for reading writing i use fred, usually round 70% if i wanna mess round just for amusement i use alex, mostly also cause of his breathing thing , but of course you gotta mark the text up and read it before he do that, not sure if that would help you cause it would make him slow a little bit down as breathing recording is played? Sandi
On 7/19/14, David Taylor <e.david.tay...@icloud.com> wrote: > You should definitely try the Ivox demo then, see if any of their voices are > to your liking. Sounds like it might be worth the expense in your case. > Their site is not straightforward, but you can use it. Don't have the direct > link, but Google will find it. > > On 19 Jul 2014, at 08:29, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > >> Yes I have tried the rest of the male voices in the collection but I keep >> either coming back to Alex or Daniel. They seem at least to my ears, to be >> more understandable. I have tried the female ones but with them I find a >> lot of the time I'll miss a lot of words and by then I've completely lost >> sense of the text being spoken aloud. I'm glad there are some here who >> know how I feel about these voices as they do too. >> >> >> >> >> On 18 Jul 2014, at 16:21, Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> Most of the time i use >>> the voices from infovox. I use heather and the danish voices. They are >>> not really expensive anymore, you can buy them for a reasonable price. >>> You will not have to pay upgrades all the time, mine is very old, and >>> they have been upgraded a lot of times. >>> >>> >>> Best regards Annie.Den 18/07/2014 kl. 14.51 skrev David Taylor >>> <e.david.tay...@icloud.com>: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I know exactly what you mean. None of the voices are clear and reliable >>>> on pronunciation. For this, and other reasons, I'm currently trying >>>> Moira, the Irish voice, but if you need a male for hearing reasons, she >>>> is not an option. Have you tried Lee, Tom etc? Go to vo utility, speech, >>>> voices, and when you get to default voice, go in there and go to >>>> customise. In there, you can hear samples of every voice Apple have, to >>>> see if one works. Otherwise, if none of them do, you might want to try >>>> Infovox Ivox voices, though these are expensive. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> On 18 Jul 2014, at 13:17, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee...@googlemail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, I was just simply wondering, regarding to whatever english >>>>> voice you use with Voiceover are there at all times, where say your >>>>> reading a piece of text from Safari and you miss hear the odd word hear >>>>> and there. >>>>> >>>>> I'm sorry if that isn't descriptive or thought out more but to just to >>>>> explain what I mean further. If, and I'm going to say it, used >>>>> eloquence, I don't know why but that particular TTS have never gone >>>>> wrong for me in the form of pronunciation. Where as in contrast, as >>>>> much as I try to use Alex or any of the other male TTS voices that are >>>>> available, I find now and then, that I'll miss a word or two when >>>>> navigating around the web reviewing what I've written etc. Just >>>>> wondered if I'm the only one. >>>>> It is weird because I have my rate level set to 40% and I don't want to >>>>> go down to 35% but with say Elequence, I could comfortably have that >>>>> around the 45% mark and not miss a thing. >>>>> >>>>> So your thoughts are most welcome. Another possibility is that I'm also >>>>> hearing in pared and wondered if this could have any baring on why I >>>>> may miss certain words now and again. 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