Well, speech is down to personal preference. I don't like vocalizer. If I did, I'd probably have a choice to use it on my android. Lots of people do like it. If not, you have choices. You just install a new synth and off you go.
Where-as on IPhone, the speech API is locked town so you can't have system-wide voices or choose to use a different speech engine with your voiceover. Which addresses the original question. Best, Erik Burggraaf Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2012-08-02, at 1:20 PM, Jordan Gallacher wrote: > Nope I was using SVOX. Apple has done a great job and I don’t see any reason > for them to need to change the synthesizer API. The only issue I have is one > app that uses VoiceOver instead of its own speech, which means that the > screen is on when the phone is in my pocket. So far though, that has not > even been a problem. > Jordan > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Oferik burggraaf > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 12:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: other synth for voiceover on iphone? > > You probably had pico which is the default speech. It makes my ears bleed. > You can get ivona or loquendo and they are much better. > > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at > $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. > Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 > or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2012-08-02, at 12:42 PM, Jordan Gallacher wrote: > > > No its not. When I had an Android phone, the speech was saying things wrong. > The speech on the iPhone gets everything I have thrown at it correct. > Jordan > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Oferik burggraaf > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 6:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: other synth for voiceover on iphone? > > This is a major detraction of the IPhone. I've put in a request several > times to have apple open up the speech API so that synthesizers could be > shared across applications but nothing doing. > > It's not even just voiceover. It's all self-voicing applications. If I buy > acapella voices for prismo, and then I want to use them in navigon, forget > it. If I buy loquendo voices for my voice communication aid and want to use > them in prismo, sorry, nop. > > One reason I especially love my android is that I have a choice of ivona, > loquendo, svox, and hopefully soon acapella voices that will work with > talkback and any other application I choose. > > Vocalizer isn't as bad as svox or pico, but if it's an improvement on > realspeak I'm not sure how. It's pronunciation is pretty horrible. It's > useless for street names in gps applications for example. > > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at > $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. > Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 > or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2012-08-02, at 3:13 AM, Joseph Lee wrote: > > > > Hi, > No (BTW, VoiceOver uses Vocalizer, which is an improvement compared to > RealSpeak). > Cheers, > Joseph > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Dave Bahr > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 11:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: other synth for voiceover on iphone? > > Hi, is it possible to use another synth with voiceover if I don't really > like the realspeak voices on my iphone? If so what can I use? > > -- > > Dave C. 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