Some of the human sounding voices can have strange inflection at
times. I have gotten used to Alex, though I also have the Infovox
voices and use those at times. Of course, speech is a very subjective
thing, and each person will have their own preference.
On Nov 15, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Tasha Raella Chemel wrote:
I listened to the samples of those, and though they sound human,
they still seemed like they had the problems with cracking and weird
intonations. but maybe i'm just really sensitive and picky :)
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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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