I just received an email after my enquiry to purchase the Heather TTS voice from Acapela / Infovox. It reads as follows:
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Barclay [mailto:steve@aroga.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 12:25 PM
To: Art
Subject: RE: License for TTS voice
Hi Art,
It would be $760 Canadian for that voice, or about $645 US for that voice. In order to proceed I would need to get a credit card number from you. You can contact me by phone at 604-431-7997 or fax an order to 604-431-7995.
Cheers,
Steve
AND MY FOLLOW-UP REPLY:
Steve,
Thank you for your prompt response.
With all due respect, your company's Heather voice is good, but IMO not good enough to justify that price tag! I can buy a whole computer system for that kind of money.
AT&T voices are very high quality and are only $35 USD a piece.
Being one of many home PC users in our Artificial Intelligence forums, we like to experiment and even recommend different TTS voices to each other but I'm afraid none of us has pockets deep enough to warrant such a purchase.
I'm sorry we can't do business but again, I do thank you for your time and promptness.
Best wishes,
- Art -
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