[DECtalk] A very interesting program

Sat Aug 19 13:07:38 EDT 2006

the strange thing, it sound like a femal voice.

Jason, could you record a piece of your natural voice to compare?

also, does this model talker software work only with English voice building or it this possible to train the software with some voices in other languages?

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On 18/08/2006 at 10:34 Rachel D Keyte wrote:

>oh my gosh Jason, that's sooo cool!  I mean it does sound very 
>synthetic but I totally wish I can do it! :(
>At 07:50 AM 18/08/2006, you wrote:
>
>>Hi there,
>>Sure thing.  Now, before you say this synthesizer is a total piece of
>junk,
>>keep in mind the following.
>>1.  This is my first halfhearted attempt to make a voice.  For someone
>who's
>>never done anything like this before, and probably using less than optimal
>>recording conditions, I consider this pretty good.
>>2.  Even now, my voice is only about a quarter complete.  It wants you to
>>speak 1649 sentences, words, phrases and nonsense things.  I have spoken
>>about 450 of them.  Thus, while probably very few phonemes (speech sounds)
>>are totally missing, some could probably use help.
>>The URL for these samples is
>>http://www.bluegrasspals.com/modeltalker
>>There are three wav files.  Sample1 is when I'd recorded about fifty-nine
>>sentences.  Several phonemes were completely missing since I hadn't
>recorded
>>them yet, so there are some gaps in this speech.
>>Sample2 is when I'd recorded about two hundred and fifty things.  I think
>>only one phoneme was completely missing at this point in what I had it
>>speak.  It was better, but I think the third one is even better.
>>Sample3 is the way my voice stands right now, with about four hundred and
>>fifty things recorded.  No phonemes were missing in what I had it speak.
>>Please note, the license for these programs does not allow me to
>distribute
>>them to anyone else.  Thus, the actual program downloads will not be
>>available at my website.  Thanks for your understanding.
>>Enjoy!
>>Jayson.
>>
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>>To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 5:31 PM
>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] A very interesting program
>>
>>
>> > can you put up sampleas of your samples?
>> > 73
>> > hank smith
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>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at bellsouth.net>
>> > To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:21 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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