Rod, I've done what you suggested to make certain I was getting the best response from Eloquence. I don't think, though, that it would hurt to check it again. However, in my case, the fact that Eloquence runs fine and James is somewhat sluggish tells me that there is a difference. When push comes to shove, you probably simply have a faster computer or possibly a better sound card which may mask the difference. Again, though, I'm not saying those voices are not worth it, only that people need to understand that they could experience what I do.
Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:16:43 -0500, Rod Hutton wrote: >Hi Steve, >One thing to check is that you have disabled audio special effects in the >advanced tab of the properties dialog for your sound card. >Also, you may consider trying this: >On my Windows 7 machine, I pressed the Start button, and, in the search box, >typed: > Performance > I eventually was able to arrow down to an entry called: > Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows > Pressing Enter on this opened up the Performance Options dialog, where >there are >a number of options which can be toggled on and off. > See if turning off some of these makes a difference. > Hth, > Rod >-----Original Message----- >From: Talk >[mailto:[email protected]] 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 consistently been >disappointed on two computers. That >being said, even if I was disappointed, some might find the trade-off I >experienced to be worth the quality of >speech. In addition, your experience has been different than mine and there >is likely an undiscovered reason that >is the case, so perhaps what can be said is that one might want to try the >synthesizers out before purchasing, or >purchase knowing that their experience could vary. Meanwhile, I am going to >check the settings on the desktop >computer upon which I have those voices installed to see if there might be >something I can change to improve >performance, although I am very satisfied with the performance of Eloquence. >Best regards, >Steve Jacobson >On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 07:08:50 -0500, Rod Hutton wrote: >>Hi Steve, >>They all work perfectly, but I prefer Neospeech VW-Kate. >>Hth, >>Rod >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Talk >>[mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf >>Of Steve Jacobson via Talk >>Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 9:49 PM >>To: Window-Eyes Discussion List >>Subject: RE: synth suggestion >>Wow, I'm also running 64-bit, and I found typing with character echo to be >>almost pointless, and the arrow keys to be sluggish. Which specific voice >>are >>you useing? >>Best regards, >>Steve Jacobson >>On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:33:13 -0500, Rod Hutton wrote: >>>Hi Steve, >>>I'm running Windows 7 64-bit and I don't find any sluggishness of any kind >>>either within Kurzweil or Window-Eyes with the Neospeech voices regardless >>>of speech rate settings. >>>Hth, >>>Rod >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Talk >>>[mailto:[email protected]] 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 >>>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 does >>>when reading a lot of text. That >>>disappointed me some. >>>Best regards, >>>Steve Jacobson >>>On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 22:09:56 -0500, Rod Hutton via Talk wrote: >>>>Hi Peter, >>>>I use Neospeech voices with Window-Eyes, but they came bundled with >>>Kurzweil >>>>1000. >>>>Therefore, they work with Window-Eyes, they are SAPI 5.0 voices, but you >>>>must acquire them either by purchasing them directly from Neospeech or >you >>>>get them with Kurzweil. >>>>Hth, >>>>Rod >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: Talk >>>>[mailto:[email protected]] On >>>Behalf >>>>Of via Talk >>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 9:36 PM >>>>To: [email protected] >>>>Subject: synth suggestion >>>>Hi list. Got a suggestion for synths: Has there been any talk about >>>having >>>>Neospeech as a synth that can be used with Window-Eyes? 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