Hi everybody
Some questions regarding the different audio modules (only Mandarin) in Plecodict.
I own the extended audio male and female modules, and just the female TTS module.
Headword audio has a paid and a free version: The paid one is 487MB if you want both male and female recordings, as opposed to 18MB total for the free version. Simple enough, the difference in size suggests a better quality or wider range of recordings.
However, in sentence audio, the output I get when choosing “System Mandarin (Female)” is much clearer and more natural than with the “Pleco Mandarin (Female)” voice. It doesn’t make a difference whether I choose “Google Text-to-speech Engine” or “None” as System TTS Engine. Is that intended?
Also, I can’t seem to choose the male TTS System voice, as it doesn’t appear in the menu. Do I need to buy the “Pleco Mandarin (Male)” module to get “System Mandarin (Male)”?
Could someone please explain to me how to get the most natural sound in Mandarin example sentences TTS? I’m a bit confused about the number of addons, free and paid, word and sentence, male and female, and even more confused about the options in the settings
Thanks
Some questions regarding the different audio modules (only Mandarin) in Plecodict.
I own the extended audio male and female modules, and just the female TTS module.
Headword audio has a paid and a free version: The paid one is 487MB if you want both male and female recordings, as opposed to 18MB total for the free version. Simple enough, the difference in size suggests a better quality or wider range of recordings.
However, in sentence audio, the output I get when choosing “System Mandarin (Female)” is much clearer and more natural than with the “Pleco Mandarin (Female)” voice. It doesn’t make a difference whether I choose “Google Text-to-speech Engine” or “None” as System TTS Engine. Is that intended?
Also, I can’t seem to choose the male TTS System voice, as it doesn’t appear in the menu. Do I need to buy the “Pleco Mandarin (Male)” module to get “System Mandarin (Male)”?
Could someone please explain to me how to get the most natural sound in Mandarin example sentences TTS? I’m a bit confused about the number of addons, free and paid, word and sentence, male and female, and even more confused about the options in the settings
Thanks