I agree. Sometimes I'd rather have her reading something to me. And I'm sure they'll improve her on the mac.
On 2011-03-02, at 12:17 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Guys relax. I heard a sample of the voices and sorry I should have posted the > article, but someone will. I have to say the new voices sound great and > certainly no worse than Alex. So, I think we're going to be in for a real > treat. In fact the voices will be a download option as well, so you won't > have to have every voice on your machine. > I really think folks will like them. Of course I don't mind the Samantha > voice on the iOS platform all that much, but hell she grows on you after a > while; sort of like mold. :) > Scott > > > > > > On Mar 2, 2011, at 12:58 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > >> Well, voices are totally subjective, and I can't speak for other languages, >> but I'd much rather have US espeak than tom or samantha. To me those voices >> sound like complete garbage. >> >> Every ear is different though. Some of my clients love those voices. >> Personally I think it will be a grand day when alex is ported to IOS. >> >> Best, >> >> Erik Burggraaf >> User support consultant, >> Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, >> 1-888-255-5194 >> http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >> >> On 2011-03-02, at 12:42 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >> >>> Oh come on, the scansoft voices ain't so bad, be thankful it isn't espeak >>> or Orpheus. I for one think that the swedish scansoft voices are way way >>> better in terms of language treatment than the Infovox ones. >>> /Krister >>> >>> 2 mar 2011 kl. 17.46 skrev Mary Otten: >>> >>>> According to the article found at >>>> http://www.tuaw.com/ >>>> Mac OS 10 offers high quality multi-lingual voices, >>>> There are going to be a whole lot of high quality voices, in a variety of >>>> languages, available for download in the next iteration of Apple's os. For >>>> me, the one possible sour note was the reference to Samantha and Tom as an >>>> improvement over Alex that we have now. I hope this will not mean that >>>> Apple will decide to retire Alex in favor of what are, for me at least, >>>> vastly inferior voices in Samantha and Tom. There will be other English >>>> voices, the ones we know on the IPhone. Indeed, it sounds like the voices >>>> that are coming to Lion are those we now have on the I-devices. Great for >>>> speakers of languages other than English. Great for folks who prefer a >>>> non-U.S. English reading voice. But a definite leap backwards if they can >>>> Alex in favor of what's on the IPhone now, even if they include the male >>>> voice. >>>> >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> Mary Otten >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
