[DECtalk] QUESTION ON SINGING INSTRUCTIONS

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,

Are these lessons videos, audio files, text, or exactly what? If video, 
obviously blind people won't be able to make use of any visual elements.
One other thought is that there may be people who don't want to have the 
singing lessons if the files are audio/video/otherwise large by their very 
nature. They just want a quick and small download of the SAPI5 DECtalk, and 
don't want the singing lessons taking up space. This would be especially 
true for people connecting via slow connections like dial-up who don't want 
the singing lessons, since if they were forced to get them anyway, that time 
would just be wasted.
One other option, if you could reach an agreement, would be to have two 
versions. One has the singing lessons, the other doesn't. If CD distribution 
will happen, both versions would be on the CD, since download time isn't an 
issue there.
Just my thoughts.
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Dectalk at aol.com>
To: <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 7:16 AM
Subject: [DECtalk] QUESTION ON SINGING INSTRUCTIONS


> Guys, help me decide something.  And this won't totally be up to me,
> Corine will need to decide if she wants to include this.
>
> I put together 10/12 lessons on how to program Dectalk  to sing.  It's
> actually 10 lessons and 2 sample songs, but it looks like 12  lessons so 
> that
> after the 10th lesson you can celebrate because you can then  program any 
> song
> you want.  I teach how to program songs, as well as how to  read music.
> Each lesson in no more than 10 minutes long and you can go at  your own 
> pace.
> The only thing I don't cover is triple notes, but I could  add that in.
>
> I'm thinking about offering to make this part of the  Dectalk SAPI 5, so
> anyone that buys it can learn how to program songs.  I  never wanted to be 
> the
> only person that programs songs, which of course I'm  not.
>
> My dilemma is, I have a CD called Dectalk 101 which  never sells because I
> never promote it.  So the release of Dectalk SAPI 5  will give me a reason
> to promote it, but I hate that thought for 2  reasons.  1. People are 
> going
> to buy Dectalk which can sing, yet need  to also buy an instructional CD?
> (Yuck)  And 2. I really don't want  to handle that many orders.  So I'm 
> kind
> of hoping I can get my 12 steps on  programming songs included in this
> software.
>
> I want to know if you guys think this would be a good  idea?  I covered
> EVERYTHING, and I really make it simple to  understand.  Plus I have 
> people
> actually do stuff along with it so people  totally get how to program 
> songs.  I
> can guarantee that after someone  completes my 12 steps of programming,
> they can program any song in any  language.  All language is, is phonetic
> sounds arranged in a different  order to create a desired language.  I 
> used the
> English Dectalk and  programmed it to do Spanish, French, German, and 
> Latin.
> And I know I could  make it do any language under the sun.
>
> The only other thing I didn't fully cover is the  parameters for creating
> voices.  I covered the ones that work with 4.40  that I knew about.  BUT,
> every Dectalk manual has a different set of  parameters, but not all of 
> them
> actually work.  Like sx0 and sx1 will  change the sex of any voice.  I 
> think
> sx0 is male and sx1 is female, if  not, reverse it because I forget which 
> is
> which.  But the point being, not  all versions of Dectalk will do these
> parameters.
>
> So, if I had a full list of parameters that work, I  would add them to my
> lesson.
>
> Anyway, what do you guys think, should my lessons be  included in the SAPI
> 5 software?
>
>
> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>


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