Also, you might want to set your keyboard interrupt to only control, so you don't lose the cap word if you chose to go that way, but software speech is always slower -- this is why I use hardware.
David via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: > Just wondering, why do you not use the CapBeeper app, from App > Central? Sorry if you have told earlier, but haven't followed the > thread so closely. > > When comes to testing voices, I am afraid you will have to either get > in touch with someone who owns the actual voice, and have them record > a sound sample for you. Or, you would have to pay for the individual > voice. I do know, a few of the manufacturers do supply you a chance to > perform an interactive online testing of their products. Yet, my > experience with these services, is that they are of limited > benefit. They usually only allow you to type one or two lines of text, > and have it read out. It often does give you little idea as to what > the synth will sound over time. And it will not give you any idea of > the Cap issue. > > Not all synths supports pitch changing, and even the ones that do, may > vary in quality of the pitching. Far as I know, all the Vocalizer > series should support pitch adjustment, Eloquence does, and I thought > Dectalk as well. Also the ESpeak voices do support pitching somehow, > but they are not very nice for long-termed usage. In general, the SAPI > voices from Nuance (Scansoft) do NOT support pitching, so you may want > to steer clear of them. > > Personally, I did use the CapBeeper app from App Central, on an > earlier machine, with a voice that did not support pitching. It did > give a tiny beep, on any Caps you arrowed through. > > Hth, > > David > > On 3/5/2015 9:49 AM, Rick Thomas via Talk wrote: > > Hi Chris: After a couple of days of using the word "cap" to indicate capital > > letters I am ready to jump out of my skin with the delay waiting for the > > word cap to complete and not hearing the letter I type but only the word > > "cap" unless I pause after typing every letter that I capitalize for some > > time. > > I know you are likely not a professional programmer but that "cap" indicator > > is a real pain trying to type computer code at any speed.. > > I do programming and in the world of pros we use camel casing for allot of > > words like: > > StockMetrixTableClass and dbDDLClass. Typing the capitals requires stopping > > and listening to the word cap until it is done then I can type the next > > letter with confidence but in programming there are hundereds if not > > thousands of caps that need to be typed and often in sequence making the > > word cap real hassle versus a pitch change and slowing things down. > > I want to evaluate some synths to see which one would work decently with my > > computer and WindowEyes. > > How do I evaluate them to see how changing voicing, pitch, speed and other > > WE settings impact reading of selected material as I type, reading of caps > > as I type, latency and lag times as well as just listening to a sample voice > > reading something. > > I want to know which synths work properly with WindowEyes and which ones > > have weaknesses or problems for the type of high speed work I do before > > throwing money at one of them. > > Note typeing the letters U S A below read nothing but cap cap cap unless I > > wait until the word cap was completey spoken for each letter. > > Rick USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > > author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > > > For membership options, visit > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/trailerdavid%40hotmail.com. > > For subscription options, visit > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > List archives can be found at > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/covici%40ccs.covici.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [email protected] _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
