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Originally Posted by Jessica Lares
Oh yeah, the iOS voices are not very good. Heather isn't either. I got Salli and Joey for now. I hope they implement Alex (a voice they ported from OS X to iOS 8 - It's on my 5S but not on my Mini, and it's probably because it takes almost a gig of space).
I really like it though. Not just useful for books either.
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Yeah, the iOS voices are icky. I never used Heather after I starting buying voices. I love Salli; she's my default voice. I listened to the Joey sample (again ... and again
) and I might buy it, but I think the sample is too short. I just want to settle on a good-sounding male Ivona voice.
I've found two additional uses for Voice Dream:
I plan to use it to 'edit' my long(ish) business correspondence. I recently had a 4-page letter to send to a new client. As I'm so much better at spotting other people's typos than my own, I gave it to two of my coworkers to proof-read. Between them they found one error each; I put it through Voice Dream and discovered about five more.
I also use it to determine how long it'll take me to read a particular book, even if I don't plan to 'read' it through Voice Dream. This helps me plan my reading, especially for the weekends when I have longer stretches of free time. It invariably takes me less time to read a book than the app's estimate, but it's still a reliable gauge.