Re: [orca-list] New Linux user, needing higher quality speech

[Luke Yelavich <themuso ubuntu com>]

On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 11:41:49AM AEST, Glenn / Lenny wrote:
> I am thankful for eSpeak, and I do much prefer Eloquence, however, I install 
> NVDA on a lot of people's computers in my work, that is, people who have 
> used a computer with sight, and when they are having trouble using their 
> computers due to vision loss.
> Their reaction to eSpeak is not favorable, and when I switch it to 
> Eloquence, they find it more palatable.

Its worth noting that NVDA out of the box uses an espeak variant, and I myself don't find that particular 
variant palletable at all. I disable all espeak variants on all systems where I use espeak, as the default 
voice is more acceptable to my ears.

I wonder whether people would think differently of espeak if no variant was used by default with NVDA.

Luke