Wayne Ifoune the same thing with Alex on my 6. I find that with the volume high, there is sometimes a little distortion. Either I am getting use to it, or it is a little better. I too, find the speach great when I have my headphones on.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 30, 2014, at 2:18 PM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The louder I make Alex on my iPhone 6, the more muffled and possibly > distorted he sounds. He still sounds good, but when he is reading a > long string of text the distortion can make understanding him a bit > harder for me. This happens a lot when I am using the phone's speaker. > When I wear my headphones or earbuds, he sounds good and it is easy to > understand him. However, I don't want to walk around with earbuds on > all the time, especially since the newer phones have larger space and > bigger speakers. But, to each their own. This is largely why different > voices and speech synthesizers is subjective for people. Perhaps if I > had perfect hearing and didn't have a hearing loss, then things would > be much better. Oh well, I can dream, ... > > Wayne > >> On 9/30/14, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: >> Hi. Well now that I have an iPhone 5S I can give you my comments about him. >> As you know, I have a Mac so I use him quite a lot on there and he sounds >> pretty much the same on the iPhone as he does on the computer. As for him >> sounding muffled, can you describe what you mean by that? Because he doesn't >> sound muffled on my iPhone. How loud do you have Voiceover and the phone in >> general? I have both at medium volume and I have the rate of Alex set to 15% >> because that's his natural rate of speech and he doesn't sound muffled at >> all. I can't stand Samantha, I think Nuance needs to make her sound more >> natural before I use her again. >> >> Shawn >> Sent From My White MacBook >> >>> On Sep 30, 2014, at 8:43 AM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I have a hearing loss and Alex sounds pretty good. I don't have a Mac >>> yet and have only heard him in the stores before, so it will take me >>> awhile to get used to him. He is in many ways clearer than the >>> Samantha voice, but if he is saying a long string of text, it is often >>> hard to understand everything. Right now, I have boht the HQ voices of >>> Alex and Samantha in my rodar and switch between them regularly. I do >>> like Alex, but I also like Samantha. The Samantha voice has gotten >>> better over the last couple of years and is now more tolerable to use. >>> >>> Wayne >>> >>>> On 9/29/14, Rose Combs <roseco...@q.com> wrote: >>>> Well, I was showing my boss today and she wanted to keep my phone. I am >>>> still getting used to him but, since he is the only man in the house I >>>> can >>>> make do something, I am keeping him. I can shut him up easily enough if >>>> needed. My iPad is too old for Alex. >>>> >>>> Eloquence can keep it company but Alex seems to have more things he can >>>> do, >>>> and he is portable, he can go anywhere with me. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>>> Behalf >>>> Of Neal Ewers >>>> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 2:42 PM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: RE: Alex voice, how is it? >>>> >>>> I wonder if he sounds better on the new iPhones because of their better >>>> specs. >>>> >>>> Neal >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>>> Behalf >>>> Of Alan Paganelli >>>> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 4:29 PM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Alex voice, how is it? >>>> >>>> Oddly enough, Alex sounds much better on my iPad Air then he does on my >>>> iPhone 5s. So on my iPad he stays. On my iPhone I went back to the >>>> standard hi quality female voice. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Alan >>>> >>>> Go Chicago Bears in 2014! >>>> >>>> Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your stupid parents? Act now!!!!! >>>> Move out. Get a job. Pay your bills wile you still know everything. >>>> >>>> Please click on: >>>> HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ >>>> There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played >>>> on >>>> the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on >>>> my >>>> website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <siegh...@live.ca> >>>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 9:48 AM >>>> Subject: RE: Alex voice, how is it? >>>> >>>> >>>> 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." 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