[DECtalk] Ed's test of Sample text

Sat Feb 12 16:42:08 EST 2011

hi,

I know this but I won't give it away just yet.

So, just to be sure, the SAPI version of DECTalk we'll have is version
4.67 of DECTalk, Not 4.64? Does this version sound much different than
prior versions? Thanks.

Alex

On 2/12/11, ebruckert Bruckert <edbruckert at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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