About the text to speech voices in iMac, not so good

Does anyone else think that the voice Alex and the other voices in the imac dont speak that good? when i used my previous windows computer, there were 2 voices that i liked called Mike and Mary. In my opinion, Mike speaks more better then Alex. Alex talks like he is bored and running out of air to breathe. Mike talks like he is serious and will read for me no matter what. Is this normal? Is there a way to make Alex speak better? or is that just how it is? Is there a way to get Mike for the Mac?

There probably are other voices available; no doubt someone will tell us where to find them.
Meanwhile, in System Preferences > Universal Access click the button to go to Voice Over Utility and select the speech tab. There you can play about with the pitch, speed and intonation of the voices. I found a setting for Alex that I find acceptable; you may be able to find something to suit you.

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