Re: voices for NVDA
Gene
Its easier to understand words at fast rates of
speech. I can listen at about 350 or 400 words per minute with Eloquence
and I don't have to stop as often to review a word. the Dectalk voice is
more pleasant sounding, but if you listen to Eloquence at faster speeds, the
unpleasant raspy quality is mostly gone. Also, Eloquence pronounces more
words correctly.
Gene
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Never understood why people ever used Eloquence but I guess it is what you get used to. On 12/10/2018 11:37 AM, Gene wrote: > If you are interested in the Eloquence that comes with the Code Factory > add-on, try the demo to be sure you want it. The Eloquence has lots of > annoying artifacts, sounds that shouldn't be there. > Gene > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Vlad Dragomir <mailto:vladdragomir1983@...> > *Sent:* Monday, December 10, 2018 11:13 AM > *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> > *Subject:* Re: [nvda] voices for NVDA > > Don, > > No, I wouldn’t say that one is better than the other. To be more exact, > one might be better than the other for different people. Both have > problems, and both Code Factory and Tiflotecnia seem to be more than > happy to be paid, without caring much about quality. Here are a few > things to be aware of: > > 1. Code Factory Vocalizer comes with Eloquence as a pack, it’s cheaper, > and you get two synthesizers. Vocalizer voices are being regularly > updated, there are either new voices or new languages added once or > twice per year. Say-all and spell-line commands do not work with > Vocalizer, and if you send them emails to ask them to fix this, you > only receive deep silence as a response, they seem to be too busy > going on holidays and spending what they’ve got from us. > 2. Tiflotecnia are even more expensive, their driver seems to be a > little more polished and less buggy. On the other hand, no new > voices/languages, no updates for the last three years or so, but > they are very good at promises. They did a good job at the > beginning, and since then they enjoy living on rent. > > This was a very subjective overview, which I hope will help you a bit. I > suggest trying them both before making a decision. None is perfect, but > only you can tell which is better for you. > > Best regards, > > Vlad. > >
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