[DECtalk] o/t speech synthesizers

[Raymond Grote]

I actually don't like Lequendo. It's similar to AT&T. I like the individual 
voices, but they sound kind of jerky and have a lot of trouble with certain 
words and sentences.
I still favor AT&T's voices over other synths because it was the first ever 
sample synth I discovered, each voice sounds like it was recorded 
professionally, and there is quite a variety (I think eight US english 
voices). But you can only try five of them in the interactive demo, which is 
kinda sad since some of the voices sounded real nice.
The only synth I have on this computer which is even related to Loquendo is 
Real Speak, which isn't nearly as responsive as Eloquence, but it is awesome 
for reading long text documents (although I still favor Eloquence, after 
having been using it for over seven years).

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "talksina" <talksina at gmail.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 4:27 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DecTalk can speak Italian, but it's rediculous!!!


> yes I know Microsoft synth, the Sam, Mary and Mike ones
> and I noticed that the newer they are, the lesser funny effects they have.
> For example, Loquendo - the Italian one - has pre-recorded effects and
> phrases (kiss, laugh, cough, and so) and are very very similar to a
> human voice but you cannot play with effects such as with Eloquence, or
> the older Loquendo; well they just took the robotic voice away from the
> site, so it cannot sing any longer at all!!!
> The site is just an interactive demo, nothing different. And the real
> problem is their aim is money, not research; these synths are created
> for use in call centers and virtual assistant, yes they are SAPI5
> compliant I used them with JAWS but it's crappy slow!
> if you want to hear demos they are here
> http://tts.loquendo.com/ttsdemo/default.asp
>
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