Talk:GUMI/@comment-3580782-20130201150224/@comment-86.165.246.46-20130202091658

Unless they fix the issue with the lack of vowel distinction, the issues with some of her phonetics not sounding out and her "r" are rolling even when they shouldn't, there is much room for improvements. Gumi is however better then V2 Luka English, so there is a big thing to note of that right there. Gumi still doesn't compete with the capablities of the best clarity of Vocaloid2, Big Al, just because she isn't doing some simple things a Engloid can do.

As for the Engloids themselves, a lot of it was done before the studios began to get feed back and suggestions. Vocaloid1 as a whole was not good with languages, and even Kaito and Meiko are far from perfect. Vocaloid 2 couldn't make distinction of some sounds due to a lack of triphone capablities (which impacted even Japanese vocaloids). Other then this, there are other things to take into account here... Gumi being straight away vocaloid 3 means she already has some of the things needed to make her clear, Internet co., Ltd are aiming this specifically at America so their having to make this GOOD.... Their a professional vocalist vocaloid producing studio with access to some good equpitment, so they've got a high standard and workings. Megumi has good vocal capablities.

I've had high expectations myself as a Gumi and a Engloid fan, though disappointed in a few things. Either way, Gumi looks to be about as good as we're going to get out of the 3 Japanese->english vocaloid vocals we're getting right now. Though CFM are producing their vocals mostly for their fandom to help them break into new markets easier, so the direction is different. :-/