Hi all, has anybody noticed that when Alex voice says the word name, his voice gets hoarse, and it does this on other words as well, but can't think of what they are. On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:13:55 -0500, 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 :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 5:29 PM Subject: Re: thinking about switching > 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 > > ****************************** > Dane Trethowan > From Melton Victoria Australia > mailto:Dane Trethowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Phone (Australia) > callto:03 9005 8589 > Phone (United Kingdom) > callto:020 3287 4641 > > Fax/TTY +61 3 9743 7954 > > mobile/sms: +614 418 773 532 > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > skype: callto:grtdane12 > ****************************** > > > > > > > Marty
