Hi all. I don't think Joey is worth buying. Sounds too robotic and so does Sally. I like the new voice that Ivona has made, Raveena out of all of them. As for the comment of making the voices available for the Mac, I've wrote to them time and again to consider making them available. They've said that they're working on it and that they would come, but I'm beginning to find that that was just talk.
Shawn Sent From My White MacBook From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 5:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 Yes, Sally is also quite good, as is Joey for the male voice. Brian, the British male is also quite good. What voice a person likes is extremely subjective. The thing that blows me away is how well Amy handled text that was written without spaces. It parsed the words just like there were spaces between them. Richard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 1:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 I'm a fan of Sally over Amy, but I agree that the $3 I spent on James now feels wasted. <smile> Speech is incredibly subjective, but I think Ivona sounds far better than anything put out by A Capella or the other companies VDR uses. The only one that can match it is Nuance, with their newest Expressive voices (like Ava or Oliver). On Mar 15, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy <[email protected]> wrote: Pretty funny! I also get your point about the British voice. Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy Sent from my iPhone On Mar 15, 2014, at 21:16, "Richard Turner" <[email protected]> wrote: If you are easily offended by a rood statement concerning shoving an object in a certain place, don't bother reading. I recorded a humorous item that some may have seen floating around the internet using Voice Dream Reader. I did it to show the qualitative difference not only in the Amy voice from Ivona, but the way it handles the text. I had thought James was the best voice in a long time, but Amy blows him away. I have not yet decided if I am going to purchase the Joey voice from Ivona. The Ivona voices are $4.99, but at least, in my opinion, Amy is worth it. James reads the below text first, then Amy. Here is a link to the recording, which is 1 minute 37 seconds in length. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41698889/WeAllKnowThisFeeling.mp3 Here is the actual text if you want to read it in braille or compare with other voices: We all know this feeling.... "Please create your password below:" roses "Sorry, too few characters." pretty roses "Sorry, you must use at least one numerical character." 1 pretty rose "Sorry, you cannot use blank spaces." 1prettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least 10 different characters." 1friggingprettyrose "Sorry, you must use at least one upper case character." 1FRIGGINGprettyrose "Sorry, you cannot use more than one upper case character consecutively." 1FriggingPrettyRose "Sorry, you must use no fewer than 20 total characters." 1FrigginggPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDon'tGiveMeAccessRightNow! "Sorry, you cannot use punctuation." 1FriggingPrettyRoseShovedUpYourAssIfYouDontGiveMeAccessRightNow "Sorry, that password is already in use". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. 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