Likewise, I've always liked Kate when I bought my Booksense back in 2009. I
did notice that the Neospeech Kate used with voice dream is better than the
Neospeech kate as used with the booksense.
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Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 8:55 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: What Will This Mean For The Voice Dream Products
I'll give Alex a shot when he comes to VDR, but I have a feeling that I'll
be switching back to good ofuld Neospeech Kate soon en. Ever since I
incountered her on the BookSense line of products, I've been hard pressed to
find something I like more. I keep coming back to Kate, time and time
again., even through I've gotten other voices for VDR.
Thanks,
Ari
On Oct 9, 2015, at 8:45 PM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
Well, Apparently what Richard said, Winston is in the process of bringing
Alex to VDR. And I don't think you have to worry about there being no
sales of other voices. Many people don't like how Alex sounds.
Shawn
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On Oct 9, 2015, at 10:39 PM, Devin Prater <r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com> wrote:
I sure hope so. I think he's still working on new stuff for Voice Dream
Reader, like 3d touch and all that. If Alex were for Voice Dream Reader
though, he may not get sales from many other voices though, lol.
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On Oct 9, 2015, at 1:18 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote:
I bet if TTS companies wanted to, they could make the same languages
that ESpeak has. Acapela is slowly getting there, just give it time. But
I agree 100% with Mary. If I had to listen to a robotic sounding voice
like E-Speak read a book to me, I'd probably fall asleep before I
finished the book. But in all honesty, if I had to choose a robotic
speech engine, give me DECTalk. At least it tries to sound human.
Speaking of voices though, does anyone know if Winston plans to bring
Alex to Voice Dream Reader like he did with Writer?
Shawn
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On Oct 8, 2015, at 10:21 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, voices have come along way. That is precisely why I will never
ever use e-speak. Back in the 1980s, that sounded better than espeak.
that I know it's a personal preference deal. Bute-speak for reading for
pleasure? Not in this lifetime.
Mary
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On Oct 8, 2015, at 7:58 PM, Devin Prater <r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Well, I don't think the Ivona voices were all that good anyways. Just
my oppinion, but speech synthesis has gone a ways, and has less wildly
varying entonation. But sure, Voicedream may lose some voices, but
they still have Acapella Sharan up their sleeve, and could easily add
eSpeak and other voices to compensate.
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On Oct 7, 2015, at 2:35 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com>
wrote:
Hi all. I've tried Ivona's voices for Windows and therefore I'm on
their newsletter. I just got an email from them. It sounds like they
might be folding. I'll paste an excerpt of the email below but one
has to wonder. Will Voice Dream be affected? I don't have any Ivona
voices, but if I do consider buying them in the future, will I be SOL
if I don't buy them by December 31?
Dear IVONA Customer,
Please be informed, that starting from 31st of December 2015 IVONA
will no longer be providing support services for the following
products for customers:
• IVONA Voices
• IVONA 2 Voices
• IVONA Reader/IVONA MiniReader/IVONA Control Center
• Expressivo
• Accessibility package
This includes recovery of activation keys and installation files as
well as software updates and customer support from the IVONA support
team.
Shawn
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