[DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use

Jake Gross jake at grossgang.com
Fri Aug 29 23:17:20 EDT 2014 

What part of the installer can't you read.


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From: brandon T via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
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Date sent: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 23:06:51 -0400
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary 
use

Hi,

Unfortunately I can't read the installer. I am not sure if it is 
in English.

Thanks for telling me about this, I really appreciate it!

Thanks,

Brandon

On 8/29/14, Jake Gross via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> 
wrote:
 Have you ever tried chatterbox?
 It is a sapi4 english/rushen speech synthesizer.
 You can find it at
 http://grossgang.com/tts/sapi_voices/chatterbox.zip
 Jake


  ----- Original Message -----
 From: brandon T via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
 To: DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
 Date sent: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 21:12:00 -0400
 Subject: Re: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary
 use

 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

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  From: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On
 Behalf Of
  brandon T via Dectalk
  Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 8:40 PM
  To: DECtalk
  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

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 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

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 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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