[DECtalk] Sample text

Jayson Smith ratguy at insightbb.com
Fri Feb 11 10:25:15 EST 2011 

Hi,

Go ahead and send a Dropbox link. Then I'll download the file and upload it 
to my own server, and provide a hopefully more permanent link.
Thanks.
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandon Misch" <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text


>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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