[DECtalk] DECtalk On NOAA Weather Radio

[Alex H.]

Hi,

Hmm, can't be 4.61, the Paul voice doesn't have that froggy quality
like 4.61, I'm guessing it's an old version like 4.2 or even earlier.

Alex

On 4/10/11, Blake Roberts <beroberts at hughes.net> wrote:
> I think the audio sample on noaa.gov is using Dectalk 4.61. It's definitely
> 4.6 something.
> Blake
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> Here is a sample of the "Paul" voice on the National Weather Service's
> website.  Anyone have thoughts about what version of DT this is?  The
> website says the DECtalk system was introduced in the late 1990's.
> http://www.weather.gov/nwr/audio/Paul_SYN.wav
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
> On 4/10/11, Flint Million <fmillion at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Our local NOAA station is using DT Harry for station ID. The local
>> forecasts are coming in from AT&T Crystal, and the normal
>> announcements are either Scansoft Tom or AT&T Mike, it's a bit hard to
>> tell because it's quite weak reception.
>>
>> I can tell they are not relying on the internal TTS algorithms but
>> instead are working with the phonemes directly - I imagine this is so
>> that the city names can all be pronounced properly. They are likely
>> using the phone-arpa-on mode that we use to make DT sing, which gives
>> it the unique pitching.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The Phoenix NOAA Weather Radio reminded me of DECtalk version
>>> 4.6...just the way it said numbers.
>>>
>>> On 4/10/11, Hart Larry <chime at hubert-humphrey.com> wrote:
>>>> Well, I much preferred DecTalk to the strange speech they are
>>>> running now.
>>>> I
>>>> know the average listener may think its almost human, but the way
>>>> words-and-phrases jerk, just doesn't sound right at all.
>>>> I understand NOAA had sales of Weather Radios drop while we were
>>>> enjoying DecTalk, but DecTalk was much more accurate.
>>>> Yes, while our LA 162.55 ran a loer pitch, I think Phoenix had much
>>>> more inflection.  I wish I could get my DecTalk USB to sound like
>>>> that in Linux with Speakup.
>>>> Also, yes many ATIS recordings on an aircraft band or over the phone
>>>> are still running DecTalk, but its the bouring lo pitch.
>>>> Hart
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