[DECtalk] Speech Player recording

brandon T brandongold98 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 15 11:58:07 EDT 2014


Hi,

It does work with XP. The latest version 2014.6.4 is the one you will
want to use. I've never tested it, but I've heard audio samples and I
think they were using XP.

Thanks,
B
randon

On 7/15/14, Devin Prater <r.d.t.prater at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just hope they make it to where it works with XP again, as it is the only
> VM I have on the mac right now.
> Devin Prater
> r.d.t.prater at gmail.com
>
>
>
> On Jul 11, 2014, at 7:01 PM, Brandon <brandongold98 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> By thinking on open-source eloquence was that this version sounds more
>> like eloquence then the later version does. That's why we should do that
>> now. In other words, this one sounds more like the eloquence synthesizer
>> than the latest version does.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jul 11, 2014, at 7:52 PM, Carlos Fernandez <cf530a at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I really don't understand what you mean. You said
>>>
>>> I'm almost thinking of contacting the developer of this, and asking if I
>>> have his permission to turn this into open source speech synthesizer
>>> similar to eloquence. I think that speech player has changed too much
>>> now, and many people will not like it as much. What do you think? Should
>>> I do this? I bet with a little help, I think it would be easy. Plus, it
>>> would make it very easy for anybody wanting to speech synthesizer or, it
>>> would make it easy for anybody wanting a speech synthesizer..
>>> What do you mean?
>>> Also, I think we might want to wait a bit for the developers to finish
>>> work on the system before jumping to porting it for use with other
>>> readers. In my opinion, this would be premature. Their page says they
>>> plan to work on the accent, other languages, and the system as a whole.
>>> Maybe we should wait for them to finish up before trying to do anything
>>> with it. This is still in beta, so who knows what will happen next. What
>>> do you think?
>>>
>>> Carlos
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 7/11/2014 17:30, Brandon wrote:
>>>> I tell you, I really like this copy a speech player. I mean, the earlier
>>>> version. I'm almost thinking of contacting the developer of this, and
>>>> asking if I have his permission to turn this into open source speech
>>>> synthesizer similar to eloquence. I think that speech player has changed
>>>> too much now, and many people will not like it as much. What do you
>>>> think? Should I do this? I bet with a little help, I think it would be
>>>> easy. Plus, it would make it very easy for anybody wanting to speech
>>>> synthesizer or, it would make it easy for anybody wanting a speech
>>>> synthesizer.. I am really excited to see what you think. Also, should we
>>>> make one that works with other screenreaders?
>>>> That might be hard.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Brandon Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 11, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Carlos Fernandez <cf530a at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried this earlier version now, but it doesn't sound any better
>>>>> to me. I think part of the annoyance of this voice is that the
>>>>> consonant sounds are too loud. I think that it sounds better with
>>>>> frame.fricationAmplitude set to 30 or even 20.
>>>>>
>>>>> Carlos
>>>>>> On 7/11/2014 13:03, brandon T wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I will upload a version master-ee80f4d. This version will
>>>>>> unfortunately not work on Windows XP (a version 98 something after
>>>>>> ee80f4d will barely work on xp).
>>>>>> It may be choppy, but if you have a high end 64 bit computer, it will
>>>>>> do very well.
>>>>>> Also, it will not work on AMD machines.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7/11/14, Carlos Fernandez <cf530a at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Well, I must say it has improved since that time. If the
>>>>>>> eloquence-sounding version was earlier, I don't think I want to use
>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>> Also, it seems that I am the only one who doesn't find the accent
>>>>>>> terrible.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Carlos
>>>>>>>> On 7/11/2014 06:02, Brandon wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here is the recording of one of the very first versions of speech
>>>>>>>> player that was actually in an NVDA add-on.  If you don't mind
>>>>>>>> please,
>>>>>>>> can you please not put this recording in the shared folder? I can
>>>>>>>> make
>>>>>>>> another recording for that.
>>>>>>>> This was a recording that I originally made for a friend, and I
>>>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>>>> think I would ever have to send this, but I'm sure my friend will
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>> ok with this, as I just asked questions in this file (so you can
>>>>>>>> hear
>>>>>>>> what it sounds like with the default voice).  Also, you had to use
>>>>>>>> NVDA 2013.3 or lower with this version of Speech Player.  This
>>>>>>>> version
>>>>>>>> does not have the eloquence type sound that another version does
>>>>>>>> (the
>>>>>>>> latest version does not have this either).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Brandon
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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