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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the explanation. I do have a few
more questions. One's about DECtalk itself. Does the software
actually have a DECtalk program in it, or does it call an external program to
play the song you've just created? If DECtalk is bundled with the program,
this might present a whole mess of licensing concerns. Most of us in this
community use the freely available DECtalk demo program put out by Digital way
back when, called speak43.exe. I have written a small program called
Playdec which will allow for command-line or Windows association playing of
DECtalk files using the Speak43 application or any similar application.
Let me know if you want a copy. The license for my program is, basically,
do whatever you want with it but if you use my code somewhere else I'd like
credit.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is your program only usable under XP? That's
not a problem for me or probably for most others, but I'm just wondering if it
actually requires XP or if it's just not been tested on older systems such as
98.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My other question involves the translation of MIDI
notes into DECtalk code. Let's say you have an eight-note MIDI file, and
you create a DECtalk phonemic version of the text 'This is a test'. Now,
would the first note sing 'this', the second note sing 'is', the third note sing
'a', and the fourth note sing 'test'? If so, what about the other four
notes, would they be silent? In other words, is it always assumed that one
note equals one syllable?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jayson.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 02, 2005 9:20
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DECtalk] Midi
conversion?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BIG><BIG>Dear Jayson et al.,<BR>Basically, the program, which
runs under Windows XP, presents three text windows: The first is for English
orthography (regular spelling); the second is for DECtalk phonemic code,
without the musical note codes; and the third is for the fully "enchanted"
DECtalk code, including the musical notes. You can enter text into either the
first window or the second window. If you enter it into the first window,
clicking a control button creates the corresponding phonetic text in the
second window for you automatically. A separate navigation control allows you
to select a midi file on your computer. Then, once you have thus specified the
phonetic text in the second text window and the desired midi file, clicking a
second control button creates the fully "enchanted" DECtalk text in the third
text window. This text can then be played by clicking a third control button.
Any of the texts can be copied to the clipboard for use in another
application. Also, one can hand-edit the text in all three windows at any
time.<BR><BR>I am working with Michigan State University on getting this
software available either for free (my preference) or for a nominal license
fee under $15.<BR><BR>As for accessibility of this software for blind users, I
think it would be accessible to a person using most screen reading programs. I
will give it a test with JAWS this week.<BR><BR>Yours,<BR>John
Eulenberg</BIG></BIG><BR><BR><BR>Jayson Smith wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A few more questions if you don't mind. I
understand that this software is currently unavailable to the public, and
you'd need sufficient interest in order to release it. With that said,
I'd like to ask a few questions which might let everybody know if this
program would work for us.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. What operating systems does the
program run under?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. How does it work? E.G. what is
the user interface like? Is it a deal where you write a text script
which describes what phonemes or sounds are to be put on each note, or is it
a graffical representation where you somehow find the proper notes on the
screen and put phonemic symbols on those notes or something? If that's
the way it is, it probably wouldn't be that useful to most of us, as most of
us on this list probably are blind.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think once there was talk of writing a
program to do something similar, but putting some generic phonemic symbols
on each note so you could then go in and manually put the phonemes
in.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jayson.</FONT></DIV>
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Re: [DECtalk] Midi conversion?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>It hasn't been released, but it ould be. It's pretty much a
matter of clearing the MSU office of Intellectual Property. I'd be happy
to look into it if there is sufficient interest.<BR>John B. Eulenberg<BR><PRE class=moz-signature cols="72">John Bryson Eulenberg
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Director, Artificial Language Laboratory</PRE><BR>Jayson Smith wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has this software ever been made available
to the DECtalk community at large, or is it only available for internal
use? Just curious.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jayson.</FONT></DIV>
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Re: [DECtalk] Midi conversion?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BIG><BIG>Dear Jayson et al,<BR>We have been doing MIDI
to DECtalk conversions for years at the Michigan State University
Artificial Language Laboratory, using our own proprietary software.
Our main application has been for nonspeaking people using a
communication aid system such as DynaVox. <BR>Our program allows the
user to input either at the phoneme level or at the level of
orthographic representation (regular spelling).<BR>Yours,<BR>John
Eulenberg</BIG></BIG><BR><BR>Jayson Smith wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid000501c561c1$47a7f860$6700a8c0@h2c8f0 type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Hey,
Did anybody ever figure out a way to convert data in MIDI files into proper
DECtalk format for singing? Obviously you'd have to put in the proper
phonemes yourself, but still it'd be nice to be able to have the notes and
durations converted.
Jayson.
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