<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">you are hearing it wright. some of the voices are good like paul, frank, harry, and probably one other voices. if people just want to use paul for nvda and other things, it's ok for that but if people want to make dectalk do certain things like sing, this isn't as good but for people who just want to use it with a screen reader and nothing more, it's ok for that. <div><br><div><div>On May 4, 2011, at 1:06 PM, <a href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt" id="role_body" bottommargin="7" leftmargin="7" rightmargin="7" topmargin="7"><font id="role_document" color="#000000" size="4" face="Arial">
<div><strong><font size="4">I'm too mad to deal with it. Blake and I got
asked how to make Dectalk sing, so we sent them a file. We both got told
that we don't know what we're doing. Then we're told that it will sing
with no problem, Um, it won't. I had Blake send "WE ARE THE WORLD"
for the simple fact that if they ever get that to sing clear through with no
feedback, we will have something to work with.</font></strong></div>
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<div><strong><font size="4">As of now, we are working with garbage! That's
why I'm against posting samples because this stuff is mostly crap. They
call it 4.3, I don't! This is as far from 4.anything as you can
get!</font></strong></div>
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<div><strong><font size="4">Some of these people are on this list. Maybe
they will finally get that the gn command on some voices is set too high, the
consonant sounds are not clearly heard, and ugh I could go on and
on.</font></strong></div>
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<div><strong><font size="4">I might not get another SAPI after posting the
demo. I don't care. This is trash, and I'm tired of being told I'm
not hearing it right. I'm glad I'm not alone in my
opinion.</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 12:41:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:bmisch2002@gmail.com">bmisch2002@gmail.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">i hope
you show this sample to those who are telling you that there is no
problem.
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<div>On May 4, 2011, at 12:17 PM, <a title="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com" 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 title="http://pastorsnoopi.twigs76.com/music/SAPI DEMO.mp3" 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>
<div><strong><font size="4"></font></strong> </div>
<div><strong><font size="4"></font></strong> </div>
<div><strong><font size="4">SNOOPI BOTTEN </font></strong></div>
<div><strong><font size="4"></font></strong> </div>
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<div>In a message dated 5/4/2011 11:16:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <a title="mailto:edbruckert@gmail.com" href="mailto:edbruckert@gmail.com">edbruckert@gmail.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">All
that 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>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">
<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font color="#000000" size="4" face="Arial">
<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>
<div><strong><font size="4"></font></strong> </div>
<div><strong><font size="4"></font></strong> </div>
<div><strong><font size="4">SNOOPI BOTTEN </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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