Hi Brian, Awww...you don't like politics? I love it, and if Obama was "deleted" I wouldn't cry...but I digress. That would be funny. Could you imagine him in entombed, announcing that Alissa had cast ra of destrucution? Best Regards, Hayden
-----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Peterson Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 7:24 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Scansoft voices I'm no supporter of his either. That's why I think it'd be funny to use him in my screen reader. He could do soemthing useful for a change. But I'll shut up now lest I draw the discussion to actual politics, a subject which I generally hate with a burning, fiery passion. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the holy grail in the castle of aaaaggh. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Rivard" <woofer...@sbcglobal.net> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Scansoft voices > That would one voice that I would immediately delete! I would like to see > the person deleted from our Presidency, too! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bryan Peterson" <bpeterson2...@cableone.net> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 7:04 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Scansoft voices > > >> I'm downloading one of them now as I write this. I probably shouldn't >> have forked over the cash just now but I was impressed enough with the >> quality. It's an Irish voice named Catelynn. It's unfortunate though that >> the celebrity voices offered as samples are apparently not available for >> purchase. It'd be funny to draft Barak Obama as a voice in Window-Eyes or >> even some of my games. >> He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the holy grail in the >> castle of aaaaggh. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "dark" <d...@xgam.org> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:01 PM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Scansoft voices >> >> >>> Well i'm glad I also have a sapi enabled copy of daniel, and I certainly >>> have no plans to stop using it for Entombed, Jim's games, blind >>> adrenalin or indeed anything else just because nuance are being so >>> ridiculous. >>> >>> On the pluss side, there are some very good alternative voices >>> available. >>> >>> John Banic recently put me in the direction of a company called >>> ceerproc, who's voices are really rather impressive in terms of natural >>> sound and cadence, and are sold as stand alone voices which may be used >>> for various other programs. >>> >>> >>> >>> Look them up at http://www.cereproc.com/home >>> >>> Hth. >>> >>> Beware the Grue! >>> >>> dark. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> >>> To: "Lori Duncan" <lori_dunca...@hotmail.com>; "Gamers Discussion list" >>> <gamers@audyssey.org> >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 7:32 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Scansoft voices >>> >>> >>>> Hi Lori, >>>> Like I just wrote in my last message I really don't know of any place >>>> where the generic Sapi versions of the Scansoft voices can be located >>>> these days. A friend of mine wanted a copy like I own, that came >>>> with Jaws 8 and Openbook 8, that works with games, screen readers, and >>>> everything else, and unfortunately they can't be found anywhere. I've >>>> checked the Nuance web site and there is no listing for the voices as >>>> their once was a couple years back, and if you get them with one of >>>> their Scansoft products like Omnipage apparently the voices only work >>>> with Omnipage and nothing else. If you get them with Jaws or Openbook >>>> from Freedom Scientific they only work with Freedom Scientific >>>> products. If you buy them from Nextup they only work with products >>>> like Text Aloud, News Aloud, and Weather Aloud. If you buy a GPS with >>>> them on them they only work on that GPS device of course. In short, >>>> there seams to be a universal change in the way Nuance does business >>>> and how exactly they license their Real Speak voices. There doesn't >>>> seam to be a way to license and use them as a standard generic Sapi >>>> voice any more. At least not publically anyway. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/12/10, Lori Duncan <lori_dunca...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Hi I was wondering if anyone could tell me where the best places is to >>>>> get >>>>> the scansoft voices for Sappi5? I know there are natural voices from >>>>> different suppliers but am actually a bit shocked at the price, >>>>> especially >>>>> as some of them which are supposed to sound natural sound a bit >>>>> stilted. >>>>> I'd like to get the Scansoft Karon one. >>>>> --- >>>>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>>>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>>>> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>>>> 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/gam...@audyssey.org. >>>>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>>>> list, >>>>> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >>>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>>> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>>> 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/gam...@audyssey.org. >>>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>>> list, >>>> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>> 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/gam...@audyssey.org. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> 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/gam...@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > 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/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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