Alex is okay for a while, then I go back to Samantha even though I do wish she would get rid of that smoker's voice. I guess it is just that I am used to her, don't like her much but it has been on my phone forever, sometimes hear Alex especially if I am working and in the zone can startle me. I remember one of the first times I wondered who the man was that sounded like he was in my pocket, LOL. If I am reading with Kindle or iBooks I sort of prefer Alex, but for normal stuff I am used to Samantha. I could wish we had more choices here in America, I am not overly fond of British English or anything like that when I am trying to get something accomplished, they are fun to play with, for me not to get anything accomplished.
However, it subjective, and it may be that normally I have my speech going faster than many would. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 10:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Issue with newly purchased voice on voice dream reader How subjective synthetic voices are to people is evident in how much many like Alex while I think he sounds quite bad. But then again I wish I could get Eloquence on my iPhone! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 2:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Issue with newly purchased voice on voice dream reader I still like Kendra from I Vona. I know we had a big discussion about that a few months ago. So I always say to each his or her own. But at this point for me, it would be Kendra or Ashley on the female side and James on the male side. And if Apple ever lets us have Alex, I would also use him. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 23, 2015, at 11:20 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would generally agree with what Mary said. I used to like Laura from > Acapella for an American female voice, but the Quality of Ashley's voice is > way better. > My wife also likes Julie, but she is a little too chipper sounding to me. > I do not like Sally at all. > At this point, even though I have purchased several other voices, the only > ones I plan on using now are Amy from Ivona, and James or Ashley from > NeoSpeech. > Richard > > > "I always wanted to be somebody when I grew up. Now I see I should have been > more specific." > – Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe > >> On Feb 23, 2015, at 11:14 AM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That is kind of a tough question. I did get to hear the sample. I did not >> get the error that people have talked about. I suppose that some people >> might think Ashley sounds rather flat. If you are for example, a fan of the >> ivona is Sally voice, you probably won't like Ashley. She is sort of like a >> female James, as far as intonation goes. But I still think James is better.I >> would use her for reading nonfiction if I didn't want to use James. I don't >> think I would like her for novels with emotional scenes in them. But, to >> each their own of course. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Feb 23, 2015, at 10:56 AM, BBS <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> How does Ashley sound? I tried getting a voice sample of her but she was >>> one of the voices that had the download error. >>> >>> Shawn >>> Sent From My White Macbook >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Otten" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 12:18 PM >>> Subject: Issue with newly purchased voice on voice dream reader >>> >>> >>> Hello all, >>> I recently did update voice dream reader, because it was necessary to >>> update that before updating boy stream writer. I subsequently decided to >>> purchase the new Ashley voice using my iPhone. All went well, and the voice >>> works as expected. >>> Now, I have updated voice dream reader on my iPad, and installed a couple >>> of my favorite voices. However, the Ashley voice did not show up as having >>> been purchased. And, when I look under and voices, I see Ashley, and it >>> asks me to purchase it again. I have never had this problem in the past. >>> Voices purchased on one device were always transferable to another device >>> by simply downloading them under the manage my voices tap. Has anyone >>> purchased a voice since updating voice dream reader? And have you been able >>> to get that voice on more than one device? >>> Mary >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >>> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any >>> questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a >>> member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators >>> directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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