[DECtalk] Sample text

[Jayson Smith]

I definitely agree with you there.
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandon Misch" <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text


>i think 4.3 sounds best out of all of those.
>
> On Feb 10, 2011, at 7:52 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Check out this URL. Includes sample.txt which is the sample text I posted
>> earlier, and files 43.wav, 461.wav, and 464.wav with version 4.3, 4.61 
>> and
>> 4.64 respectively synthesizing the text.
>> http://www.bluegrasspals.com/decsamples.zip
>> Jayson
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Brandon Misch" <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 5:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
>>
>>
>>> 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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