[DECtalk] recording eloquence directly

[Corine Bickley]

i'm very interested in how these voices sound to you folks who use tts
systems all the time. i thought Eloquence was a formant-based synthesizer
like DECtalk, at least it started out that way. the Eloquence system used to
be owned by a company called Eloquent, but then it was bought out by, i
think, ScanSoft, and then i lost track. i have no idea what is now sold as
Eloquence.
i haven't heard much about ViaVoice in a long time.

thanks to you all for your comments - corine


On 2/28/08, Raymond Grote <musicalman1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  I'm pretty sure eloquence is protected and only jaws can use it. I
> suspect it'd only work if you bought the synth directly from its company,
> but I could be wrong. ViaVoice does sound like Eloquence and I believe that
> is where Eloquence came from. This is interesting.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Katie Madison <katiewht at sbcglobal.net>
> *To:* DECtalk Discussions <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:09 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [DECtalk] recording eloquence directly
>
>
>  Hello Orhan,
> Another way my friend told me to record eloquence is to use a free program
> called d speech. It allows you to convert text to audio using any SAPI 4 or
> SAPI 5 voices you have. If you have jaws or window eyes, eloquence is a SAPI
> 4 voice. Also, there's another alternative. If you have this scanning
> software called open book, you can use it's save to audio feature to convert
> any typed text to audio. Open book comes with IBM viavoice, witch sounds
> much like eloquence. If you do not have open book, I recommend d speech. I
> don't remember the site, but if you Google search d speech, you should find
> the site. If what I said doesn't help, you can also do what Blake said and
> record from the sound card. It may require editing because you may not want
> everything eloquence says to be included in your file.
> If you need further help, you can contact me privately anytime by email at
> katiewht at sbcglobal.net, or add dectalkgirl1987 to your skype contacts.
> Have a good day.
> Katie
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* orhan deniz <orhan.deniz63 at googlemail.com>
> *To:* DECtalk list <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, February 25, 2008 1:28 PM
> *Subject:* [DECtalk] recording eloquence directly
>
>
> hey guys, is there a way to record eloquence directly from the
> synthesiser, like people have done in the DECtalk archive.
>
> thanks in advance,
> orhan deniz.
> ways to contact me:
> msn/windows live ID:
> orhan1793 at hotmail.co.uk
> e-mail:
> orhan.deniz63 at gmail.com
> skype:
> orhan.deniz63
>
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