Will do - thanks. A good analogy - describes exactly how I feel about old Dectalk.
Will certainly check out the samples. Vaughan. -----Original Message----- From: Kim Lingo [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2012 2:07 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Voices I think if you listen to the Vocalizer voices on a decent pair of headphones or speakers, you'll find that they are better than DecTalk. Of course, some of this is a matter of preference, but DecTalk always sounded to me like Sven Jorgensen after a couple of glasses of Aquavit. Kim Lingo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vaughan Dodd" <[email protected]> To: "'Robert Grimwood'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 2:32 PM Subject: RE: Voices > Hi Robert. > > I started out with a similar opinion, and was advised by Doug that > there are royalties to be paid. > > My grizzle was also that I felt that we should get these new voices as > part of the SMA, but again, royalties. > > Paying for someone to produce something which we might like: a fact of > life. > > I also felt that Raul's discussion of technology advances was a > reasonable approach. > > I have not yet purchased the new voices, because I actually don't like > the sound of Dectalk, so unless quality is much better, I might bew > glad that I haven't paid for something, or been given something, which > I might not use. > > > > Vaughan. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Grimwood [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2012 3:33 a.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Voices > > Dear Raul, > > The only difference to me is that those of us who are not new users > are being punished for our loyalty over many years. I am not > complaining particularly - after all, I feel that I have received good > service from you over the years - but I do not see why new users > should get the advantage of receiving something free while the rest of > us have to pay for it. > > Best regards, > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raul A. Gallegos [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 10 December 2012 14:10 > To: GW Info List > Subject: Re: Voices > > Curtis, you say JFW gives the voices away? Hmm, that's interesting > considering their upgrades are more expensive, they charge you for > extra features of JFW to use, ETC. So, yes, on the surface they might > be free, but are they really free? That's like a store raising its > prices before having a sale. In any case, new users of Window-Eyes > from 8 and on will have them for free. So, what's the difference? > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his > sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car. > Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 > > On 12/8/2012 6:40 PM, Curtis Delzer wrote: >> I was able to buy the voices using fire fox, but the application to >> register the files is not a valid windows 32 bit application, >> according to my system. I've downloaded it several times? >> wow! >> $39 for all the English voices is a good deal though JFW does give >> the voices away. :) the same voices, in fact. >> >> At 11:36 AM 12/08/12, Pastor Gil Pries wrote: >>> Hi, >>> Unable to listen to the sample voices. 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