I've not tried Alex, but have used dear old karen since the year dot. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Feir" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 5:57 PM Subject: Re: Why Does Everyone Like iOS Alex so Much?
I have hearing losss and quite like the Alex voice on my iPHONE7. It's the best compromise between responsiveness and enjoyability and I use it for reading books quite a lot. However, in some backgrounds where I really need the voice to cut through for me, I prefer the Australian Karen voice. An old but reliable companion. The American Ava voice is also reasonably pleasant. On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 12:34 PM Kay Malmquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a hearing loss and do not like Alex in any way. On my phone I use > Tom or the male Siri voice. On my computer I much prefer Paul from the > DecTalk Express and can't stand Eloquence in any way. He sounds to choppy > and like he has a clothepin on his nose, if he had one. Just my grumpy > take > on the voices > > Kay Malmquist > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 8:19 AM > Subject: RE: Why Does Everyone Like iOS Alex so Much? > > > I think people were really looking forward to Alex because on the Mac he > does sound quite a bit better. Also, for some people with hearing loss I > understand Alex can be better than other voices. > I also still use Eloquence with Jaws although occasionally may switch to a > voice like Samantha or Nathan if I want to read a longer article or piece > of > text slowly. All of the human sounding voices in my opinion don't sound > good > when they speak fast. The new female SIRI voice on the uiPhone is a good > example. I think it sounds awesome, maybe the best TTS I have heard except > maybe Alexa on the Echo, but she definitely does not sound good if you go > faster than her default. > Larry is correct, voices are super subjective, some for example prefer to > use the compact iOS voice and think it sounds better than the high quality > one and I just don't hear it that way, to me the high quality is much > better. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of K. Scott Carlson > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 5:38 AM > To: [email protected]; Larry Lumpkin <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Why Does Everyone Like iOS Alex so Much? > > I agree; Eloquence is still my favorite and I haven't found anything to > replace it. I actually find the "human" sounding voices to sound really > weird. > > > On 10/20/2017 8:37 AM, Larry Lumpkin wrote: > > Synthesizer voices are highly subjective and very much a matter of > > personal taste. I like eloquence and wouldn't use another voice if I had > a > > choice and would do so if IoS offered it but that is just my personal > > preference. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of K. Scott Carlson > > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 7:33 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Why Does Everyone Like iOS Alex so Much? > > > > The subject pretty much says it all. I've tried using his voice a > > number of times, and it sounds weirdly robotic and muffled to me. Not > > appealing at all. What is the appeal for people, since it was such a big > > deal when it was added? > > > > > > > > -- > > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > > list. > > > > 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. > > > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > > [email protected]. 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