@PepperTheVixen The reason it's grating is because unlike Eloquence and dectalk, Espeak only uses formant synthesis for the vowel sounds. For consonants and plosives, it instead uses concatenative recordings based on human speech. That's why even when you switch to a voice that sounds less sharp, the "t", "b", "p", and other sounds are still too sharp. This seems to be the primary cause of the fatigue most people experience while using ESpeak.

@RakowskiBartosz I read the first few volumes of Wandering Inn and enjoyed it. But it started to feel like...it was getting long and vast just for the sake of it? And didn't have any focus.Agreed about Cradle! Good fun for the first while, though.Added the others to my TBR pile, thanks!