<div dir="ltr">Hi Cal,<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">thanks for having a look to the packages.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cal.leeming@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk" target="_blank">cal.leeming@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Have a look at Ivona.. I just compared several of the sentences in one of those repo files from the google 16k, to the German man/women on the Ivona TTS, and the Ivona one sounds a LOT better.</div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div style>I had an eye on Ivona already. The problem is it's not as free as Google or Bing TTS. There is only a 60 days trial and the actual pricing after the beta period is also unclear.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>At least the german voice from Google is IMHO as good as the voice from Ivona (in fact it's even more applicable as it sounds more formal while the Ivona female voice might have a slightly Berlin accent or so).</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Let's see and keep an eye on what happens with Invona (also now that Amazon has acquired it).</div><div style><br></div><div style><br></div><div style>Cheers,</div><div style>Julian</div>
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