Sorry, but Kendra is not offered in VDR. The two female Ivona voices are Sally (American) and Amy (British). On Mar 16, 2014, at 12:49 PM, Dionesque <diones...@interia.pl> wrote:
> Oh, really, Alex? This indeed confirms how much different one's perception of > synthetic speech can bee! I haven't tried Kendra in Voice Dream Reader yet > but can't wait to do so, because on PC, with NVDA and with Balabolka, it has > always been my all-time favourite English-speaking voice, especially for > books, I've made myself quite a lot of mp3s by Balabolka using Kendra, smile! > I'm not English native speaker, maybe this has an impact on my perception, > not sure about it though, for me Kendra sounds very pleasant, not > high-pitched like so many other female voices. > Kind regards, > > Barbara > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- From: Alex Hall > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 11:07 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: a comparison of James, the American male voice and Amy, the > British female voice in Voice Dream Reader 3.0 > > A lot of the Ivona voices aren't great; Sally is good, and the Birtish male > is good. Kendra is horrible, though, and Joey annoys me after a while. That > said, overall the good Ivona voices still have the others beat, I think. > Again, synthesized speech is one of the most subjective things we could > discuss, so I guess it comes down to this: whichever you prefer, VDR now > offers four voice manufacturers to pick from. The other Daisy app on iOS > offers only one, and other self-voicing apps similarly lack choices. No > matter how you slice it, you are more likely by far to find a voice you like > in VDR than any other app. > > On Mar 15, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Gmail <englishride...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > This is probably just me, but I think most of the Ivona voices sound super > flat. I like the Neospeech voices much better, except for Paul. I don't know > why, but I can't stand him for some reason. > > > > > Thanks, > Ari > > On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:16 PM, "Richard Turner" <richard.turne...@gmail.com> > 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 viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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