Hi Mario, that’s interesting. Can you elaborate on why you prefer the compact versions?
Thanks Daniel On 24 Dec 2013, at 10:25, Mario Navarro <mario....@gmail.com> wrote: > > for me win the compact voices. > the advantages of the use are better than the premium. > cheers. > > Deus fez a liberdade, o homem a escravatura. > Marie Chénier > > Mario Navarro > mario....@gmail.com > > > > No dia 24/12/2013, às 00:43, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee...@googlemail.com> > escreveu: > >> Dear all, I have been thinking of late about the difference between the two >> different voices you get with Voiceover premium and compact so here are my >> thoughts. I would love to know what you think yourself and if you want to >> add to the discussion then by all means feel free to do so. >> >> Note: this list is by no means extensive its just what I think and what I >> write may differ to each and everyone’s personal experience. >> >> This is evaluated with the english Daniel voice. >> >> Premium voices >> Advantages: >> 1. Of a higher quality to listen to when reading. >> >> 2. Louder in volume. >> >> 3. At times, may pronounce a word more clearly in addition, also be more >> accurate at saying certain words better. >> >> Disadvantages: >> 1. When trying to speed up the voice after 45% on OSX or 30% on IOS. Find >> that they become less intelligible to understand. Therefore, finding that I >> have to remain at the above percentages or even decrease the speed. >> >> 2. When reading passages that contain words e.g. the, in, were, her and >> with. Find that such short words can be easily missed. So then I'm forced to >> interact with document, HTML area of webpage etc to find the currently >> missed word and then resume with say all after understanding it with the >> words method either IOS or OSX. >> >> Compact voices >> >> Advantages: >> 1. Able to easily speed up above the previous percentages. In other words, >> listen to the voices at a reasonably faster speaking-rate. >> >> 2. When reading documents find that shorter words are read, pronounced and >> spoken better. This seems to be the case too when reviewing by words. >> >> 3. Overall, to me it seems to be a better experience when reading by say all >> in the fact that clarity, pronunciation and understandability are the key >> factors to my hearing and productivity. >> For me, the premium voices seem to be a bit for lack of a better word >> “strong on the ear.” I find the compact voices more robotic and >> interestingly this feels more natural to hear for me. However, Feel free to >> dis-agree if you want to and if so I would love to know why? >> >> Disadvantages >> 1. obviously, the voices are of a lower quality so some people may find or >> even struggle to use the compact voices hence the premium ones for those who >> need them for a more natural sounding reading experience. >> >> 2. Pronunciation and clarity of words may not be for the end user liking. >> Again, echoing the above with a different factor this being the compact >> version taken into account. >> >> Conclusion >> This primarily being focused on the UK Daniel voice. Compact or premium. I >> have found that I move towards the compact version of this voice. However, >> since the release of Mavericks and IOS7, I make use occasionally of the >> premium version in certain cases since they have made compact more worser in >> my humble opinion in the latest version of the operating systems than there >> previous counterparts. >> >> Now is though where you guys come in. For those who are using the Nuance >> voices on OSX and IOS which voice do you use and do you prefer compact or >> premium and if so why? >> >> Seriously, ladies and gentlemen, I would love to know what you use and why >> you use it. I have done extensive testing to the best of my ability which is >> why I wanted to post my experience and findings to you in the hope that you >> will share your own thoughts too about the voices. >> >> If you could share as much information as possible on how you use your >> voices speaking rate, type of voice etc then would be grate. >> I just want to know how others use there voices and what they prefer etc. >> >> Ok I’m going to stop now. If you haven’t already fallen asleep by the end of >> this post then full marks to you. lol >> Its I wanted to make it as detailed as possible so that people know what I’m >> asking. >> >> Thank you >> >> Daniel >> >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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