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I don't really care either way, but one thing that seems odd to me is how unlikable people seem to find the other voices (myself included)

If this were the massive creative effort they make it out to be, it seems like they'd have netted another solid result or two

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I also dislike the voices. They sound great, but the are very overenthusiastic. "Awesome!" "Thar's great!" I don't want my computer to talk like a California valley girl.

How about concise and factual? It shouldn't be wooden and emotionless, of course, but it shouldn't sound like a floofy-brain.

Yeah, I just think it should make use of the nonverbal channel we use to communicate, otherwise we get frustrated at the inefficiency

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