The American Council of the Blind's BITS organization has pointed members to a survey being conducted by Microsoft on Narrator and other screen readers.
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The American Council of the Blind's BITS organization has pointed members to a survey being conducted by Microsoft on Narrator and other screen readers. I find question 10 curious to say the least.
10. If Eloquence TTS were available in Narrator as an optional voice, which statement best reflects your willingness to pay for access? Required
Choices include:
I would be willing to pay because it significantly improves my productivity
I would be willing to pay a reasonable amount… (1/3) -
I would consider paying only if the cost were very low
I would never be willing to pay for this
I’m not sureApple added Eloquence to their screen reader speech at no charge to the end user a couple of releases ago. One has to wonder why A company with the resources and profitability of Microsoft would even have a question like this? To be clear The survey says:
This survey does not imply any specific future product decisions. (2/3)
That may be true but why would you even ask a question implying that a cost for certain speech output is a possibility. I suppose one could argue that, even if something was never charged, understanding that people are willing to pay helps make a stronger case but this just seems like a misguided question to me.
You can find the full survey for completion at:
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The American Council of the Blind's BITS organization has pointed members to a survey being conducted by Microsoft on Narrator and other screen readers. I find question 10 curious to say the least.
10. If Eloquence TTS were available in Narrator as an optional voice, which statement best reflects your willingness to pay for access? Required
Choices include:
I would be willing to pay because it significantly improves my productivity
I would be willing to pay a reasonable amount… (1/3)I would consider paying only if the cost were very low
I would never be willing to pay for this
I’m not sureApple added Eloquence to their screen reader speech at no charge to the end user a couple of releases ago. One has to wonder why A company with the resources and profitability of Microsoft would even have a question like this? To be clear The survey says:
This survey does not imply any specific future product decisions. (2/3)
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I would consider paying only if the cost were very low
I would never be willing to pay for this
I’m not sureApple added Eloquence to their screen reader speech at no charge to the end user a couple of releases ago. One has to wonder why A company with the resources and profitability of Microsoft would even have a question like this? To be clear The survey says:
This survey does not imply any specific future product decisions. (2/3)
@Lynn @kellylford I'd have to agree. Honestly I wish they hadn't added Eloquence in the first place because I'm not a user. BUt, well, yeah.
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@Lynn @kellylford I'd have to agree. Honestly I wish they hadn't added Eloquence in the first place because I'm not a user. BUt, well, yeah.
@mckensie @kellylford I'm glad Apple isn't charging extra for any of the voice choices we have. I used to use Eloquence on the computer. It was my primary voice then. Now, I use compact Tom on the iPhone. I'm rather surprised, though I probably shouldn't be, that Microsoft could be considering adding it. It would be great if they would, but at no charge.
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That may be true but why would you even ask a question implying that a cost for certain speech output is a possibility. I suppose one could argue that, even if something was never charged, understanding that people are willing to pay helps make a stronger case but this just seems like a misguided question to me.
You can find the full survey for completion at:
@kellylford Apple doesn't charge for Eloquence. WTF Microsoft no. That would make no sence since their voices are higher premium feeling, so charging for eloquence would feel wierd. I've bought the sapi version, and the NVDA addon version over the years. I'm kind of sick of purchasing the same thing.
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@mckensie @kellylford I'm glad Apple isn't charging extra for any of the voice choices we have. I used to use Eloquence on the computer. It was my primary voice then. Now, I use compact Tom on the iPhone. I'm rather surprised, though I probably shouldn't be, that Microsoft could be considering adding it. It would be great if they would, but at no charge.
@Lynn @kellylford Yeah. However, I'd rather not have Eloquence builtin by default. I'm not a fan of that. m
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