[DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use

[brandon T]

Hi,

I am wondering if maybe the voices are just sounding too real to me.
Are there any that are recorded at a lower audio quality please?

Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any assistance
you are willing to provide.

Sincerely,

Brandon Tyson

On 8/29/14, Blake Roberts via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> Daniel,
> Ivona voices are SAPI5. To use them in NVDA I simply changed from ESpeak to
> SAPI version 5 in the synthesizers list.
> Blake
>
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> Daniel
> Wolak via Dectalk
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>
> Hi,
> I mostly use eloquence with nvda... A question for you blake: what do
> you use to interface the ivona voices with nvda as I've been thinking of
> trying them?
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel
> On 29/08/2014 8:00 PM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
>> Brandon,
>> Although I use Eloquence as my primary synth in Jaws, Ivona voices are a
>> close second. They are my primary voices within NVDA. Voices from Ivona
> are
>> not free but you can trial each voice for 30 days before purchase is
>> required. I prefer slow speeds so I'm not sure how Ivona sounds at fast
>> rates. I use Ivona voices because all of the voices sound very natural.
>>
>> Have you tried the Orpheus synth? I purchased Orpheus but don't use it
>> anymore because those voices are too fast for my liking. Like Ivona, you
> can
>> trial Orpheus for 30 days before purchase is required. The difference is
>> with Orpheus you receive all voices, whereas Ivona voices are downloaded
> one
>> voice at a time.
>> Blake
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of
>> brandon T via Dectalk
>> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 7:48 PM
>> To: DECtalk Discussions
>> Subject: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been looking at Sapi 4 and Sapi 5 voices today. Also, I have
>> been looking at Speech Player. I am familiar with a lot of voices,
>> including Acapela, Eloquence, DecTalk, Microsoft voices like Sam, the
>> LH synthesizer, the Digalo voices, Infovox 230 and 330, eSpeak,
>> Neospeech and others. Here is my problem. I have been majorly
>> investigating voices for years. I guess the main problem is that all
>> of the voices do something that I don't like. Eloquence makes a
>> clicking sound when it goes really fast. I have trouble understanding
>> DecTalk when it goes really fast. The Acapela voices are, in my
>> opinion, too hard to use as a primary voice. I have thought about
>> Infovox 230 and 330, but I cant do anything legally except use the
>> trial. Also, I can't use Eloquence legally with NVDA. The Digalo
>> voices are hard to understand when speaking long amounts of text
>> because they stop reading for a few seconds in the middle of a
>> sentence. The Microsoft voices are ok, but again, the way that they
>> read is hard for me to get used to. ESpeak sometimes is hard for me
>> because when it goes fast, I hear this sort of interesting sound in
>> the middle of the speech. The LH voices are hard because, well, I
>> unfortunately can't explain it. Do you mind if I please ask, what
>> synthesizer do you use primarily, the reasons you use it, what is good
>> about it, and what is not as good please? I am hoping that, with input
>> and suggestions, I can hopefully find something that I will be able to
>> use primarily.
>>
>> Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any assistance
>> you are willing to provide
>>
>> .Sincerely,
>>
>> Brandon Tyson
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