[DECtalk] Any news?
Dectalk at aol.com
Dectalk at aol.com
Wed May 4 13:24:02 EDT 2011
The real question is, would people pay for a partially working SAPI? I
personally wouldn't.
SNOOPI BOTTEN
In a message dated 5/4/2011 1:16:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
bmisch2002 at gmail.com writes:
you are hearing it wright. some of the voices are good like paul, frank,
harry, and probably one other voices. if people just want to use paul for
nvda and other things, it's ok for that but if people want to make dectalk do
certain things like sing, this isn't as good but for people who just want
to use it with a screen reader and nothing more, it's ok for that.
On May 4, 2011, at 1:06 PM, _Dectalk at aol.com_ (mailto:Dectalk at aol.com)
wrote:
I'm too mad to deal with it. Blake and I got asked how to make Dectalk
sing, so we sent them a file. We both got told that we don't know what we're
doing. Then we're told that it will sing with no problem, Um, it won't.
I had Blake send "WE ARE THE WORLD" for the simple fact that if they ever
get that to sing clear through with no feedback, we will have something to
work with.
As of now, we are working with garbage! That's why I'm against posting
samples because this stuff is mostly crap. They call it 4.3, I don't! This
is as far from 4.anything as you can get!
Some of these people are on this list. Maybe they will finally get that
the gn command on some voices is set too high, the consonant sounds are not
clearly heard, and ugh I could go on and on.
I might not get another SAPI after posting the demo. I don't care. This
is trash, and I'm tired of being told I'm not hearing it right. I'm glad
I'm not alone in my opinion.
SNOOPI BOTTEN
In a message dated 5/4/2011 12:41:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
_bmisch2002 at gmail.com_ (mailto:bmisch2002 at gmail.com) writes:
i hope you show this sample to those who are telling you that there is no
problem.
On May 4, 2011, at 12:17 PM, _Dectalk at aol.com_ (mailto:Dectalk at aol.com)
wrote:
_http://pastorsnoopi.twigs76.com/music/SAPI%20DEMO.mp3_
(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_ (mailto: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_
(mailto: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_ (mailto: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_
(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_
(mailto:corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu) >
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <_dectalk at bluegrasspals.com_
(mailto: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_
(mailto: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_
(mailto:corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu) >
>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <_dectalk at bluegrasspals.com_
(mailto: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_
(mailto: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_
(mailto:corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu) >
>>>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <_dectalk at bluegrasspals.com_
(mailto: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_
(mailto: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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