I believe the french eloquence may be bug. The speech is the
same as jaws almost, don't forget your on a slower chip, and a
different speaker too.
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From: kathleen shelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Braillenote List <[email protected]
Date sent: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:04:41 -0600
Subject: [Braillenote] reflections on elequence1,keynote gold and
speaking with an accent or dialect
I purchased the voicenote thinking that I would prefer the
Eloquence after using it with JAWS but now exclusively work with
Keynote. Eloquence is piercing to my ear. Keynote is soothing
and just goes right into my brain. Years ago I preferred the
Artic voice over the supposedly human sounding decktalk. There
is something creepy with a synthesizer trying to sound human!
Keynote has done a passible job with various dialects. By which
I mean that it was not distracting to me to read book characters
speaking with scottish, or Cockney dialects. I did use the
pronunciation dictionary for just a few words and names which was
easy! u for utility, p for pronunciation dictionary, a to add
word follow prompts. It would be fun to be able to switch to a
different dialect such as Irish, Scottish or British all within
the English version.
Another problem with Eloquence is that it will speak French for
no reason. Whats with that?
Question: are the rates of speed equal for each voice? I mean, do
you get the same words per minute for each number chosen.
Eloquence sounds faster and maybe more jarring.
Have there been studies on this stuff? One voice which sounds
terrible to me is that of the bookport. Where is that Artic
voice? I think it was the 263 chip. That's all. Thanks for
listening.
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