

We suggest selecting a different one, or reinstalling this voice correctly. But since the update, when Voice Manager is enabled and the next article in line is English (after a non-English one), will throw an error popup saying "This voice is not working correctly. For German TTS I found Acapela's "Klaus" to be superior to IVONA's "Marlene" in that regard, so it's not because I'm just overly sentimental or anything like that.) IVONA actually still seems to be functional on my Android 7.1 device and I almost never had any issues using it in with the Voice Manager before the v15.1.17 update. For me the most important quality is that I can absorb text content at high speeds without getting my attention strained by sloppy mispronunciations, sound artifacts, or treble spikes.

(I'm one of those holdouts who cannot let go of IVONA, because for me the US-English "Kendra" still hasn't been matched in quality by any voice on offer at the alternative TTS engines by Acapela, Cereproc, and others.

The version 15.1.7 app update (Aug 24, three updates ago) contained "a lot of code gymnastics to make the obsolete IVONA TTS voices work in and "Trying to detect and suggest solutions for damaged TTS voices installed on user's device". Online students with learning difficulties can greatly benefit from these features.IVONA blocked by Voice Manager even though it's functional otherwise Real-time spelling feedback further reinforces spelling deficiencies.

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