I have the Alex voice on my computer as well, and I also like the breathing aspect. He sounds really cool. Take care, everyone, and stay safe! I know, I'm kind of getting tired of that expression myself, but I still say it anyway. Esther
Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 7+! > On Sep 7, 2021, at 11:04 AM, Daniel MacDonald > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As a neck user, I’ve always used Alex on that platform. I have gotten used to > him, and the breathing for me is one of the hallmarks of the Alex voice, and > why the Alex voice is so good. Now in iOS 7, are used to use Samantha, > because Alex wasn’t available in iOS. But as soon as I got iOS 8.1.3 8.1.2, I > have been doing it I’ve been doing it for a while because of I wanted to try > android, wasn’t satisfied, and longed for iOS, because it’s so easy to use > and the interface is great. But anyway I find that he sounds different on iOS > then he does on a Mac and it’s interesting there’s interesting nuances > between the two different versions of the voice but I like Alex and I’ve > gotten used to him and I I’d use him around 70% on both iOS and Mac > >>> On Sep 7, 2021, at 10:34 AM, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >> Oh it's still there, just not so present when it's not reading a long text. >> Devin Prater >> [email protected] >> gemini://tilde.pink/~devinprater/ >> >> >> >>> On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 8:28 AM Paula Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Interesting. I, too, use Alex at a speed somewhere between 55 and 65. I >>> haven’t noticed the annoying breathing problem in quite some time. With any >>> luck and God’s good grace, that little annoyance is gone for good. Have a >>> safe and healthy day. >>> God bless! >>> Paula and the pups >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >>> Joshua Hendrickson >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 9:25 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: the Alex voice >>> >>> I keep my speed rate for all voices to 57%. I've used Alex before. >>> He is pretty good. I just don't have him downloaded at the moment because >>> I don't have all that much space on my 256 gig iPhone. I really don't like >>> that breathing thing he does. Although I have heard him read some text to >>> speech books before and he really isn't all that bad. >>> >>> On 9/7/21, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Yes, because he sounds the most natural, as well as being the most >>> > responsive. 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