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Originally Posted by stuartjmz
Yes, that would work, but text-to-speech doesn't work as well as human narration. I've done this occasionally with Hindi, read along while listening to TTS, and find the machine's pausing and intonation off-putting. And since aural aesthetics are the reason I love Italian, I'm not going to butcher it that way.  |
Well no, "you gets what you pays for", I suppose
. Is the Windows Italian voice poor? I've only listened to the English voices which have improved greatly since Windows 7. However I do also own some paid-for voices which are even better - still not BBC standard, but I've trained myself to be able to enjoy TTS well enough over time.