Hi Michael, Not sure what you are getting at here, but the Cereproc voices are rather new, and I think their latest version of the Cereproc engine is 2.1.1. So obviously they have done some updating since they started developing voices. How often or frequently they'll continue to update is anyone's guess.
In general Cereproc is a Scottish company and they tend to focus on U.K. voices. That is Scottish, Brittish English,Irish, etc. In fact, they are the only ones who has a decent Irish voice, Kaitlin, which is a fairly decent voice which I own a copy of. They also have American English, French, Spanish, Italian, and I believe German voices available as well. The best way to see what is in their catalog is to go to http://www.cereproc.com and see for yourself what they have available. They offer two methods for using their voices. A developer can access their Windows voices via the SAPI API or a developer can support them directly through the Cereproc SDK. They also have Mac OS X voices available for Mac users so it looks like Cereproc is now going cross-platform with their voice engine as well. As far as pricing goes they are a little on the expensive side. Last I checked they want $41.99, $42 USD, per voice. That's a little more expensive than the Cepstral voices, but not so expensive a person on a fixed income like SSI couldn't afford them. Since they are a little higher than I really want to pay that's why I don't own very many Cereproc voices, but I don't have any complaints with them other than they haven't yet upgraded to support 64-bit versions of Windows. For me that would be a consideration in buying one of their voices now. HTH On 11/2/11, Michael Gauler <michael.gau...@gmx.de> wrote: > I have another question. > I have used demo versions of Ivona voices and thus I know what they sound > like and how they work. > But what can you tell me about Cereproc voices in general, even if they are > only 32 bit products? > Are there updates to the products and do you get such information or are > your voices years old by now? > And what do you have to do when you bought one or more voices? > > > --- > 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://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@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://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
