[DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use

Sat Aug 30 17:00:02 EDT 2014

To me, Nv speech player sounds similar to Infovox 230 , and 
Monologue sounds like Doubletalk.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: brandon T via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
To: DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
Date sent: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:29:19 -0400
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary 
use

Hi,

So, if I read the license correctly, it said something about I 
can
redistribute this software and that it's free, why does it say 
that if
it's abandonware? It says that in the license.txt file. How do 
you
know that the modified sapi4.py file is legal?

Thanks,

Brandon

On 8/30/14, Jake Gross via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> 
wrote:
 It is abandonware.
 Speech rate is not supported.
 Did you copy the sapi4.py file to your nvda user configuration
 directory?
 This driver prevents the synth from crashing.

  ----- Original Message -----
 From: brandon T viaDectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
 To: DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
 Date sent: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 23:42:52 -0400
 Subject: Re: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary
 use

 Hello,

 Is this synthesizer illegal?

 Also, it isn't speaking as I change the speed of the voice. 
Also,
 it
 is crashing sometimes.

 Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to a
 response.

 Sincerely,

 Brandon Tyson

 On 8/29/14, Jake Gross via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
 wrote:
  What part of the installer can't you read.

   ----- Original Message -----
  From: brandon T via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
  To: DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
  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

    -----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
    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

    -----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
    _______________________________________________
    Dectalk mailing list
    Dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
    http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk

    _______________________________________________
    Dectalk mailing list
    Dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
    http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk

    _______________________________________________
    Dectalk mailing list
    Dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
    http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk

    _______________________________________________
    Dectalk mailing list
    Dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
    http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk

    _______________________________________________
    Dectalk mailing list
    Dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
    http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk

    _______________________________________________
    Dectalk mailing list
    Dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
    http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk

   _______________________________________________
   Dectalk mailing list
   Dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
   http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk

   _______________________________________________
   Dectalk mailing list
   Dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
   http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk

  _______________________________________________
  Dectalk mailing list
  Dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
  http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk

  _______________________________________________
  Dectalk mailing list
  Dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
  http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk

 _______________________________________________
 Dectalk mailing list
 Dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
 http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk

 _______________________________________________
 Dectalk mailing list
 Dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
 http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk

_______________________________________________
Dectalk mailing list
Dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk