Not sure of what the word rate is, but I have JAWS set to 45 percent. I send this just as an example.
--- If you don't stand behind our troops, please, feel free ... to stand in front of them! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:32 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Question about 7-128 Game Book. > Hi John and all, > Last night I downloaded the 7-128 Game Book demo to my new laptop, and > am running it with the integrated version of FreeTTS. When I opened the > Settings dialog to change the voice rate the setting dialog showed > FreeTTS was set to 10 fastest. However, FreeTTS is running extremely > slow. I was unable to crank it up to something faster like 350-450 words > a minute which is my usual voice rate for voice output. Does anyone else > have this problem with FreeTTS talking slow? It sounds like it is half > asleep. <Grin> > If this is normal for the FreeTTS that ships with the Game Book could > you guys at 7-128 upgrade the game Book to support the higher voice > rates I know FreeTTS supports? I like the Pop Corn games, I think the > Game Book is a cool piece of software, but I simply can't play the games > listening to FreeTTS talking extremely slow. It isn't my usual speed so > to speak. > John, I mean this as constructive feedback, but generally speaking when > a blind user uses a screen reader like Jaws with Eloquence after they > get use to the speech output they tend to speed up the voice as fast as > it can go. With text to speech engines like Eloquence that can be pretty > fast. I knew a guy in college who set Jaws to 500 or 550 words a minute. > I could barely understand it myself, but he was reading books, homework, > etc like it was nothing. So when I entered your Game Book I had > expected, at least was hoping for, the ability to speed up FreeTTS to > something that was comfortable to me. > > Cheers. > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
