Hi, On Aug 30, 2007, at 8:24 PM, VaShaun Jones wrote:
What is the most human sounding voice that is available for the Mac? Also are these voices $79 for one voice or a suite of voices?
The prices for Infovox iVox are per language (not per voice) and they vary from language to language. US English and UK English are 99 euro or USD per language. US English includes two high quality female voices and one high quality male voice. there are also two kid voices included and two older, lower quality additional voices. UK English contains one high quality female voice and two high quality male voices plus one older, lower quality male. additionally, you get US Heather as a bonus if you buy the UK English voices. So essentially you get 5 high quality voices if you buy the US English language and 4 if you buy the UK english language. If you want to buy multiple languages note that every additional language is half price.
You ask which are the most naturally sounding. Well theoretically US English Heather and UK English Peter are the best ones, but it is also a matter of taste. British Lucy is very good too for example. I would recommend you listen for yourself here: http:// www.assistiveware.com/ivoxsamples.php
You can also try the 30 day fully functional demo, downloadable from the same site.
Cheers, david.
