[DECtalk] Ed's test of Sample text

ebruckert Bruckert edbruckert at gmail.com
Fri Feb 11 15:43:49 EST 2011


This sample as you heard were from version 4.61 which is the install disk I
found. The code I sent his version 4.67 which I have not got running yet.

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Blake Roberts <beroberts at hughes.net> wrote:

> I agree with all of Jayson's feedback. Ed, the version of Dectalk you used
> to create your sample sounds exactly like version 4.61. I, and other list
> members,  thought the SAPI Dectalk would be based on 4.64. Please
> clarify...
> Blake
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Jayson Smith
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:24 AM
> To: DECtalk Discussions
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
>
> Hi,
>
> Okay, let me ask for a little clarification. The file you just sent, was
> that synthesized with the new DECtalk under development? If so, I'm very
> confused. It actually sounds like 4.61 and not 4.64, which was what I
> thought the new DECtalk was using. I actually like 4.64 better than 4.61.
>
> One other interesting thing. In all the demo files I sent up yesterday,
> everything is pretty much pronounced correctly. However, in your demo, the
> word "Lister" is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable rather
> than the first.
> Hope this helps.
> Jayson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ebruckert Bruckert" <edbruckert at gmail.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
>
>
> > Here you go
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hey this works. i don't have the dectalk demo but as weird but it sounds
> >> like system access can make the voices sound like they do with the
> normal
> >> red dwarf files. I don't even have the demo and the screen reader makes
> >> dectalk change the voices as if it was the demo. but it works.
> >>
> >> 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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