thir, tee, five, per, cent, is, w'w'w'wayyyyy, too, suh, low'w'w for, my,
ligh, king!
Seriously, I have had no issues either, and I run mine at about 70 to 75.
Chris.
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From: "Shawn Krasniuk" <bbssh...@icloud.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: Alex for the Mac and Correctness of Pronunciation
Hi. I don't notice any pronunciation issues with Alex. Just out of
curiosity, what's the rate of your speech? I keep all my voices at a 35%
speech rate because they sound the most natural with that rate. Any higher
is unnatural.
Shawn
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On Dec 10, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Craig Werner <coffeeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,everyone.
As we all know, preference for one voice over another is a matter of
subjective interpretation. However, it strikes me that one criterion
is less subjective than the others: the ability of a synthesizer to
pronounce a word correctly in the dialect and language the user has
chosen. In this respect, it seems to me, Alex doesn't perform well.
I have noticed that even common words are too often mispronounced,
and, in Yosemite 10.10.5, at least, it is the short ones, such as
"to," "the," "into," "that," etc. that are often mispronounced or have
portions of them swallowed up. Whether these words are correctly
pronounced may depend on their position on a line and their
contiguity, or lack of it, with punctuation marks.
I'm wondering about two questions. First, is Alex's pronunciation
more correct under OS 10.11 than under 10.10? Second, are there other
voices that pronounce common words more accurately?
Thanks for all help.
Craig
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