yeagh I had a chance to hear the voice in action and all I have to say is wow. they some how made the samantha voice very crisp and bright. She sounds better then on the ios device. Alex also sounds more bright as well. On Mar 2, 2011, at 10:17 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
> Guys relax. I heard a sample of the voices and sorry I should have posted the > article, but someone will. I have to say the new voices sound great and > certainly no worse than Alex. So, I think we're going to be in for a real > treat. In fact the voices will be a download option as well, so you won't > have to have every voice on your machine. > I really think folks will like them. Of course I don't mind the Samantha > voice on the iOS platform all that much, but hell she grows on you after a > while; sort of like mold. :) > Scott > > > > > > On Mar 2, 2011, at 12:58 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > >> Well, voices are totally subjective, and I can't speak for other languages, >> but I'd much rather have US espeak than tom or samantha. To me those voices >> sound like complete garbage. >> >> Every ear is different though. Some of my clients love those voices. >> Personally I think it will be a grand day when alex is ported to IOS. >> >> Best, >> >> Erik Burggraaf >> User support consultant, >> Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, >> 1-888-255-5194 >> http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >> >> On 2011-03-02, at 12:42 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >> >>> Oh come on, the scansoft voices ain't so bad, be thankful it isn't espeak >>> or Orpheus. I for one think that the swedish scansoft voices are way way >>> better in terms of language treatment than the Infovox ones. >>> /Krister >>> >>> 2 mar 2011 kl. 17.46 skrev Mary Otten: >>> >>>> According to the article found at >>>> http://www.tuaw.com/ >>>> Mac OS 10 offers high quality multi-lingual voices, >>>> There are going to be a whole lot of high quality voices, in a variety of >>>> languages, available for download in the next iteration of Apple's os. For >>>> me, the one possible sour note was the reference to Samantha and Tom as an >>>> improvement over Alex that we have now. I hope this will not mean that >>>> Apple will decide to retire Alex in favor of what are, for me at least, >>>> vastly inferior voices in Samantha and Tom. There will be other English >>>> voices, the ones we know on the IPhone. Indeed, it sounds like the voices >>>> that are coming to Lion are those we now have on the I-devices. Great for >>>> speakers of languages other than English. Great for folks who prefer a >>>> non-U.S. English reading voice. But a definite leap backwards if they can >>>> Alex in favor of what's on the IPhone now, even if they include the male >>>> voice. >>>> >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> Mary Otten >>>> motte...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
