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I wonder if Ivona is shutting down because for a company like Amazon, we aren't a big enough market? I heard awhile back that Amazon is who owns Ivona now. I'm sure most of the other voice venders like Nuance are in plenty of things that aren't blindness or disability specific though. -

What will this mean for the Voice Dream Products?

I would think that the loss of these voice products would also affect the dyslexic. That could be quite a number of people. Brenda Mueller Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

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Hi Brent. I don't think we'll be the only ones effected if Ivona gets shut down. I've heard sighted people use these voices too for book reading if they don't feel like reading themselves. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype

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Agreed. Everyone has their own personal preference. I personally don’t use Alex. I just don’t care for it. Some people love the Alex voice and that’s totally cool by me. The more the merrier. :) I love to have multiple choices for my mood. I also sometimes prefer a different voice or accent

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Likewise, I've always liked Kate when I bought my Booksense back in 2009. I did notice that the Neospeech Kate used with voice dream is better than the Neospeech kate as used with the booksense. -Original Message- From: englishride...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 8:55 PM

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Hi Russ. Just out of curiosity, how better does Kate sound on Voice Dream compared to anywhere else. I asked this because I used to have her on my PC's before I switched to the Mac and I found her very monotone. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle:

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IMHO, one's choice of a speech synthesizer comes down to personal preference. I use Eloquence, Samantha, Google TTS and eSpeak. I feel the most efficient and productive with eSpeak. I don't see why you have to deny me the speech synthesizer I want to use just because you prefer another. I

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I bet if TTS companies wanted to, they could make the same languages that ESpeak has. Acapela is slowly getting there, just give it time. But I agree 100% with Mary. If I had to listen to a robotic sounding voice like E-Speak read a book to me, I'd probably fall asleep before I finished the

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I'll give Alex a shot when he comes to VDR, but I have a feeling that I'll be switching back to good ofuld Neospeech Kate soon en. Ever since I incountered her on the BookSense line of products, I've been hard pressed to find something I like more. I keep coming back to Kate, time and time

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Well, Apparently what Richard said, Winston is in the process of bringing Alex to VDR. And I don't think you have to worry about there being no sales of other voices. Many people don't like how Alex sounds. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle:

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I sure hope so. I think he's still working on new stuff for Voice Dream Reader, like 3d touch and all that. If Alex were for Voice Dream Reader though, he may not get sales from many other voices though, lol. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 9, 2015, at 1:18 AM, Shawn Krasniuk

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True about Esperanto. Then again, I don't know any Esperanto speakers. In fact, it is a made up language of sorts. So no one speaks at natively. Not high on the to do list, I shouldn't think. However, more language support is a great thing, and other speech companies are making strides in that

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Yes, but eSpeak's language support is better than any other speech system out there today. Not even Vocalizer has an Esperanto voice. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 8, 2015, at 10:21 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Yes, voices have come along way. That is precisely why I will

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Yes, voices have come along way. That is precisely why I will never ever use e-speak. Back in the 1980s, that sounded better than espeak. that I know it's a personal preference deal. Bute-speak for reading for pleasure? Not in this lifetime. Mary Sent from my iPad > On Oct 8, 2015, at 7:58

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Well, I don't think the Ivona voices were all that good anyways. Just my oppinion, but speech synthesis has gone a ways, and has less wildly varying entonation. But sure, Voicedream may lose some voices, but they still have Acapella Sharan up their sleeve, and could easily add eSpeak and other

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Hi I received this as well. My favorit voice is the Amy iVona voice. That is really too bad. I think she is one of the best ones out there. Neal -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater Sent: Thursday, October 8,

What Will This Mean For The Voice Dream Products

Hi all. I've tried Ivona's voices for Windows and therefore I'm on their newsletter. I just got an email from them. It sounds like they might be folding. I'll paste an excerpt of the email below but one has to wonder. Will Voice Dream be affected? I don't have any Ivona voices, but if I do