My boss has a female voice, think it's called Vicky that says the time on his Imac every hour or when he has an ppointmnet / meeting. I find that a nicer voice than Samantha
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ch...@q.com Sent: Saturday, 24 April 2010 6:11 p.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac? Brian: I'm curious: Isn't Samantha also synthetic? What about Alex? I kind of think she has a little smile in her voice, but I honestly find Eloquence th e easiest to understand. The old voice that used to be in the dectalk was pretty good, and I don't think anyone's using that except NOAA all hazards radio. I din't think the macbook pro even has Samantha on it as an option. Anyhow, interesting topic to me. Thanks Carolyn On Apr 23, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: > Samantha sounds completely emotionless to me. I know that synthesizer intonation only approximates the change in pitch that happens as a person reads, but Samantha has one of the worst intonation models that I've ever heard. No matter if she is pausing at the end of a clause, making a statement, asking a question, or speaking with exclamation, she always speaks the same way. She starts high, slowly starts to drop in pitch, and has an abrupt drop when she reaches the end of a sentence or a clause boundary. All other modern synths, from Alex, to the old Macintalk voices, to DECtalk, to Eloquence, and even junk stuff like ESpeak can use intonation that changes a little depending on what it is reading. Samantha sounds completely flat and detached. Add to that she sounds like an annoyed person that smokes heavily, and I think she's a crap voice. It really bugs me that she is becoming the default voice for so many blind-people devices. If we had to use a Scansoft voice, Tom would be better. At least Tom modulates. A synthetic voice would be more expressive. > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 5:41 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac? > > Hi, > > I find Samantha a lot nicer on a computer than the iPhone. THis is in part because of the quality, but I for some reason find her a much harsher assistant on the iPhone than I do on a computer. > > Regards, > Nic > Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk > AIM: cincinster > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > Facebook Profile > My Twitter > > On Apr 23, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > >> Hell I thought she was one of the better quality voices out there. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nicolai Svendsen >> Sent: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 8:30 p.m. >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Where Is Samantha, on the Mac? >> >> Hi, >> >> Samantha is a SAPI voice, made by Scansoft, and referred to Vocalizer >> on any mobile platform from Nuance. It is the voice of the iThingies >> though, but I find her harsh to listen to. >> >> Regards, >> Nic >> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >> Skype: Kvalme >> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >> AIM: cincinster >> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >> Facebook Profile >> My Twitter >> >> On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:34 AM, M. Taylor wrote: >> >>> Thank you for your response. >>> >>> But how can this be? 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