[DECtalk] sapi dectalk

Alex H. linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com
Sat Jan 29 17:42:42 EST 2011


I tweaked the inflection a tiny bit but other than that it's a stock
paul voice i think. There's a part two of singig, but it's short and
not really all that interesting. Just some la la la's comparing
DECTalk to FonixTalk.

Alex

On 1/29/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
> will there be a part 2 to this? and does 4.64 really sound like that?
>
> On Jan 29, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Alex H. wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> My little skit for DT vs Fonixtalk is here:
>> http://filesmelt.com/dl/DECTalk_Vs._FonixTalk_Part_1_Talking_.mp3
>> I don't have a file of 4.61 but there are plenty of them floating
>> around in the archive. I do have the demo but haven't bothered making
>> any demos with it because it's so froggy and non-dectalk-ish.
>>
>> I know the version of DT used in Mobile speak is 4.6.3, not 4.6.4, but
>> they sound almost identical. I do hope the SAPI version is modded
>> slightly to be a bit more lively, because as you can hear of my demo
>> of 4.6.4 in the link above it's able to sound lively. I hoe also that
>> we can customize parameters with it, such as breathyness, inflection,
>> and frication and aspiration gains, etc.
>>
>> hth,
>> Alex
>>
>> On 1/29/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> i got it working back then too.
>>>
>>> On Jan 29, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Pitermach wrote:
>>>
>>>> I remember getting, off some random person's ftp site, dectalk access 32
>>>> v4.6. now the file dates were at around 2004. Many people tolled me this
>>>> would work on vista, so not exactly keen on trying it I eventually did,
>>>> only to find it sounded perfectly normal. While if I would run dt on my
>>>> nokia phone with ms I would get that crappy voice you just mentioned,
>>>> I'd
>>>> say we agreed with each other at this point. smile.
>>>> BTW, ever heard that 4.64 sing? well, it isn't any better than talking.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Dectalk at aol.com
>>>> To: dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 4:12 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] sapi dectalk
>>>>
>>>> I got an e-mail saying it was 4.64.  I wish it would have been anything
>>>> before that.
>>>>
>>>> 4.64 actually tells me nothing.  See, I have 4.64 in my devices.  One is
>>>> fine, the other I swear can't be 4.64 because it acts weird.  The device
>>>> company claims they can't touch Dectalk because they have a contract and
>>>> they say both versions are the same.  I laugh because if you do them
>>>> side
>>>> by side with a voice string, and have them read the very same things,
>>>> like
>>>> if you have something that is an entire paragraph long, the newer 4.64
>>>> has
>>>> a glitch where if you put in a rest, like [_<500>] or whatever, about 3
>>>> sentences later the voice just totally drops in pitch for like 2 words.
>>>> It sounds horrible!  There are other differences as well.
>>>>
>>>> So I'm totally holding my breathe because from what I know, it's a
>>>> gamble.
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking the device company tampered with Dectalk even though they
>>>> are
>>>> contracted not to.  If I'm right, this 4.64 version should be great!
>>>> But
>>>> there is no way of knowing.  And yes, my new device with 4.64 sounds
>>>> depressed.  The company swears up and down that they didn't touch
>>>> anything
>>>> and it's all in my head.  (Right)  I know my stuff and believe me, one
>>>> of
>>>> the 4.64's is not 4.64.
>>>>
>>>> I really wish it would have been any version before 4.64 because now I
>>>> gotta wait and hope it's the true 4.64 that does not sound depressed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 1/29/2011 9:02:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>>> pitermach at gmail.comwrites:
>>>> Hi, I''m excited and all, but I havea question. WIll this sound like the
>>>> dt in window-eyes or access32, oriw ill it be that sucky one, say, code
>>>> factory uses? I'm asking because the ladder is unbearable for me.
>>>> Dennis,
>>>> for instance, who's on e of my favourite voices now doesn't have that
>>>> much
>>>> intonation, all the voices sound like they're depressed or something. If
>>>> it'll sound like that, then no matter how tempting it'd be to have dt in
>>>> klango or nvda I'll probably pass up on it.
>>>> -----------------
>>>> Peter Mahach
>>>> |pitermach at gmail.com
>>>> msn: pitermach00 at hotmail.com
>>>> skype (not very often): pitermach
>>>> twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pitermach
>>>> webpage: http://pmsworld.weisi4u.de/
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