On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 11:54 AM Curtis Delzer <wale...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, Samantha sounds like a smoker to me, and enhanced has funny little > contextual issues with tone where normal Samantha to me is good. I use > Alex, though the artificial "breathing" is extremely annoying, he can go > faster with accuracy than about all other voices, though he is 800K of > memory. > > Curtis Delzer > HS > K 6 V F O > Rialto, CA > > cur...@calweb.com > > On 1/10/2020 8:47 AM, Alan Lemly wrote: > > Shermeen, > > > > I expect we could get a lot of comments on this topic since TTS voice > preference is so subjective and usually generates a lot of opinion > expression. I personally find Samantha enhanced to meet my needs because > I've found where I don't have a strong opinion to stick with the default > option with computer choices. I use Samantha enhanced at 60% speed on my > iPhone 8 and I make sure I add a custom pronunciation whenever she speaks a > word or name incorrectly. I do try other voices from time to time but find > I always return to Samantha enhanced. > > > > Alan Lemly > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Shermeen Khan > > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 10:23 AM > > To: viphone > > Subject: Are any other voices as consistently accurate as Samantha? > > > > The subject line basically says it all. Occasionally, I get bored of the > default voice, and briefly experiment with another voice. I invariably go > back to the default though, as they all seem to have one peculiarity or > another: they either sound odd and distorted if sped up, pronounce too many > words incorrectly, or are accented or inflect in such a way that doesn't > sound natural to me. What voices are you all using, and what speed do you > have them set to? What are your thoughts on frequency of correct > pronunciation? > > > > Thanks, and have a great weekend. > > > > Shermeen > > > > -- > > 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: > mk...@ucla.edu. 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Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/000301d5c7e7%245ec41820%241c4c4860%24%40calweb.com > . > I used to be ride or die for Ava but in IOS 13 I now love the new Siri female at 80%. The new voice was created using machine learning and not an actual human.I wish I could use it on JAWS as a Vocalizer Expressive voice. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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