Howard,

Apparently, Humanware received feedback indicating that some people wanted 
to change the pitch of the voice because, for example, they had difficulty 
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 that 
it decreases intelligibility.  I'm guessing that some software developer got 
a not-so-bright idea and implemented it.  Ironically, I have a friend with a 
hearing impairment, and he returned his Stratus precisely because it lacked 
a real tone control.  Let's hope they get this sorted out by the next 
update.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
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 make
> the stream talk faster at the exact same pitch?
>