Ana,



Thanks so much for making us aware of this TTS engine. It's either brand 

new or they've not done much to alert us as to the availability of these 

voices.



I'm actually quite impressed with what little I've heard so far. I 

downloaded the U.S. English male voice that they call John. It reminds 

me somewhat of a Capella's Ryan voice, but a little less nasal. While 

using the voices in demo Mode, Inoetics does something very unusual in 

that ia plays this somewhat catching but annoying background music while 

the voice is speaking, presumably to make it just irritating enough that 

you'll want to purchase the voices sooner rather than later. Even with 

the music, I'm able to mostly tune it out and focus on the speech, at 

least while I continue to evaluate it. The installer was initially 

blocked by Windows 10's smart screen but, by choosing "more info", I was 

able to choose "run anyway" to run the installer. Once completed, the 

program asks for a license number but skipping this step places the 

voices into demo mode. I am uncertain as to whether it functions 

indefinitely, with the background music being an incentive to purchase a 

license, or whether there's a time limit as there is for other TTS voices.



Using it with NVDA on my system was quite nice. I'm running Windows 10 

Pro with 8 GB of RAM on a Dell Optiplex dual core, 2.9 GHz system. In 

other words, it certainly doesn't crawl but it's no speed demon. Even 

with those specs, it seemed to run nicely with NVDA 2016.4, being 

reasonably responsive when using arrow keys to navigate and providing a 

fairly pleasant voice. So far, I like what I'm hearing but I'll need to 

work with it more before I decide on whether or not to purchase a license.



           David Goldfield,

       Assistive Technology Specialist



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On 12/26/2016 2:04 PM, Ana G wrote:

> Hi All,

>

>

> Someone on Twitter mentioned Innoetics, a TTS engine for Windows. The 

> website is here:

>

> https://www.innoetics.com/

>

>

>

> The voices sound pretty clear, and they're on sale for 50% off through 

> the end of the year. I'll be playing with them later this week.

>

>

> I'm curious to know if anyone has tried them. If so, how clear and 

> responsive are they when used with a screen reader?

>

>

> Thanks.

>

>

> Ciao

>

>

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