[DECtalk] Ed's test of Sample text

ebruckert Bruckert edbruckert at gmail.com
Sat Feb 12 15:49:47 EST 2011


Time for a hint, when is middle C.

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Corine Bickley <
corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I think I introduced the 4.64 error. I don't know how I came up with
> that number, but the CD Ed sent me is clearly marked 4.67.
> I apologize for adding confusion to the version issue.
> corine
>
> 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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