Re: [orca-list] Espeak voice variations are not displayed in Orca preferences dialog.

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi Kyle,



On 11/28/12, Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com> wrote:
> This must be done from within Orca
> by increasing the pitch of the uppercase voice. It has been suggested
> here that eSpeak likes a slightly larger pitch increase, so 7.0 on the
> pitch slider is easier to hear than the default 6.0. My guess is not
> that you are encountering all lowercase text, but rather that you are
> unable to hear the difference between a pitch of 5.0 and 6.0 using
> eSpeak.

Yes. I've just tested this and I really can't hear a difference
between a pitch of 5.0 and 6.0. It probably doesn't help that I have
some partial hearing loss and in order for me to really hear the pitch
changes they have to be much more noticeable. A pitch of 7.0 is much
more noticeable than 6.0.