[DECtalk] Any news?

Brandon Misch bmisch2002 at gmail.com
Wed May 4 12:52:22 EDT 2011


if you read below our messages, you'll see a link to a file with the demo inside. if you just want to use paul and a few others, it works but not for all voices. 

On May 4, 2011, at 12:45 PM, <johnnybrl at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi, where did you guys get the audio samples of the sapi dectalk from? sounds like you guys have already heard it.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brandon Misch
> To: DECtalk Discussions
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 9:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Any news?
> 
> ok some of the voices work while others don't. i can see what you meant by bad quality. 
> 
> On May 4, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Dectalk at aol.com wrote:
> 
>> http://pastorsnoopi.twigs76.com/music/SAPI%20DEMO.mp3
>>  
>> The above link is the sample that people wanted.  Blake and I are both told that there is no problem.  Tell that to our ears.  (YUCK)
>>  
>>  
>> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>>  
>> In a message dated 5/4/2011 11:16:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, edbruckert at gmail.com writes:
>> All that means is what you are sent is not acceptable don't worry it'll be solved I promise at this point in my life I need it as much as anybody else
>> 
>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:48 AM, <Dectalk at aol.com> wrote:
>> Brace yourselves because I don't think you guys will like it.  The very worst voice is Kit.  I'd do the recording for you guys but I really don't want to be linked with this pour Dectalk quality.  Have fun guys.
>>  
>>  
>> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>>  
>> In a message dated 5/4/2011 9:10:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ratguy at insightbb.com writes:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Here's a sample text. I assume you can use DECtalk commands in the text? An 
>> MP3 of the 4.3 speak application performing this exact text can be found at
>> http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dt43sample.mp3
>> Now here's the text.
>> 
>> [:phoneme on]
>> [:np] [:ra 250]
>> Hello. This is the factory default Paul voice.
>> I'm talking now with this voice since this is what most people are probably 
>> going to be using. Let's speed it up a bit.
>> [:ra 300]
>> This is probably how Jayson's JFW would talk normally. Now let's put some 
>> intonation in there.
>> [:dv pr 250] [:dv sr 50]
>> Okay, this is how Jayson used to listen to DECtalk back in the good old DOS 
>> days. With 4.3 and earlier, if you could get used to this which you would 
>> over time, this sounds pretty good! It'd take some getting used to again, 
>> not having had it for so long.
>> [:np] [:ra 250]
>> The rest of this demo was created a few months ago to compair and test the 
>> various other factory voices and several custom voices in different DECtalk 
>> versions.
>> I will now test the other voices.
>> [:nb] I'm Beautiful Betty, the default female voice.
>> [:nh] I'm Huge Harry.
>> [:nd] I'm Doctor Dennis.
>> [:nf] I'm Frail Frank.
>> [:nu] I'm Uppity Ursula.
>> [:nr] I'm Rough Rita.
>> [:nw] I'm Whispering Wendy.
>> [:nk] and I'm Kit the Kid.
>> [:np]
>> Now I'll let the DECtalk manual describe us.
>> [:np]       Perfect Paul           Standard male voice.
>> [:nb]       Beautiful Betty Standard female voice.
>> [:nh]       Huge Harry      Deep male voice.
>> [:nf]       Frail Frank            Older male voice.
>> [:nk]       Kit the Kid             Child's voice (about 10 years
>> old).
>> [:nr]       Rough Rita      Deep female voice.
>> [:nu]       Uppity Ursula   Light female voice.
>> [:nd]       Doctor Dennis   Breathy male voice.
>> [:nw]       Whispering Wendy Whispery female voice.
>> 
>> [: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.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 7:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Any news?
>> 
>> 
>> > HI Jayson,
>> > I will do that. Could you suggest some sample sentences to synthesize?
>> > We're trying to find a way to put a "demo play" button on the Enable
>> > website so people can type in any text they'd like to hear, but our
>> > programmer hasn't been able to spend time on that project right now.
>> > corine
>> >
>> > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com> wrote:
>> >> Do you have any audio samples you could share? Maybe I could elaborate on
>> >> what people don't like. I pretty much know what DT 4.3 sounds like.
>> >> Jayson
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
>> >> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 7:53 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Any news?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>i meant - i can't hear the differences, not being so attuned to the
>> >>> various DT versions. i can hear ok, but i'm not clear on the
>> >>> differences in quality.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com> 
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>> Hi,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Wo, you actually got 4.3 working with SAPI? What kind of quality 
>> >>>> problems
>> >>>> are there?
>> >>>> Thanks.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>> From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
>> >>>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 6:14 PM
>> >>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Any news?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Still waiting for one of the "old" (not chronologically, just in terms
>> >>>>> of contact with DT) to send some more versions for testing.
>> >>>>> 4.3 and 4.67 work in SAPI fine but preliminary listening results
>> >>>>> indicate dissatisfaction.
>> >>>>> corine
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com>
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>> Okay, it's broken record time. Anything new going on with the SAPI
>> >>>>>> DECtalk?
>> >>>>>> Haven't heard anything in a while.
>> >>>>>> Jayson
>> >>>>>>
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