I use it at 58%; any faster and it is less comfortable to listen to. I max out espeak on windows, though. On 25 Jul 2012, at 22:56, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
> Alex, > > That's really really weird. I've never experienced any sluggishness. What > percent to you run the speech rate at? > > I don't generally run it quite this fast, but I can, if needed understand it > up to 85% with Alex, pitch 50, intonation 50, volume 100, and it's not very > sluggish, at least not for me anyways. Macbook stocked white 13 inch mid > 2010. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <[email protected]> > To: "macvisionaries" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:13 PM > Subject: synth that makes vo snappier? > > >> Hi all, >> I don't know if this has changed in Mountain Lion, but in Lion vo is >> usually a bit sluggish. It's useable, but it isn't as responsive as a >> Windows screen reader, and I can't help wondering if part of the >> problem is Alex. He sounds great, but are there other voices, whether >> the ones you cna download under speech preferences or third-party >> ones, that make vo respond better? Ideally, a lightweight synth like >> ESpeak would be wonderful (I know, most people hate ESpeak). I'm not a >> fan of any other mac voices, though I haven't yet tried the Nuance >> ones you can download. Any thoughts? Did 10.8 improve things at all in >> this regard? I'm using a mini with 2gb ram, but I have seen the same >> thing on an Air with 4gb ram and even a 2011 Pro. >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >> [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. > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- 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.
