Same here. Both Vicky and Victoria sound too robotic for me; more like Fred than Alex. Vicky doesn't have nearly the realism as Alex, so I can't imagine that she's meant to be his female counterpart. Oh well. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Honestly, I don't understand all the fuss about the Nuance voices. Over all, I don't like any of them, with the possible exceptions of Karen and Lee, and I really wish that Apple would have just created their own voices or gone with a different tts provider. In all honesty, 1 of the many reasons I'm still not the proud owner of an I device is that I can't stand the Samantha voice. If there was a way to use almost any other kind of voice by default on an Iphone, I'd try to save up for 1 in a heartbeat. I understand that mobile Alex isn't an option, but honestly! Why couldn't Apple have used the Acapella voices instead, or the Ivona voices; they're very good too. OK. End of rant. LOL!
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 11:57 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: what Voiceover bugs people want or are hoping will be fixed or squashed in Mountain Lion? I thought Victoria was prior voice to Alex? Personally I quite like Alex, and can't stand Fred. He sounds rather creepy and too robotic. I guess it depends on what you are used to and how long you have been using TTS. On 3 Jul 2012, at 16:21, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello, > > Vicky is supposed to be the female equivalent of Alex. Personally, I can't > stand either of them. I've been using Fred for years because he's clear and quite neutral. > > > On 3 Jul 2012, at 16:05, Daniel Miller wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> While I agree a female equivalent to Alex would be a necessary >> addition, I just don't see apple ever incorporating Eloquence or the >> Dectalk voices, for that matter. > > -- > 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.
