Tom is the voice my ID-MATE quest uses. I've used him before as a voice over voice.
On 1/10/20, Arlene <[email protected]> wrote: > Our favorite voice is Tom. Not everyone might like male voices, but to us > Tom has the best voice. He sounds like such a real person, along with having > an accent. It's probably why he's on some of the automated systems > businesses like dish where you have interactive menues. and Tom is the > default voice that newsline uses too. Our favorite female voice is Darby > Bailey, She was the voice of tell me information, the voice of directory > assistance for a t and t and directory assistance for verizon, the voice of > U P S the voice mail for verizon's answer call, also voice mail voice for I > think a t and t for landline phones, and the voice of many other businesses. > We both wish her voice was on the iphone to be able to choose, and also to > have her voice onother phones. I know this is a bit off topic in a way, but > so many people have heard Darby and possibly you didn't know her name, but > if you'd like to read more about her, here's the wikipedia page about her, > and her very own site where she has a blog, does voice recordings, and you > could hear her music and more: > Wikipedia page about Darby > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darby_Bailey > Darby's site > http://www.darbybailey.com/ > > Arlene and Wayne > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cedric Green > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 1:44 PM > Subject: Re: Are any other voices as consistently accurate as Samantha? > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 11:54 AM Curtis Delzer <[email protected]> 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 > > [email protected] > > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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: > [email protected]. 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