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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Dectalk was originally named Klattalk. Dennis
Klatt, spell it backwards and you get "Talk" so you get
"Klattalk".</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Anyway, I did a "TTS SING" Google search and found
several singing speech engines. I just can't figure out how to download or
buy the software. The samples put Dectalk to shame.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>SNOOPI BOTTEN </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/29/2008 11:22:33 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
fmillion@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hey,
Changed the subject so we're on a new thread. Wow, that's<BR>interesting,
never knew that's why Dennis wrote that in. The only<BR>other synth I know of
that can sing is MacinTalk on the Macintosh. As<BR>is there were some
pre-programmed tunes that were set up as voices in<BR>the voice list.
VocalWriter is a tool that harnessed this ability and<BR>offered MIDI-based
precise control over the speech synth to allow it<BR>to sing. I've done a lot
of work with it at<BR>http://speech.themillionweb.net if you're interested. As
for PC-based<BR>and hardware synths, I don't think any other synth has ever
had<BR>inherently-coded singing abilities - most other synths have been
made<BR>to sing simply by setting to monotone and messing with the pitch
and<BR>rate until it kind of sounds decent. DEC-talk still beats them all
for<BR>hardware synths. Correct me if I'm wrong bc I'd love to mess with
any<BR>other synth designed to sing, but far as I know DEC-talk is the
only<BR>hardware-based solution thta can do it!<BR><BR>Flint M<BR><BR>On Sat,
Mar 29, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Corine
Bickley<BR><corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu> wrote:<BR>> just a random
question from a dectalk engineer - is it still the case that<BR>> only
dectalk can be programmed (note by note) to sing? i was a student of<BR>>
Dennis Klatt and he would be so pleased to know that people still
enjoy<BR>> using his singing features for dectalk. you all probably know
that dennis<BR>> first incorporated singing controls into dectalk so he
could have his<BR>> synthesizer sing Happy Birthday to his daugher Laura,
right?<BR>> corine
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