eSpeak NG limits the rate it can be set to 750 wpm

[sukiletxe]

This seems to be a limit imposed by the SSML interpreting it does. To check this, in a build where rate can be synced, compare 750 wpm to 900 wpm (by timing them?).

[djphoenix]

Please check iOS 1.0-11 and macOS 1.0-6

[sukiletxe]

Now the rate seems different between 750 and 900.Closing, complain if someone notices it's still not fast enough.

[sukiletxe]

Sorry to complain myself, but if I set VoiceOver's rate to 900, and go from 750 to 900 I can notice no difference. Hope someone can confirm or deny this. To be clear, I can notice the difference when I press the synthesize button in the app, not with VoiceOver.

[beqabeqa473]

it works very strangely.

I don't know how it is on iOS, but try on macOS:

1. go to finder
2. open status menu by pressing ctrl+option+m
3. close menu with escape.
   Note that i have set rate to 900 wpm in app and 100% in voice over.
   Yes, speed is not at 900 wpm, but when you are opening status menu, phrase "status menu" is spoken at very high rate, and when closing menu, phrases "desktop" and item under the cursor are also spoken at the same high rate.

Can someone confirm this behaviour?

[djphoenix]

@sukiletxe hi, new version in iOS TestFlight should support higher speech rates as well. Limited by 900wpm for now, but internal limit was increased so no 750-lock for now. Please check this.

[antonshusharin]

With the latest build the maximum rate achievable with VoiceOver seems to be capped at 449, it looks like Sonic is not being used. Synthesis in the app is also affected.

[nidza07]

Hello,
same here as well. Even if the rate is set at 900, it is much slower than before, so my guess is also that some mistake happened and Sonic is no longer being used.

[djphoenix]

Ah, I've messed with build options... again 😂

New build with fix will be online soon

[sukiletxe]

In case 1.1(2) is the latest version, it seems much slower to me too, though I might be misremembering (I've been using Eloquence for some time because of #30 and #36).

But yes, voiceOver's rate seems slower than the app's.