User blog comment:Angel Emfrbl/We seriously ignoring Voiceroid???/@comment-25386934-20151215224742/@comment-53539-20151216110313

In addition to that, I think as well the stigma behind speech syns are not serious. Whenever I think of the speech myself, the first thing pops into my mind is Microsoft Sam. I'm not alone in this problem, speech is actually much harder to make sound natural then singing in many respects. Speech has to be more accurate while singing isn't ness. about accuracy of words but expression of said words. Broken words notice more in speech particularly with languages like English.

Not only that, but the lyrics of songs are often not as complex as every day speech. Fancy word use aside, everything is paced at a beat and arranged in a more easier way to digest (rhyme, tone, etc can help you work out lyrics) for the brain then a sentence in normal speech is. Plus with Voiceroids currently main interest seemingly being used for gaming walkthroughs... Well, its more of a niche interest here in the west then Vocaloid is. :-/