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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Kevin Barry
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2013 7:05 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Word Recognition Using High-quality and Compact Voices
Yes. But they are named by Nuance.
I have all the Engli
And this is why we all have choices. I personally prefer eloquence, while
others can't stand it. I personally use the compact voices, and really don't
like the high quality voices. But there are others who specifically prefer the
HQ voices.
It's a wonderful thing to have choices like we do. We
Yeah, compact Daniel is pretty fuzzy. Also, Samantha in any form sounds really
raspy. And, I don't know, sort of breathy. I hope that makes some kind of sense.
As for non-compact voices sounding superior at lower speeds, I'll have to give
that a try, especially Daniel.
I can't listen to VoiceO
I've noticed how choppy they are, too. Personally, I can't stand them. I, too,
use the compact Australian voice, Karen. I love it! I can't stand Samantha in
any form whatsoever. The only reason I use her in compact form at all is
because when I have my Braille display connected to my iPhone, I
Well, you have a history of using awful speech. Some of thos old
models were truly bad and Eloquence always sounded muddy to me. Crank
it up to a decent speed and it seemed to become one giant syllable.
At 01:07 PM 6/1/2013, you wrote:
Nuance also has blind employees. I'm blind, and I prefer t
Nuance also has blind employees. I'm blind, and I prefer the HQ voices.
I find them a bit crisper and clearer.
I'm not saying people don't have a legitimate complaint about the HQ
voices, but I think a lot of it is what you get used to. For example, I
just switched from Eloquence to eSpeak on my P
Guys
I should probably add that, at lower speeds, the high quality voices are
superior without a doubt. So, if what you want is clear human-sounding speech
but don’t mind slower speeds, then the HQ voices are probably for you. However
we all probably have our voices at 100% (or at least I can’t
Yes. But they are named by Nuance.
I have all the English Nuance voices on my PC using Window-eyes.
There are five, as I recall Samantha voices alone ranging
from compact to something like super high quality or some such.
Apple offers a choice of what Nuance has.
And, for my PC I still prefe
Ah!
I'm not sure what you mean. Didn't Apple have to decide to include those
voices?
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On Jun 1, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Kevin Barry wrote:
> Because those voices are not from Apple.
> They are from Nuance.
>
Because those voices are not from Apple.
They are from Nuance.
At 09:12 AM 6/1/2013, you wrote:
lol,
How are you so certain they were sighted? Plenty of blind people
work for Apple. And I don't mind the high quality voices at
all. So that being said, couldn't it have been a like minded bli
lol,
How are you so certain they were sighted? Plenty of blind people work for
Apple. And I don't mind the high quality voices at all. So that being said,
couldn't it have been a like minded blind person who suggested high quality
voices?
I'm not saying they are better or anything like that
Hi,
The only high quality voice I like is the British one. That and the Australian
compact voice, are the only two I ever use.
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On 01/06/2013, at 10:33 PM, "Robin Christopherson"
wrote:
> I’ve tried several compact and high quality voices and must say I ag
I heartily dislike the so-called high quality voices. In my opinion,
that is what happens when sighted people decide these things.
At 08:33 AM 6/1/2013, you wrote:
I've tried several compact and high quality voices and must say I
agree with you. The clarity of the high quality voices actually
Robin, your message hits on what may be the central difficulty with
the high-quality voices: introducing tiny interruptions within words
themselves. It seems, to my brain at least, that individual words are
being broken up into parts by very small pauses. I wouldn't mind if
there was a tiny pause
I’ve tried several compact and high quality voices and must say I agree with
you. The clarity of the high quality voices actually makes words sound too
choppy or bitty to my ears. I’ve settled on the compact Australian lady as the
easiest to comprehend.
Thanks, Robin.
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Hello, everyone.
This morning, I decided to do a little comparing of the American
Samantha high-quality voice and the compact voice. I read an article
from _The New York Times_, first using one voice and then the other.
To no one's surprise, I'm sure, I noted that the volume of the
high-quality v
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