digital voices

Danilo   Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:49 am GMT
Please help me, this mp3 has a good pronunciation/intonation?
http://www.zippyshare.com/v/84781115/file.html
This voice is a TTS from AT&T, or is a bad idea to learn english with this?

text:
Words of Support for a Teammate as the Yankees Settle In.

TAMPA, Florida. — A just-opened box of crisp fielding gloves, No. 52 stenciled on the side, sat on C. C. Sabathia’s clubhouse chair Friday. Joba Chamberlain helped himself to a sample while Sabathia was gone, squeezing the stiff leather, marveling at the size, and switching it over to his left hand.

The Yankees need some of Sabathia’s magic to rub off on them. That was destined to be a theme of the season as soon as the Yankees gave Sabathia the richest contract ever for a pitcher. It is more urgent now, with the optimism of spring training curbed by the uproar over Alex Rodriguez’s acknowledgment of steroid use.
Estel   Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:07 am GMT
Sounds kinda weird to me. I dont think its a good sample for learning the accent, though.
CID   Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:11 am GMT
I think the accent is fine, but the flow and meter is atrocious