I like the idea for the Siri/loquendo voices, maybe even even for the iPhone. I always wanted those higher quality voices when I ran mobile speak, but didn't have the $99 they wanted for them.
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 9, 2015, at 11:28 PM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: > > I'm with you about not using Fred. It's very hard to understand him. He's too > quiet, even though Voiceover's volume is at 100%. As for Alex going back to > the way he was in Snow Leopard, I wouldn't go that far. He does sound a lot > better though. He's an upgrade to Eloquence or eSpeak, the two most robotic > sounding voices. I even use human sounding voices on Windows, but that's > going off topic. I really hope that 1, they do fix the Nuance voices, and 2, > maybe in the next version of OS X they'll let us use the Siri voices. Either > that or port some more Loquendo voices to Vocalizer Expressive such as Dave > US English and the two Australian voices, Alan and Grace. If they do port > those last two, I hope they'll keep Karen. I don't care what they do with > Lee, I can't stand his voice. > > Shawn > Sent From My White MacBook > >> On Feb 9, 2015, at 5:54 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com> wrote: >> >> I can’t use Fred at all; he mumbles too much. I don’t even think he’s >> actually a formant synthesiser at all, though that’s rather hard to tell >> just from listening to it even at faster rates. >> >> But no, Alex, you’re not imagining it; Alex has gone back to his old, >> glorious self from the Snow Leopard days. Hallelujah! :) >> >> I did also notice that the Vocaliser voices improve over time; Daniel is >> pretty awesome now and can actually be understood quite well, or could be if >> not for the massive performance penalty. I used to have trouble with him >> because his ss were rather indistinct, but they’ve fixed that now. >> >> Oh yeah—and this iMac is running Yosemite. Being in Windows for a while has >> definitely raised my blood pressure, but I do miss formant synthesis quite a >> bit. Eloquence, in particular; nothing quite like it for all-round >> responsiveness and fast rates, not even Alex. >> >> Cheers, >> Sabahattin >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
