[DECtalk] Another example

Raymond Grote musicalman1 at comcast.net
Thu May 5 14:49:00 EDT 2011


I haven't tested it, but judging by what he's saying, to hear the rest you have to increase the volume dramatically, and when you do, it sounds whispered.
definitely sounds like wrong voice data being used. I'll test myself soon and provide a normalized sample if I get the same result.

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  Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Another example


  That's weird, mine only sings one line.  So the rests work?


  SNOOPI BOTTEN 

  In a message dated 5/5/2011 8:21:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ratguy at insightbb.com writes:
    Hi,

    I'm seeing a bit of different behavior. Last night I was sent a copy of the 
    Speak window. I ran my version of "Bicycle Built for Two" through it. It 
    sang the first line, "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do." okay. For the 
    rest of the song, it whispered the words, and of course wasn't singing. Many 
    people, not listening very closely, might not even hear the whispering. If 
    you want to see what yours is doing, make a recording of it, go into an 
    audio editor, then normalize the file starting from when the singing stops.
    Jayson

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    Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 6:16 AM
    Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Another example


    > Oh God, singing.  Get this guys.  The all  knowing programmer asked Blake
    > and I how you get Dectalk to sing.  So we  sent a file to this person. 
    > That
    > was when we got told that we didn't know  what we were doing.  We're being
    > told that [_<500>] is not how you do  a rest.  Uh, what manual is this 
    > person
    > reading?
    >
    > Anyway, the SAPI won't sing past the first line of a  song.  There is no
    > error message, nothing, it just stops after like the  fifth word.  We are 
    > told
    > it's us, we are doing things wrong.  Uh, no  we're not!
    >
    > I'm tired of being told we don't know what we are  talking about.
    >
    >
    > SNOOPI BOTTEN
    >
    >
    > In a message dated 5/5/2011 12:49:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
    > johnnybrl at gmail.com writes:
    >
    > hi Alex,  I don't mind the Paul voice either. Even Frank sounds pretty
    > nice.
    > but the  other voices like the females need a bit more work I think.
    >
    > Is it  possible to make a recording of it singing so we can here what it
    > sounds  like when it sings?
    > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > From: "Alex H."  <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
    > To: "DECtalk Discussions"  <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
    > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 7:59  PM
    > Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Another example
    >
    >
    >>I guess I don't  mind the new Paul voice of this supposed 4.3 version,
    >> but it's just  not 4.3, at all. That said, maybe the programmer got
    >> confused and put  4.67 in there instead, that would make more sense as
    >> this started  getting into the FonixTalk era that would follow. I don't
    >> know.  Something just sounds broken/not compatible with it.
    >>
    >> On  5/4/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
    >>> 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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