[DECtalk] DECtalk On NOAA Weather Radio

Alex H. linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com
Sun Apr 10 23:24:39 EDT 2011


I think 4.61 was released in late 2000, at least according to the
demo. Then Fonix baught DT from Force a while after, and made some
more 4.6x releases and then 5.0 in 2004.



Alex

On 4/10/11, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wasn't 4.6 pretty late in the game?  I got my DECtalk Access 32 in
> 2002 and the current version was 4.6 then...and I know that recording
> was made before then, as I remember hearing it back in 2001.
>
> On 4/10/11, Alex H. <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>>> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Michael Hansen
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 9:28 PM
>>> To: DECtalk Discussions
>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECtalk On NOAA Weather Radio
>>>
>>> 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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