querido Posted March 25, 2015 at 07:01 PM Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 at 07:01 PM Which one do you like best or is most intelligible and correct: 1, 2 or 3? Each sound file contains three voices roughly matched for speed and pitch. 啲細路仔通常都中意朱古力嘅。佢做嘢成日好勤力㗎。 tts test.mp3 佢哋唔係識得好多人。 tts test2.mp3 To me, errors like using a wrong tone must count heavily against. And I find changes in speed worse than changes in volume. On different sentences they take turns in their rankings, but I think one of them is definitely the worst and I posted to tell you about it. (Don't know how to make a "spoiler" so I'll tell you later which is which.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted March 25, 2015 at 08:31 PM Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 at 08:31 PM I didn't know about spoilers till I asked, here is the answer http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/45619-how-to-use-spoilers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
querido Posted March 25, 2015 at 09:51 PM Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 at 09:51 PM Thank you Shelley. The first voice is Google TTS. The second voice, and winner by a small margin I think, is Microsoft Tracy, free with Windows 8.1 (?) as far as I know. It sounds less human but its delivery is steadier most of the time, so I think it is the most intelligible. The third voice, and to me easily the worst, is Nuance Sin-Ji. I paid for it some time ago because I was initially impressed but upon close listening I don't like it. At least on the texts that I've tried it gets more tones wrong and has more artifacts. I'll stop at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flickserve Posted March 26, 2015 at 11:51 AM Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 at 11:51 AM I like the third the most. It was the most natural out of the three. The only issue with the third one was 朱古力。The 古 was off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted March 26, 2015 at 02:01 PM Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 at 02:01 PM 1 is the best. 3 is the worst. 3 in the first file has an accent and it sounds pretty bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flickserve Posted March 26, 2015 at 03:22 PM Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 at 03:22 PM 1 is the best. 3 is the worst. 3 in the first file has an accent and it sounds pretty bad. Really? How interesting. Just goes to show who I tend to hang out with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
querido Posted March 26, 2015 at 08:17 PM Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 at 08:17 PM Thank you for your replies. I agree that #1, Google TTS, is the best. I didn't mind that MS Tracy sounds less human, and being a SAPI voice I can control it on the desktop, but Google TTS's consonants are generally better-formed. Want to hear a good representative example? (Aside from MS Tracy possibly parsing this dou6 seoi2 wrongly as the word dok6 seoi2) Google TTS is better in several places, most noticeably in the final g. 攝氏一百度水就會滾。 sip3 si6 jat1 baak3 dou6 seoi2 zau6 wei5 gwan2. Google vs Tracy.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted March 27, 2015 at 01:48 PM Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 at 01:48 PM Re #7, the second one is obviously wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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