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Originally Posted by Jeff Butler

Here are some voices from IVONA. The one called Kendra sounds just like the Siri voice... Very high quality! I use them to read ebooks aloud...
They're free while in beta:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ivona.tts

Jeff

Very nice. Here' some links for those who do not have access to the Android Market.


First: Download TTS Service Extended (Just Install, Do NOT open) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25986798/TTS...20Extended.apk


Second: Download IVONA HQ (Just Install, Do NOT open)

http://androiddev.orkitra.com/downlo...a.tts_v1.0.10b

http://www.1mobile.com/ivona-text-to...hq-350250.html



Download an IVONA Voice App. After you download and install the App, open the App and it will download the voice data separately which takes a few minutes.


Amy UK: http://www.1mobile.com/ivona-amy-uk-...ta-348584.html


Kendra USA: http://www.1mobile.com/ivona-kendra-...ta-348586.html


Céline French: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25986798/com...ne_v1.0.8b.apk


Conchita Spanish: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25986798/com...p.conchita.apk


Marlene German: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25986798/com...marlene.13.apk


Nicole Australia: http://www.1mobile.com/ivona-nicole-...ta-348582.html


Once the App downloads the voice data you can launch the App, play a test voice, and vary the speech rate and pitch to your liking (slide the arrow near the button right).



Fourth: Open TTS Service Extended. Check IVONA Text-to-Speech HQ, select Default Engine and your IVONA language pack.


If you receive a Complete Action Using message from any App, check Use by default for this action and select TTS Service Extended.





Enjoy !