[DECtalk] A very interesting program

[Jayson Smith]

Ok, there's now sample4.wav up there.  Here, it's the same voice as sample3
but I adjusted a few parameters in the synthesizer program and I think it
sounds more realistic.  See what you think.
Jayson.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at bellsouth.net>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 5:21 PM
Subject: [DECtalk] A very interesting program


> Hello everybody!
> I found this in Top Tech Tidbits on Thursday.  Read carefully!
>
> 11)  Speaking of software speech, there's an interesting web site for
> a program, presently available free, called Model Talker that claims
> to let you use your own voice.  Nobody has reported how well it really
> works:
> http://www.asel.udel.edu/speech/ModelTalker.html
>
> Folks, I downloaded it and have been playing with it all day!  It really
> does work!  Mouse movement and clicking is required for almost all
> functions, but even Invtool, the program for creating your own voice, is
> pretty much accessible.  If people would like a few sound samples of my
own
> voice, which is getting better as I complete more of the things it wants
me
> to speak, let me know and I can put them up on the website.  If you are
> interested in such things, give this a look!
> Jayson.
>
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