Hi Mary, I do not want to get into the synthesizer debate, as this has been a debate that may never be settled. <smile> However, I can tell you that I have had very good luck with the synthesizer on the Book Sense, and it seems to be very stable. It is responsive, and a very nice voice to listen to.
Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: Mary Otten [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 11:03 AM To: [email protected]; Jeremy Curry Subject: RE: book sense On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:58:08 -0400, Jeremy Curry wrote: >1. Voice Text from Voiceware I'm sorry to hear that. I don't think any of the so-called high quality voices are all they are cracked up to be, and because they try to sound human, when they fall down, they're awful. Maybe its psychological. But despite the fact that these voices can sound good when things are just right, that condition seldom prevails, and a wanna-be human is much worse than a more mechanical sounding synthesizer with known but consistent flaws. So I'm sorry that there won't be an alternative such as a tripple talk chip or even Eloquence. I know that the choice of speech synthesizers is a personal matter. So I hope that once this product is out, some consideration will be given to adding alternatives, although obviously, the hardware approach won't be possible. Too bad, as hardware like the trippletalk is still the snappiest, most responsive speech out there. Mary __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3953 (20090321) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3953 (20090321) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
