RE: synth suggestion

2015-02-27 Thread Rod Hutton via Talk
-Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson via Talk Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 10:24 AM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: RE: synth suggestion Rod, Clearly you have had better luck than I have had, but I've

Re: synth suggestion

2015-02-26 Thread Reeva Webb via Talk
I use neospeech kate with we,i have her because i run zoomtext as well. I would hope since gw and ai squared are now sharing resources that neospeech would come with we and vocalizer would come with zt maybe down the road. Reeva On Thursday, February 26, 2015, Steve Jacobson via Talk

RE: synth suggestion

2015-02-26 Thread Steve Jacobson via Talk
I have also tried those voices with Window-Eyes as I have them as part of Kurzweil 1000. The sound is very nice but they remain slow responding as one might expect with synthesizers that sound as natural as they do. I also think that James sounds better when he speaks a phrase or two than he

RE: synth suggestion

2015-02-26 Thread Rod Hutton via Talk
-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson via Talk Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:59 AM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: RE: synth suggestion I have also tried those voices with Window-Eyes as I have them as part of Kurzweil 1000. The sound is very nice

RE: synth suggestion

2015-02-26 Thread Van Lant, Robin via Talk
I also tried Neospeech Kate for a while, but went back to DecTalk because there are many words Kate pronounced differently. My recollection is that I was having a hard time distinguishing between when she said did and didn't (as in did not) -- pretty important distinction when reading stuff at

RE: synth suggestion

2015-02-26 Thread Rod Hutton via Talk
@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Van Lant, Robin via Talk Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 6:05 PM To: plrussi...@comcast.net; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: RE: synth suggestion I also tried Neospeech Kate for a while, but went back to DecTalk because there are many words Kate pronounced

Re: synth suggestion

2015-02-26 Thread Kelly Sapergia via Talk
Hi, Speaking of Neospeech voices, does anyone know where you can purchase them these days? I remember NextUp Technologies, creators of Text Aloud, used to sell them in SAPI5 form, but not anymore. Thanks. Yours Sincerely, Kelly John Sapergia Show Host and Production Director The Global

RE: synth suggestion

2015-02-26 Thread Steve Jacobson via Talk
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:59 AM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: RE: synth suggestion I have also tried those voices with Window-Eyes as I have them as part of Kurzweil 1000. The sound is very nice but they remain slow responding as one might expect