<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">ok some of the voices work while others don't. i can see what you meant by bad quality. <div><br><div><div>On May 4, 2011, at 12:17 PM, <a href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div><strong><font size="4"><a href="http://pastorsnoopi.twigs76.com/music/SAPI%20DEMO.mp3">http://pastorsnoopi.twigs76.com/music/SAPI%20DEMO.mp3</a></font></strong></div>
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<div><strong><font size="4">The above link is the sample that people wanted.
Blake and I are both told that there is no problem. Tell that to our
ears. (YUCK) </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 5/4/2011 11:16:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:edbruckert@gmail.com">edbruckert@gmail.com</a> writes:</div>
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means is what you are sent is not acceptable don't worry it'll be solved I
promise at this point in my life I need it as much as anybody else<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:48 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a title="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com" href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><strong><font size="4">Brace yourselves because I don't think you guys
will like it. The very worst voice is Kit. I'd do the recording
for you guys but I really don't want to be linked with this pour Dectalk
quality. Have fun guys.</font></strong></div>
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<div>In a message dated 5/4/2011 9:10:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <a title="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com" href="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com" target="_blank">ratguy@insightbb.com</a> writes:</div>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Hi,<br><br>Here's a sample text. I assume you can use DECtalk
commands in the text? An <br>MP3 of the 4.3 speak application performing
this exact text can be found at<br><a title="http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dt43sample.mp3" href="http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dt43sample.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dt43sample.mp3</a><br>Now
here's the text.<br><br>[:phoneme on]<br>[:np] [:ra 250]<br>Hello. This is
the factory default Paul voice.<br>I'm talking now with this voice since
this is what most people are probably <br>going to be using. Let's speed
it up a bit.<br>[:ra 300]<br>This is probably how Jayson's JFW would talk
normally. Now let's put some <br>intonation in there.<br>[:dv pr 250] [:dv
sr 50]<br>Okay, this is how Jayson used to listen to DECtalk back in the
good old DOS <br>days. With 4.3 and earlier, if you could get used to this
which you would <br>over time, this sounds pretty good! It'd take some
getting used to again, <br>not having had it for so long.<br>[:np] [:ra
250]<br>The rest of this demo was created a few months ago to compair and
test the <br>various other factory voices and several custom voices in
different DECtalk <br>versions.<br>I will now test the other
voices.<br>[:nb] I'm Beautiful Betty, the default female voice.<br>[:nh]
I'm Huge Harry.<br>[:nd] I'm Doctor Dennis.<br>[:nf] I'm Frail
Frank.<br>[:nu] I'm Uppity Ursula.<br>[:nr] I'm Rough Rita.<br>[:nw] I'm
Whispering Wendy.<br>[:nk] and I'm Kit the Kid.<br>[:np]<br>Now I'll let
the DECtalk manual describe us.<br>[:np] Perfect
Paul Standard male
voice.<br>[:nb] Beautiful Betty Standard female
voice.<br>[:nh] Huge Harry
Deep male voice.<br>[:nf] Frail Frank
Older male voice.<br>[:nk]
Kit the Kid
Child's voice (about 10 years<br>old).<br>[:nr]
Rough Rita Deep female voice.<br>[:nu]
Uppity Ursula Light female voice.<br>[:nd]
Doctor Dennis Breathy male
voice.<br>[:nw] Whispering Wendy Whispery female
voice.<br><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 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 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 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 150 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 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 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] [: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 this <br>time. That would explain why we've been saying all
these silly things. I <br>knew I was having trouble finding a record of
any voice calibration office <br>on Red Dwarf.<br><br>----- Original
Message ----- <br>From: "Corine Bickley" <<a title="mailto:corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu" href="mailto:corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu" target="_blank">corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu</a>><br>To: "DECtalk
Discussions" <<a title="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" target="_blank">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>><br>Sent: Wednesday, May
04, 2011 7:02 AM<br>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Any news?<br><br><br>> HI
Jayson,<br>> I will do that. Could you suggest some sample sentences to
synthesize?<br>> We're trying to find a way to put a "demo play" button
on the Enable<br>> website so people can type in any text they'd like
to hear, but our<br>> programmer hasn't been able to spend time on that
project right now.<br>> corine<br>><br>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at
8:12 PM, Jayson Smith <<a title="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com" href="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com" target="_blank">ratguy@insightbb.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> Do you have
any audio samples you could share? Maybe I could elaborate on<br>>>
what people don't like. I pretty much know what DT 4.3 sounds
like.<br>>> Jayson<br>>><br>>> ----- Original Message
-----<br>>> From: "Corine Bickley" <<a title="mailto:corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu" href="mailto:corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu" target="_blank">corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu</a>><br>>> To:
"DECtalk Discussions" <<a title="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" target="_blank">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>><br>>> Sent: Tuesday,
May 03, 2011 7:53 PM<br>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Any
news?<br>>><br>>><br>>>>i meant - i can't hear the
differences, not being so attuned to the<br>>>> various DT
versions. i can hear ok, but i'm not clear on the<br>>>>
differences in quality.<br>>>><br>>>> On Tue, May 3,
2011 at 7:24 PM, Jayson Smith <<a title="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com" href="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com" target="_blank">ratguy@insightbb.com</a>> <br>>>>
wrote:<br>>>>> Hi,<br>>>>><br>>>>> Wo,
you actually got 4.3 working with SAPI? What kind of quality
<br>>>>> problems<br>>>>> are
there?<br>>>>> Thanks.<br>>>>><br>>>>>
----- Original Message -----<br>>>>> From: "Corine Bickley"
<<a title="mailto:corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu" href="mailto:corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu" target="_blank">corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu</a>><br>>>>> To:
"DECtalk Discussions" <<a title="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" target="_blank">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>><br>>>>> Sent:
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 6:14 PM<br>>>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk]
Any news?<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>>>
Still waiting for one of the "old" (not chronologically, just in
terms<br>>>>>> of contact with DT) to send some more
versions for testing.<br>>>>>> 4.3 and 4.67 work in SAPI
fine but preliminary listening results<br>>>>>> indicate
dissatisfaction.<br>>>>>>
corine<br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>><br>>>>>>
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Jayson Smith <<a title="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com" href="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com" target="_blank">ratguy@insightbb.com</a>><br>>>>>>
wrote:<br>>>>>>> Okay, it's broken record time. Anything
new going on with the SAPI<br>>>>>>>
DECtalk?<br>>>>>>> Haven't heard anything in a
while.<br>>>>>>>
Jayson<br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>
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