[DECtalk] Sample text

Brandon Misch bmisch2002 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 11 10:22:26 EST 2011


i do have dropbox and could send it that way do you want me to send it to the list? 

On Feb 11, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Jayson Smith wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Do you have Dropbox or Sendspace? If so, either would work for me. If not, 
> you can attach it to a private message to me and then I can upload it for 
> others to hear. My address, scrambled to keep spam bots from harvesting it, 
> is as follows.
> rat guy at insight bb dot com.
> Jayson
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brandon Misch" <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 8:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
> 
> 
>> ok oe will be sent earlier. how do you want me to do this?
>> 
>> On Feb 11, 2011, at 8:18 AM, Jayson Smith wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Just for kicks, can you make a recording of your DECtalk USB playing that
>>> file? I'd love to hear it, and I'm sure others would too.
>>> Jayson
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Brandon Misch" <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 8:11 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> i even got it to work on my dectalk usb and it didn't sound like 4.40 at
>>>> all
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 11, 2011, at 5:38 AM, Pitermach wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> couldn't agree more as well. This is why I don't use dectalk in mobile
>>>>> speak...
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
>>>>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 2:56 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 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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