Yes, Chris, I'm now certain it's my imagination. After playing with Tom for a few days, I went back to the sample offered in the VoiceOver Utility that anyone can hear without downloading the voice, and the sample and downloaded voices are pretty much the same. I notice that Tom, and perhaps the other Nuance voices as well, have their default volumes set a bit lower than that of Alex. I get the impression that more fine-tuning of Alex's voice has taken place when compared to the tweaking of other voices.
Craig On Sunday, December 6, 2015, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm thinking it's your imagination. Though I honestly never have liked > the nuance voices at all really, I've not heard any differences in the way > you're describing. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Werner" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 10:38 AM > Subject: Quality of Nuance Voice Tom for the MacBook Air > > > Hello, everyone. >> >> I am using a 13-inch MacBook Air running OS X 10.10.5. I recently >> downloaded the Nuance voice Tom using the VoiceOver Utility function, >> and I notice that the sample sentence spoken by Tom accessible without >> downloading the voice sounds more natural than the downloaded voice. >> "Natural" is, of course, difficult to define, but to my ears, the >> sample voice sounds as if it occupies a greater frequency bandwidth. >> Is this limitation on the quality of the downloaded voice connected to >> the available memory of the MacBook Air? Is it a product of my >> imagination? :-) >> >> Thank you for all help., >> >> Craig >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
