I've noticed that a lot of people use compact voices with rapid speech, because they say they're more responsive and articulate than the high-quality voices. Anything faster than normal human speech speed makes me jittery, plus I have a slight hearing impairment, so I haven't tested this out. I am probably in the minority here, but I tend to use high-quality voices at about 45 or 50 percent rate.
Teresa "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan On Jan 30, 2014, at 2:02 PM, BBS <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. Why do you like the compact version of Karen? The compact voices sound so > robotic. I think the same way about Kate from Neospeech and when I'm on > Windows on my Mac, I either use premium Karen with NVDA or James from > Neospeech. I also use James in Voice Dream but that's a different topic. And > like you, I wish Apple would let users use other voices besides the Nuance > Vocalizer Expressive voices like you can on the Mac because I wouldn't mind > having other options for voices. It would be cool if I could use the new Rod > voice I'm using on my Mac for example. > > Shawn > Sent From My White MacBook > > On Jan 30, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Like Kroll says, it's really your own preference that matters here. >> Personally, I really can't stand Samantha in either form, but I love Karen, >> but only in her compact form. If I could get Neospeech Kate for VoiceOver on >> my phone, I'd switch to her in a second. Not that Karen is bad or >> anything--I like her quite a bit, in fact--but I just like Kate better. >> Sigh. That totally isn't going to be happening. Ever. Ah, well. >> >> Anyway, getting back to Karen. I like her in her compact form over any of >> the other English voices, compact or otherwise. The only time I ever use >> Samantha is when I'm using my braille display. Although now that I can tell >> VoiceOver to use the North American braille table as well as Karen at the >> same time, instead of having to switch to Samantha to use the North American >> Braille table, I'm good to go. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Ari >> >>> On Jan 30, 2014, at 5:52 AM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, while I've seen many others chime here about the voice preference, >>> ultimately it will be up to you. What I think sounds cool might not be what >>> someone else thinks sounds cool or human. For example, I'm perfectly fine >>> with the high quality Samantha voice, yet can't stand the low quality one >>> which makes her sound like she's got cotton mouth or like she's about to >>> stab someone. Others have said that Karen sounds good, and that's true, but >>> only if you like the accent and the inflection. I'm not saying it's good or >>> bad, but you just have to try them out for yourself and see what fits your >>> tastes best. >>> >>> Good luck. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Raul A. Gallegos >>> Oxygen and Potassium went on a date. It went OK. Bazinga! - Sheldon Cooper >>> Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 >>> >>>>> On Jan 29, 2014, at 2:44 PM, kate andrekson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ok so I've got my iphone's default language set to Spanish. 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