[mac4theblind] Re: Voiceover default speaking rate between Mac and iphone

  • From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 08:18:52 -0700

I actually made a hack to my voiceover so that it speaks at 130%. If you want, 
I can make a recording. Hundred percent for B is way too slow.

> On Oct 29, 2013, at 14:44, Daniel McGee <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I 
> actually have to my Mac so that voiceover speaks at around the hundred and 
> 30%. This is way too fast for most of you guys, but if you want, I can make a 
> recording of what this sounds like.
> 
> Yeah I like eloquence too. In my opinion its the best TTS around even though 
> it isn't developed anymore.
> WOW David, no wonder your very experienced at listening to voices. In 
> contrast I've only been using screenreaders since 2006-2007  
>> On 29 Oct 2013, at 21:02, Samuel Negron <samuel_negron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah, it's a practice thing. with the nuance voices, if you get too fast, 
>> the voice starts getting choppy and fragments, and that's why I brought up 
>> Eloquence. The bit rate on those voices is so small, you can go at crazy 
>> speeds while maintaining annunciation and quality.
>> 
>> At any rate, every once and a while, you raise the speed by very small 
>> increments.  slowly but surely, over the course of a few months, you can 
>> bring yourself to some very fast speeds.
>> 
>> good luck,
>> Sam
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Daniel McGee
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 3:32 PM
>> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Voiceover default speaking rate between Mac and 
>> iphone
>> 
>> how in the world do ladies and gentlemen get use to hearing at 100% I can 
>> barely get pass the 60% mark for mac and 50% for iPhone. Using the compact 
>> Daniel voice.
>> Otherwise, I'm reduce to slower speeds but there times when I really want to 
>> bring it up a notch or two. I can't though because then I miss something. A 
>> word hear a few there.
>> Am I the only one like this? If you know what I mean.
>> On 29 Oct 2013, at 18:21, Samuel Negron <samuel_negron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> The Mac can go much faster. I have my iZPhone at 100% and my mac at around 
>>> 80 and my Mac goes a tad quicker. I need to try the more eloquency sounding 
>>> voides
>>> 
>>> Sam Negron
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 29, 2013, at 1:16 PM, "Daniel McGee" <venables134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Have been experimenting and am wondering by the default settings between 
>>>> iPhone and mac with voiceover if they are the same.
>>>> So as an example if mac is set to 45% and iPhone was 30% would that be 
>>>> considered the same speaking rate of the two devices.
>>>> I would like to try and set them kind of like at the same pace  as each 
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