[DECtalk] Sample text

[Brandon Misch]

hey can someone put this into mp3 so we can see how the newer versions handle this stuff? 

On Feb 10, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've created a sample text for testing. This speaks very briefly with each 
> of the nine factory default voices, then speaks a few sentences each with 
> several of the voices from the DECtalk rendition of Red Dwarf. The Red Dwarf 
> voices were designed to be used with DECtalk 4.3 and don't sound quite right 
> in 4.61 or 4.64 in some cases. In general, my opinion is that several of the 
> factory voices sound different in the 4.6X versions than they did in the 
> Digital versions. For example, Wendy doesn't, in fact, whisper. Anyway, 
> here's the text.
> Jayson
> 
> [:phoneme on]
> [:np] [:ra 250]
> Hello. This is the factory default Paul voice. I will now test the other 
> voices.
> [:nb] I'm Betty, the default female voice.
> [:nh] I'm Huge Harry.
> [:nd] I'm Doctor Dennis.
> [:nf] I'm Frank.
> [:nu] I'm Ursula.
> [:nr] I'm Rita.
> [:nw] I'm Whispering Wendy.
> [:nk] and I'm Kit the Kid.
> [:np]
> Okay, let's test a few custom voices.
> [:nf] [:dv br 0 la 0 sr 100 hr 100 ap 150 pr 95] [:ra 220] This is the voice 
> of Rimmer from Red Dwarf.
> Lister, we are being tested! I don't know what to do!
> [:nf] [:ra 240] [:dv br 0 hs 95 ap 100 as 100 pr 220 hr 30 sr 30] This is 
> Lister.
> Rimmer! Come over here and help me with this new speech synthesizer!
> [:np] [:dv as 0 bf 0 la 20 nf 00 ri 100 sm 0 hr 0 sr 0] [:ra 220] This is 
> Holly.
> This is an important announcement. All persons aboard this ship are to 
> report to the voice calibration office at once. That is all.
> [:np] [:dv br 100 lx 100 bf 100 hr 100 sr 100 as 100 qu 100 ap 110 pr 150 sx 
> 1 la 0]  [:ra 210] This is the voice of the toaster.
> I don't know where this voice calibration office is. Does anyone want some 
> toast?
> [:np] [:dv sm 1 hs 90  br 0 ri 0 la 0] [:ra 250] I'm the cat.
> Who says my voice needs to be calibrated? I want fishies!
> [:nd] [:dv as 0 bf 0 la 20 nf 00 ri 100 hr 0 sr 0] [:ra 220] I'm Queeg 500.
> None of you have any credit, so you may not use the voice calibrator.
> [:nu] [:dv as 1 bf 10 la 30 nf 10 ri 100 sm 50 hr 100 sr 20 ap 130] [:ra 
> 240] I'm the newer voice of Holly.
> I'm picking something up. It's another ship. Its name is Deck Talk or 
> something very close. They have been conducting an experiment on us all this 
> time. That would explain why we've been saying all these silly things. I 
> knew I was having trouble finding a record of any voice calibration office 
> on Red Dwarf.
> 
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