Guest Talal Itani Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Hello. I am looking for a Text to Speech engine, to read a book, for a commercial application. I tested the AT&T product, but I was not very impressed. I have NeoSpeech, I think it is good, but I am hoping to find something better. I searched the web, but it is maze. If you know, if you can give me some guidelines, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
Guest The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: Who makes Excellent Text to Speech? Talal Itani wrote: > Hello. I am looking for a Text to Speech engine, to read a book, for a > commercial application. I tested the AT&T product, but I was not very > impressed. I have NeoSpeech, I think it is good, but I am hoping to find > something better. I searched the web, but it is maze. If you know, if you > can give me some guidelines, I would greatly appreciate it. > > Thanks. > If you are running Vista, have you tried the Windows Narrator? -- Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group: http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html "Only religious fanatics and totalitarian states equate morality with legality." - Linus Torvalds
Guest Byte Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 RE: Who makes Excellent Text to Speech? Oddcast - Home (Text to Speech Recognition) http://www.oddcast.com/home/?affId=48792&bannerId=0&promotionId=5730 -- XP - WNP Today is the first day of the rest of your life. "Talal Itani" wrote: > > Hello. I am looking for a Text to Speech engine, to read a book, for a > commercial application. I tested the AT&T product, but I was not very > impressed. I have NeoSpeech, I think it is good, but I am hoping to find > something better. I searched the web, but it is maze. If you know, if you > can give me some guidelines, I would greatly appreciate it. > > Thanks. > > >
Guest Synapse Syndrome Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: Who makes Excellent Text to Speech? "Talal Itani" <titani@verizon.net> wrote in message news:9A1ui.9821$J13.522@trnddc02... > > Hello. I am looking for a Text to Speech engine, to read a book, for a > commercial application. I tested the AT&T product, but I was not very > impressed. I have NeoSpeech, I think it is good, but I am hoping to find > something better. I searched the web, but it is maze. If you know, if > you can give me some guidelines, I would greatly appreciate it. From an earlier converstaion in the Vista group, these were mentioned: http://www.oddcast.com/home/?affId=48792&bannerId=0&promotionId=5730 http://www.loquendo.com/en/demos/demo_tts.htm http://www.nuance.com/realspeak/ http://www.neospeech.com/ I still personally like the voice of AT&T Audrey (UK), even though it is a bit older than those here. The Loquendo voice for Kate UK is excellent. ss.
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: Who makes Excellent Text to Speech? On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:01:57 GMT, "Talal Itani" <titani@verizon.net> wrote: > > Hello. I am looking for a Text to Speech engine, to read a book, for a > commercial application. I tested the AT&T product, but I was not very > impressed. I have NeoSpeech, I think it is good, but I am hoping to find > something better. I searched the web, but it is maze. If you know, if you > can give me some guidelines, I would greatly appreciate it. Microsoft reader requires its own format files to read, but if that's not an obstacle, you might look into it. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Synapse Syndrome Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: Who makes Excellent Text to Speech? "Byte" <Byte@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DB87C238-8C89-45A2-AE74-9E00DC8AA78A@microsoft.com... > Oddcast - Home (Text to Speech Recognition) > http://www.oddcast.com/home/?affId=48792&bannerId=0&promotionId=5730 > I just realised that they are actually the same old AT&T voices. ss.
Guest Talal Itani Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: Who makes Excellent Text to Speech? > > http://www.oddcast.com/home/?affId=48792&bannerId=0&promotionId=5730 > http://www.loquendo.com/en/demos/demo_tts.htm > http://www.nuance.com/realspeak/ > http://www.neospeech.com/ > > Thank you. Loquendo sounds good. Do you know if it can be purchased for the PC?
Guest Bob I Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: Who makes Excellent Text to Speech? Talal Itani wrote: >>http://www.oddcast.com/home/?affId=48792&bannerId=0&promotionId=5730 >>http://www.loquendo.com/en/demos/demo_tts.htm >>http://www.nuance.com/realspeak/ >>http://www.neospeech.com/ >> >> > > > Thank you. Loquendo sounds good. Do you know if it can be purchased for > the PC? > > There is a "Contact us" button on the provided link.
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