Hi Thomas. I don't think the voice is the problem. Now you know that pauses are a problem, simply handle the problem. There isn't such a thing as a perfect voice.
On 6/26/11, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Phil, > > I think you are right. I was relistening to various voice clips > earlier and I don't think it is the speech rate, but the fact Tom > doesn't seem to pause between words the way a human would. A human > usually takes a short breath between words, inserting a little pause > there, where Tom tends to run it all together. So Climb Up: Up Arrow > sounds like one endless string of words or sounds without a proper > pause between them. Heather on the other hand is set to the same > speech rate, but she pauses between words making it clearer to hear. > So I think I might be better off using a different Sapi voice that > pauses properly between words. > > Cheers! > > > On 6/26/11, Phil Vlasak <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Thomas, >> I am just not a fan of Scansoft Tom, as I think the voice is of lesser >> quality than some of the others. >> I noticed that some of the voices had larger download sizes and most of >> the time, the larger the download the clearer the voice sounded to me. >> I suspect that some of the voices were either recorded or converted to a >> lower bit rate. >> Originally they had 8 and 16 bit rates on the voices but recently I >> noticed >> some 24 bit that sounded much clearer. >> If you are going to stay with Tom, I do have a few suggestions. >> I think the main problem in understanding the voice is that the words are >> blended together too much. >> You could try increasing the pause between words from the Text Aloud menu. >> Or you could add a punctuation mark between some of the words. >> In Actions_Selection2.wav >> You have him saying >> Climb Up: up arrow. >> but it sounds like >> climb upup parrow. >> A colon does not pause the voice as much as a comma does. >> I suggest adding commas in between words to make a sentence like this >> clearer. >> such as, >> climb, up, up, arrow. >> Phil > > --- > 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].
