Re: [school-discuss] time machine

[mikee <meschman@engima.com>]

hello,

we want to get 10,000 books read in a year.
the computer works cheap while i sleep.
but we are going to do several works with live readers.

mike eschman, etc...


On Wednesday 03 April 2002 10:19 pm, you wrote:
> mikee wrote:
>  >has anyone tried out time machine / war of worlds at
>  >http://www.engima.com
>  >? does it absloutely stink ?
>  >am i (are we) the only people in the world that think
>  >this is neat ?
>
> Hi, Mike.
>
> I listened to some back when you first posted it, but to be
> honest I find it hard to listen to.  The computer-generated
> voice is quite stilted and seems to lose the nuances of prose.
>
> I appreciate the work that's gone into it, and I don't want
> to be negative, but since you seem to want some feedback I
> need to ask:  why did you choose a computer-generated voice
> over a human reader?
>
> Cheers,
> Martin