Time for a hint, when is middle C.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Corine Bickley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu">corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Hi all,<br>I think I introduced the 4.64 error. I don't know how I came up with<br>that number, but the CD Ed sent me is clearly marked 4.67.<br>
I apologize for adding confusion to the version issue.<br><font color="#888888">corine<br></font>
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<div class="h5"><br>On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Blake Roberts <<a href="mailto:beroberts@hughes.net">beroberts@hughes.net</a>> wrote:<br>> I agree with all of Jayson's feedback. Ed, the version of Dectalk you used<br>
> to create your sample sounds exactly like version 4.61. I, and other list<br>> members, thought the SAPI Dectalk would be based on 4.64. Please clarify...<br>> Blake<br>><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com</a><br>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com</a>] On Behalf Of Jayson Smith<br>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:24 AM<br>> To: DECtalk Discussions<br>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text<br>><br>> Hi,<br>><br>> Okay, let me ask for a little clarification. The file you just sent, was<br>
> that synthesized with the new DECtalk under development? If so, I'm very<br>> confused. It actually sounds like 4.61 and not 4.64, which was what I<br>> thought the new DECtalk was using. I actually like 4.64 better than 4.61.<br>
><br>> One other interesting thing. In all the demo files I sent up yesterday,<br>> everything is pretty much pronounced correctly. However, in your demo, the<br>> word "Lister" is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable rather<br>
> than the first.<br>> Hope this helps.<br>> Jayson<br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "ebruckert Bruckert" <<a href="mailto:edbruckert@gmail.com">edbruckert@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <<a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>><br>> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:00 AM<br>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text<br>><br>
><br>>> Here you go<br>>><br>>> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Brandon Misch <<a href="mailto:bmisch2002@gmail.com">bmisch2002@gmail.com</a>><br>>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>> Hey this works. i don't have the dectalk demo but as weird but it sounds<br>
>>> like system access can make the voices sound like they do with the normal<br>>>> red dwarf files. I don't even have the demo and the screen reader makes<br>>>> dectalk change the voices as if it was the demo. but it works.<br>
>>><br>>>> On Feb 10, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> > Hi,<br>>>> ><br>>>> > I've created a sample text for testing. This speaks very briefly with<br>
>>> each<br>>>> > of the nine factory default voices, then speaks a few sentences each<br>>>> > with<br>>>> > several of the voices from the DECtalk rendition of Red Dwarf. The Red<br>
>>> Dwarf<br>>>> > voices were designed to be used with DECtalk 4.3 and don't sound quite<br>>>> right<br>>>> > in 4.61 or 4.64 in some cases. In general, my opinion is that several<br>
>>> > of<br>>>> the<br>>>> > factory voices sound different in the 4.6X versions than they did in<br>>>> > the<br>>>> > Digital versions. For example, Wendy doesn't, in fact, whisper. Anyway,<br>
>>> > here's the text.<br>>>> > Jayson<br>>>> ><br>>>> > [:phoneme on]<br>>>> > [:np] [:ra 250]<br>>>> > Hello. This is the factory default Paul voice. I will now test the<br>
>>> > other<br>>>> > voices.<br>>>> > [:nb] I'm Betty, the default female voice.<br>>>> > [:nh] I'm Huge Harry.<br>>>> > [:nd] I'm Doctor Dennis.<br>
>>> > [:nf] I'm Frank.<br>>>> > [:nu] I'm Ursula.<br>>>> > [:nr] I'm Rita.<br>>>> > [:nw] I'm Whispering Wendy.<br>>>> > [:nk] and I'm Kit the Kid.<br>
>>> > [:np]<br>>>> > Okay, let's test a few custom voices.<br>>>> > [:nf] [:dv br 0 la 0 sr 100 hr 100 ap 150 pr 95] [:ra 220] This is the<br>>>> voice<br>>>> > of Rimmer from Red Dwarf.<br>
>>> > Lister, we are being tested! I don't know what to do!<br>>>> > [:nf] [:ra 240] [:dv br 0 hs 95 ap 100 as 100 pr 220 hr 30 sr 30] This<br>>>> > is<br>>>> > Lister.<br>
>>> > Rimmer! Come over here and help me with this new speech synthesizer!<br>>>> > [:np] [:dv as 0 bf 0 la 20 nf 00 ri 100 sm 0 hr 0 sr 0] [:ra 220] This<br>>>> > is<br>>>> > Holly.<br>
>>> > This is an important announcement. All persons aboard this ship are to<br>>>> > report to the voice calibration office at once. That is all.<br>>>> > [:np] [:dv br 100 lx 100 bf 100 hr 100 sr 100 as 100 qu 100 ap 110 pr<br>
>>> > 150<br>>>> sx<br>>>> > 1 la 0] [:ra 210] This is the voice of the toaster.<br>>>> > I don't know where this voice calibration office is. Does anyone want<br>>>> some<br>
>>> > toast?<br>>>> > [:np] [:dv sm 1 hs 90 br 0 ri 0 la 0] [:ra 250] I'm the cat.<br>>>> > Who says my voice needs to be calibrated? I want fishies!<br>>>> > [:nd] [:dv as 0 bf 0 la 20 nf 00 ri 100 hr 0 sr 0] [:ra 220] I'm Queeg<br>
>>> 500.<br>>>> > None of you have any credit, so you may not use the voice calibrator.<br>>>> > [:nu] [:dv as 1 bf 10 la 30 nf 10 ri 100 sm 50 hr 100 sr 20 ap 130]<br>>>> > [:ra<br>
>>> > 240] I'm the newer voice of Holly.<br>>>> > I'm picking something up. It's another ship. Its name is Deck Talk or<br>>>> > something very close. They have been conducting an experiment on us all<br>
>>> this<br>>>> > time. That would explain why we've been saying all these silly things.<br>>>> > I<br>>>> > knew I was having trouble finding a record of any voice calibration<br>
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