I would be interested in digital data some day, but if I am going to
listen to an audio medium, I would rather have a human voice. NLS has
some excellent readers and some of the pleasure of reading is listening
to these women and men. I hear enough of "Perfect Paul" and the like.
David Andrews
On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, jaap van lelieveld wrote:
> Dear Talking book and braillebook readers,
>
> More and more a discussion comes up concerning the production of
> Talking books by synthesizers: record the "voice" of the
> synthesizer on a regular tape / cassette and copy / distribute
> this cassette.
> I would like to know your opinion on this?
>
> - Is the speech quality of the synthesizers good enough?
> - Are the seem requiremnets valid that are used for human readers?
> - What do you think of indexing on cassettes by a synthesizer reader?
> - What kind of books can be read by synthesizers?
> - For which target group do you think synthesizer-recorded books
> can be produced?
> - Is it a good idea to produce and distribute synthesizer read
> talking books on a larger scale? What are in general the
> advantages and disadvantages?
>
> Be so kind to give your personal view / thoughs on this item.
>
> Explanation:
> At the end of january a seminar is planned in Copenhagen
> (danmark) on the future of talking books. This is one of the items
> and I've honor of giving a speech on this item. I would like to
> know though a bit more about the opinion of users that do have
> experiences and/or thoughts about the subhect.
>
> Please send me your thoughts!
> Best regards and thanks,
> Jaap.
>
>
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