Hi Erik: I like Samantha ok if she's fancied up enough. But, I agree. Wonder who has the patent on eloquence? Even the old Dectalk voice would be preferable to some of the nonsense that's in snowleopard now, (excluding Alex, of course.)
I wonder if there's any point in giving feedback to accessibility team? On May 17, 2011, at 9:44 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Well voices are really subjective and everyone will have there preferences, > but I think it's a serious step backward implementing nuance voices in lion. > > Nuance has outrageously bad pronunciation. It falls to pieces when you speed > up the rate, and the cadence is nowhere near as nice as alex or even digital > voices from acapela or loquendo. I know they won't get rid of alex, but it > seems a shame to squander space on nuance when there are so much better > options out there. > > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > User support consultant, > Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, > 1-888-255-5194 > http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2011-05-17, at 10:50 AM, Christopher Peppel wrote: > >> Yes, I just listened to Samantha and Serena. They do sound a little more >> artificial then Alex. They have a little burbling sound to them. Not bad, >> but I too, like Alex better. >> On May 17, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Howard Dupuis wrote: >> >>> Just read about -- and listened to -- the new voices that are >>> supposedly going to be part of Lion. >>> http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/16/listen-to-the-nuance-text-to-speech-voices-found-in-mac-os-x-lion/ >>> If this means that Alex will be gone, then I'll not be upgrading. >>> These voices, at least to my ears on just one listen, are a real step >>> backward from Alex. To be sure, I've so long been listening to Alex >>> that I've grown accustomed to him, but I don't think that's all there >>> is to it. I think Alex sounds more nuanced than the Nuance voices. >>> Just one man's whining. >>> -- Howard >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> 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.
