Re: [orca-list] Should Orca have a separate "reading" voice? (was: audio demo of Neospeech and Svox-Pico with Orca/speakup)

[Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976 gmail com>]

Hi,
Sounds like a great idea.
Thanks
Storm

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On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 12:43 -0400, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hi Willem, all.
>
> > I got a fifteen day trial license for Neospeech under Linux and tested it 
> > with speakup and Orca through speech-dispatcher.
> > 
> > I also recently did a similar test using the open-source Svox-Pico tts.
> > 
> > I have recorded a demonstration of these two synthesizers which can be 
> > found at:
> > ftp://ftp.csir.co.za/MI/National_Accessibility_Portal/wvdwalt/ttsdemo.mp3
>
> Willem, thanks for doing this! Ignoring the issues you found, the
> Neospeech voice does sound awfully nice.
>
> This raises a question in my mind: If we're potentially going to have
> access to speech synthesizers which are more human-sounding but perhaps
> less performant, should Orca have a separate reading voice or SayAll
> voice or some such thing? In other words, when you're typing, navigating
> in menus and dialogs, etc., Orca would use one voice. When you're
> reading text (and/or doing a SayAll), Orca would use another voice.
>
> Just a thought....
>
> Take care.
> --joanie
>
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