I believe the site for those voices is www.assistiveware.com. The name
of the product is ivox. Actually out of all the computer voices I have
heard, my favorites are the ones from Nuance, I have them on my
windows machines, unfortunately they don't make a mac version.
On Nov 15, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Ok, if I may comment on the voices issue? I use the Infovox voices
and they're the best sounding software speech voices I've ever heard
but they come at a cost. sorry, don't have a web address but I'm
sure your friend Google will turn something up.
On 16/11/2008, at 2:44 AM, Tasha Raella Chemel wrote:
Hi list, I'm thinking about possibly getting a mac, but I had a
few questions.
1. One of the biggest problems i have with my dell laptop is that
when I have too many windows open (maybe sixty or so) the system
will start beeping constantly, and the only way to stop the beeping
is to restart. i have a two gig processor with one gig of ram. I
know I probably should not have this many windows open, but as I'm
sure you all know, it's easy to let the windows pile up and forget
to close them. My question: If i got a mac with high specs (maybe
two or fourg gigs of memory) would it be better about having that
many windows open?
2. Hard drive crashes: my dell laptop usually crashes about twice a
year, and I need to get a new hard drive. granted, i'm a very heavy
user and I'm sure the system gets banged around more than what's
good for it. my question is, if I get a mac, are hard drive crashes
less frequent? any thoughts about whether the pro is more durable
than the macbook? (the new macbooks also have the aluminum casing)
3. Voices. I've heard a sample of the Alex voice, and am not
impressed. It has the same weird emphases and prenunciations as a
lot of the more 'human-sounding" tts's i've heard. are there other
voices that either come on the mac or that i can buy separately
that are comparable to eloquence in that they might sound robotic,
but they are responsive and don't have any weird clicks/emphases?
It's going to be very hard for me to give up eloquence. even
viavoice, which i know you can get for the mac, doesn't compare at
all.
Thanks, Tasha
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