Re: [orca-list] Should Orca have a separate "reading" voice?

[Paul Hunt <huntp ukonline co uk>]

Hi,

It's not something that would interest me.

I use Orca all day and every day as my main access technology but I also 
use JAWS on Windows when I have to.  JAWS has had the ability to use 
RealSpeak voices for its say-all feature for a while now but I never use it.

I'm with Bill, I like to get the info I'm reading in my head as quickly 
as possible, whether I'm navigating around gnome or reading a book.  I 
don't tend to use the say-all feature at all actually, preferring to 
just arrow down through text because it's much easier to stop and review 
a line if I should want to.

But that's just my opinion and as Bill says, there are perhaps many 
people who would like such a feature.

Paul

On 30/04/10 17:43, 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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