[DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use

[brandon T]

Hi,

Thank you for this information. I thought that maybe another thing
was, with the Microsoft voices, I should try them at a faster speed.
For now, they are ok.

Thank you very much for your time, I really appreciate it.

I hope that you are having an awesome day!

Thanks,

Brandon

On 8/29/14, Blake Roberts via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> I know that the AT&T Natural voices were recorded at 16k instead of the
> typical 22k for recorded speech samples. However, they might not work as
> your primary synth due to large size of each voice. I purchased some AT&T
> voices which I use as primary voices within OpenBook, but they are used for
> short periods. AT&T voices might work as your primary synth if you have a
> lot of Ram memory in your computer, i.e. more than a gig or two.
> Blake
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of
> brandon T via Dectalk
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 8:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use
>
> Hi,
>
> I am wondering if maybe the voices are just sounding too real to me.
> Are there any that are recorded at a lower audio quality please?
>
> Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any assistance
> you are willing to provide.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Brandon Tyson
>
> On 8/29/14, Blake Roberts via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>> Daniel,
>> Ivona voices are SAPI5. To use them in NVDA I simply changed from ESpeak
> to
>> SAPI version 5 in the synthesizers list.
>> Blake
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of
>> Daniel
>> Wolak via Dectalk
>> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 8:07 PM
>> To: DECtalk
>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use
>>
>> Hi,
>> I mostly use eloquence with nvda... A question for you blake: what do
>> you use to interface the ivona voices with nvda as I've been thinking of
>> trying them?
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Daniel
>> On 29/08/2014 8:00 PM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
>>> Brandon,
>>> Although I use Eloquence as my primary synth in Jaws, Ivona voices are a
>>> close second. They are my primary voices within NVDA. Voices from Ivona
>> are
>>> not free but you can trial each voice for 30 days before purchase is
>>> required. I prefer slow speeds so I'm not sure how Ivona sounds at fast
>>> rates. I use Ivona voices because all of the voices sound very natural.
>>>
>>> Have you tried the Orpheus synth? I purchased Orpheus but don't use it
>>> anymore because those voices are too fast for my liking. Like Ivona, you
>> can
>>> trial Orpheus for 30 days before purchase is required. The difference is
>>> with Orpheus you receive all voices, whereas Ivona voices are downloaded
>> one
>>> voice at a time.
>>> Blake
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of
>>> brandon T via Dectalk
>>> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 7:48 PM
>>> To: DECtalk Discussions
>>> Subject: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have been looking at Sapi 4 and Sapi 5 voices today. Also, I have
>>> been looking at Speech Player. I am familiar with a lot of voices,
>>> including Acapela, Eloquence, DecTalk, Microsoft voices like Sam, the
>>> LH synthesizer, the Digalo voices, Infovox 230 and 330, eSpeak,
>>> Neospeech and others. Here is my problem. I have been majorly
>>> investigating voices for years. I guess the main problem is that all
>>> of the voices do something that I don't like. Eloquence makes a
>>> clicking sound when it goes really fast. I have trouble understanding
>>> DecTalk when it goes really fast. The Acapela voices are, in my
>>> opinion, too hard to use as a primary voice. I have thought about
>>> Infovox 230 and 330, but I cant do anything legally except use the
>>> trial. Also, I can't use Eloquence legally with NVDA. The Digalo
>>> voices are hard to understand when speaking long amounts of text
>>> because they stop reading for a few seconds in the middle of a
>>> sentence. The Microsoft voices are ok, but again, the way that they
>>> read is hard for me to get used to. ESpeak sometimes is hard for me
>>> because when it goes fast, I hear this sort of interesting sound in
>>> the middle of the speech. The LH voices are hard because, well, I
>>> unfortunately can't explain it. Do you mind if I please ask, what
>>> synthesizer do you use primarily, the reasons you use it, what is good
>>> about it, and what is not as good please? I am hoping that, with input
>>> and suggestions, I can hopefully find something that I will be able to
>>> use primarily.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any assistance
>>> you are willing to provide
>>>
>>> .Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Brandon Tyson
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