Doesn't work on GMaps emailed Dev to refund still no response. Not cool. Don't recommend.
Caitlin Irish Text to Speech Voice at Google Play market analyse
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Description
CereProc has developed the worlds most advanced text to speech technology. Our voices not only sound real, they have character, making them suitable for any application that requires speech output. This voice can synthesize:* Navigation directions from Scout while driving* Accessibility information with Talkback* Twitter, Facebook and newsfeeds with iHearNetwork* Your favourite eBook from eBook reader apps* Your SMS with apps like Handcent SMS or Drive Carefully* and many other TTS-enabled appsPlease note that for some applications such as Scout, we recommend installing on a device with at least a 1GHz processor.You can try the Caitlin voice for yourself, in the interactive demo on CereProcs homepage:http://www.cereproc.comDNN driven prosody prediction for high-quality voicesIncreased audio fidelity for Android integration, added voice settingsEmotional voice improvementsVoice audio gesture enhancementsText processing improvements including additional IPA feature supportLexicon improvementsCore engine quality and stability improvements
Versions and releases
Latest version Caitlin Irish Text to Speech Voice: 5,000+
DNN driven prosody prediction for high-quality voicesIncreased audio fidelity for Android integration, added voice settingsEmotional voice improvementsVoice audio gesture enhancementsText processing improvements including additional IPA feature supportLexicon improvementsCore engine quality and stability improvements
Apps Changes History:
- New App Version 1 -> 0
- New App Version 1 -> 1
- New App Version 1 -> 1
Reviews
This is a lovely voice for smartphones. It must have been updated as its working fine on my Note 4's (running lollipop & marshmallow) despite a review to the contrary.
I hate that Gmaps uses its own voice. Caitlin is a classy, not overstated nor particularly localized accent. She's also a most gender-flexible voice, or handles menopause gracefully, and can speed up with clarity. If you use tts a lot, this is an excellent English voice to use. Irish lends to clear consonants, and differentiates vowels (if you can adjust to them).
It seems I missed it when looking through play market for a great TTS a couple of years ago - or maybe 'Caitlin' hadn't been here yet, back then - which is a shame, because it's awesome. It sounds natural and young, a great "universal" voice that suits pretty much anything: reading articles and fiction, using Google Now and map navigation and so on. 'Caitlin' is up there with 'Heather' on the sheer "pleasant to listen to"-meter, and is actually a bit better balanced (though the Scottish TTS still remains my favorite among Cereproc's stuff). As usual with Cereproc voices, I prefer to set it for a bit faster (1.05 - 1.15 of the initial speed) reading, and may fiddle with the pitch every now and then; but that's just personal preferences. Great job, great voice, you guys have made another awesome TTS that could've easily cost five times more, and would've still been worth the price. As it is, I'm glad to spend 1.5$ for quality like that (seriously, thank you for making it so affordable), easily one of my better play market purchases.
Since this is a paid app, it should be more clear that it isn't supported in the google app suite. That was my sole purpose for downloading and now because I reached out to the app producers first I can't even get a redund!
As an Irish native I have to say that the accent is uncannily good. The only TTS engine I could even contemplate having read to me.
Love the accent
