For quite a while, I used Niki enhanced, but now I'm using Tessa Enhanced along with the south African Siri voice. I usually keep my speaking rate between 55 and 60%. I can speed up audio books very fast, but have never been able to do so with computer voices. I wish we had a choice of eloquence as a voice.
On 1/10/20, Carolyn <[email protected]> wrote: > What is the difference in enhanced and just Samantha, as it comes? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Alan Lemly > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 11:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Are any other voices as consistently accurate as Samantha? > > Shermeen, > > I expect we could get a lot of comments on this topic since TTS voice > preference is so subjective and usually generates a lot of opinion > expression. I personally find Samantha enhanced to meet my needs because > I've found where I don't have a strong opinion to stick with the default > option with computer choices. I use Samantha enhanced at 60% speed on my > iPhone 8 and I make sure I add a custom pronunciation whenever she speaks a > word or name incorrectly. I do try other voices from time to time but find I > always return to Samantha enhanced. > > Alan Lemly > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Shermeen Khan > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 10:23 AM > To: viphone > Subject: Are any other voices as consistently accurate as Samantha? > > The subject line basically says it all. Occasionally, I get bored of the > default voice, and briefly experiment with another voice. I invariably go > back to the default though, as they all seem to have one peculiarity or > another: they either sound odd and distorted if sped up, pronounce too many > words incorrectly, or are accented or inflect in such a way that doesn't > sound natural to me. What voices are you all using, and what speed do you > have them set to? What are your thoughts on frequency of correct > pronunciation? > > Thanks, and have a great weekend. > > Shermeen > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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