[DECtalk] Mbrola RE: Status of the archive

[Blake Roberts]

Shaun's right, there is a Windows version of Mbrola. I tried using it once.
For some reason, Eloquence stopped working with Mbrola installed. So, I did
not use Mbrola long.
Blake 

-----Original Message-----
From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of shaun everiss
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:40 AM
To: DECtalk Discussions
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Status of the archive

there is a windows build though forgot where.
At 05:30 p.m. 24/09/2009, you wrote:
>It's interesting that you mention this.  As you say, there are other 
>synths represented.  As far as I'm aware, it has never been limited to 
>only the DECtalk.  I know of at least one thing done with the Apple II 
>Echo and one with the Doubletalk.  I have several demos of a synth 
>called Mbrola which I was thinking of adding.  Mbrola can sing and 
>produces good speech quality.  The problem is that it isn't based on 
>SAPI and requires all text to be sent as phonemes.  I don't know if it 
>runs on Windows or not.  If people want to use other synths, that's 
>fine with me.  The archive name won't change for historical interest, 
>but I would be glad to split off other synths into their own archives 
>or as a new section of the current archive.  I'm fairly sure that 
>Mbrola requires Linux.
>
>On 9/23/2009 12:07 AM, shaun everiss wrote:
>> well I think it has, no more dectalk externals and the dectalk bar the
access32 system is becoming a quite old system.
>> I think the archive should still exist for those that want to get it, but
I suspect there will probably be no real contributers.
>> I think its time to change the archive, who said that dectalk could be
the only thing used.
>> I wander if one should encourage other users of different synths to  do
music in those things and put it up.
>> I know there are other synths up there but still I wander.
>>    
>
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