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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yeah it's still a formant synth as far as I know.
Although I think it has been overpowered by Real Speak which is not a
formant synth, but is sample-based like AT&T. I don't really like it though.
I think each voice is too unique and the selection is not large enough to have
such unique voices. The only peramitors are volume and speed, and speed doesn't
work that well. Perhaps ViaVoice or whatever it is, is still
around.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:10
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DECtalk] recording
eloquence directly</DIV>
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<DIV>i'm very interested in how these voices sound to you folks who use tts
systems all the time. i thought Eloquence was a formant-based synthesizer like
DECtalk, at least it started out that way. the Eloquence system used to be
owned by a company called Eloquent, but then it was bought out by, i think,
ScanSoft, and then i lost track. i have no idea what is now sold as Eloquence.
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<DIV>i haven't heard much about ViaVoice in a long time.</DIV>
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<DIV>thanks to you all for your comments - corine<BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 2/28/08, <B class=gmail_sendername>Raymond
Grote</B> <<A
href="mailto:musicalman1@comcast.net">musicalman1@comcast.net</A>>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm pretty sure eloquence is protected and only
jaws can use it. I suspect it'd only work if you bought the synth directly
from its company, but I could be wrong. ViaVoice does sound like Eloquence
and I believe that is where Eloquence came from. This is
interesting.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 27, 2008
8:09 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DECtalk] recording
eloquence directly</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Orhan,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another way my friend told me to record
eloquence is to use a free program called d speech. It allows you to
convert text to audio using any SAPI 4 or SAPI 5 voices you have. If you
have jaws or window eyes, eloquence is a SAPI 4 voice. Also, there's
another alternative. If you have this scanning software called open book,
you can use it's save to audio feature to convert any typed text to audio.
Open book comes with IBM viavoice, witch sounds much like eloquence. If
you do not have open book, I recommend d speech. I don't remember the
site, but if you Google search d speech, you should find the site. If what
I said doesn't help, you can also do what Blake said and record from the
sound card. It may require editing because you may not want everything
eloquence says to be included in your file.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you need further help, you can contact me
privately anytime by email at <A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:katiewht@sbcglobal.net"
target=_blank>katiewht@sbcglobal.net</A>, or add dectalkgirl1987 to your
skype contacts.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have a good day.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Katie</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 25, 2008
1:28 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [DECtalk] recording
eloquence directly</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hey guys, is there a way to record
eloquence directly from the synthesiser, like people have done in the
DECtalk archive.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>orhan deniz.<BR>ways to contact
me:<BR>msn/windows live ID:<BR><A
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