Precisely my point.  They just used the same bad idea for two different 
products.

Steve


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 10:45
Subject: Re: OT victor reader stream


> What follows is from The Stream Newswire:
> =B7 Stream Tone control for Talking Books, Other Books, Audible, Podcasts=
> ,
> and Notes now uses the new tone algorithm from the Victor Reader Stratus
>
> -----Original Message-----=20
> From: Steve Dresser
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 6:23 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT victor reader stream
>
> Howard,
>
> Apparently, Humanware received feedback indicating that some people wante=
> d
> to change the pitch of the voice because, for example, they had difficult=
> y
> hearing a female voice and wanted to make it lower.  Like you, I find it
> hard to believe since changing the pitch also changes the quality such th=
> at
> it decreases intelligibility.  I'm guessing that some software developer =
> got
> a not-so-bright idea and implemented it.  Ironically, I have a friend wit=
> h a
> hearing impairment, and he returned his Stratus precisely because it lack=
> ed
> a real tone control.  Let's hope they get this sorted out by the next
> update.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 04:34
> Subject: Re: OT victor reader stream
>
>
>>I didn't see changing tone to pitch in the release notes, but I stopped
>> reading at the Russian part.  What is the point of pitch when you can m=
> ake
>> the stream talk faster at the exact same pitch?
>>=20
>