[Cinci-nfb] Voice over

[Deborah Kendrick]

Rachel and all, I just downloaded Alex a week or two ago, largely because so many people said it was such a great voice. I'm thinking I will change back to samantha. However, I use the mail voice for Siri, and prefer it, as I like the idea of telling a mail what to do.
Deborah 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 28, 2015, at 8:10 AM, Deanna Lewis via Cinci-nfb <cinci-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Rachel,
> I too prefer a female voice on my iPhone. I can understand her very
> well. I struggle to understand Jaws sometimes, and I can't listen to
> anything super fast. If it talks too fast, I lose concentration and
> start to tune it out. It takes a while to get used to synthesized
> speech, especially when you are used to reading things visually.
> Deanna
> 
>> On 9/27/15, Alan Lemly via Cinci-nfb <cinci-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Rachel,
>> 
>> I realize that synthesized voice preferences are about as subjective as
>> anything I've encountered. But having said that, I have to agree that I'm
>> not a big fan of Alex and always scratch my head when reading someone
>> gushing about how great that voice is. I find that I prefer the high quality
>> samantha voice on my iPhone which is the one that came with the original
>> iPhone I believe.
>> 
>> Alan Lemly
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Sep 27, 2015, at 4:31 PM, Rachel Kuntz via Cinci-nfb
>>> <cinci-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Trying a new voice in my iPhone entitled alex. He is supposed to sound
>>> more natural. The only part I find natural is the breathing in between
>>> sentences. This is actually a little creepy.
>>> 
>>> Do any of you have a voice preference on the Apple products? I am
>>> typically not a fan of the male voices. I like to think of my Apple
>>> products as women. The feminist in me would rather not have a mail voice
>>> telling me what to do on my calendar or reading my emails. Just kidding.
>>> What's your preference?
>>> 
>>> Warmly,
>>> Rachel Kuntz
>>> 
>>> 
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