I have also noticed this, the other day he said the word alarm, and he
lost his voice for a second.
On Nov 16, 2008, at 2:47 AM, Marty Rimpau wrote:
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
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