[DECtalk] Another example

Brandon Misch bmisch2002 at gmail.com
Wed May 4 22:48:26 EDT 2011


hey this wasn't that bad. kind of fading in and out but could still hear the whole thing. Happened mostly with betty but it still sounded great. 

On May 4, 2011, at 8:47 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Blake sent me the Speak window. I used it, as well as the beloved speak43 
> application, to synthesize the exact same text. This is a conversation which 
> came from a website called "Computer Stupidities" which I have turned into a 
> DECtalk skit. Here, Paul is the store salesperson, and Betty is the 
> customer. Certain words have been intentionally misspelled so as to be 
> pronounced correctly. I have created a zip file of the two wavs which 
> resulted from the synthesis. This zip is at
> http://www.bluegrasspals.com/jazz.zip
> I'm sure you'll be able to tell the difference. Here is the exact text 
> synthesized by both versions.
> Jayson
> 
> [:np] [:ra 240]
> I work in the entertainment department of a huge store. I was restocking CD 
> Ars when a middle-aged woman came up to me.
> 
> [:nb]
> "Excuse me, but what is in those colorful boxes? I'm looking for toys as a 
> present for my nephew, and I just know he'd like a colorful box like that."
> [:np]
> "Well, the toy department is upstairs, but"
> [:nb]
> "...and in case they're jack-in-the-boxes, could I get one custom made, 
> because I bet you don't have the color combination I'd like anyway."
> [:np]
> "They're...not jack-in-the-boxes, ma'am. They are c deaz."
> [:nb]
> "Oh! Kind of a big box for a CD. Does it come with lots of leaflets, or is 
> it just air? I hate that way of--"
> [:np]
> "No, no, no, you see, there's ten c deaz in one box."
> [:nb]
> "Ten! Oh my goodness, that's a lot of c deaz. What kind c deaz are they?"
> [:np]
> "Well, we have CD ars in these, and CD ar double yous over here. These ones 
> are scratchproof, so they cost a little more--"
> [:nb]
> "Oh, I don't know about these modern things so much. Have you got any 
> jazz?"
> [:np]
> "Excuse me?"
> [:nb]
> "See, an old person like myself, I haven't even heard of scratchproof music 
> before. I like jazz."
> 
> [:np]
> I tried to hold my poker face for every cent of my hourly wage.
> 
> "No, these c deaz are empty. We have jazz over there"
> [:nb]
> "Yes, I was over there, and there was nothing new. I already have them all 
> at home. But do you have any jazz in these bulk boxes?"
> [:np]
> "No, ma'am, I'm afraid we're all sold out of the jazz ones."
> [:nb]
> "Well. this box is $8.99, and at the jazz section I'd pay more for only one 
> CD!"
> [:np]
> "That's true, but these are empty, as I--"
> [:nb]
> "This is a pretty good deal, ten c deaz for less than a tenner!"
> [:np]
> "Undoubtedly, but--"
> [:nb]
> "I'll take this!"
> [:np]
> "Ma'am, the c deaz are empty. You won't hear anything."
> [:nb]
> "Oh?"
> [:np]
> "I buy these myself all the time, and there's nothing on them."
> [:nb]
> "Maybe your volume wasn't loud enough. Or you had unplugged your speakers?"
> 
> [:np]
> When had she become tech support to me?
> 
> [:nb]
> "I'll buy these. This is very cheap. You are a good salesperson!"
> [:np]
> "Thank you, ma'am, but--"
> [:nb]
> "I'll just have to see if my nephew listens to scratchproof."
> 
> [:np]
> I took a long, long break after that one. 
> 
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