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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><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,
ratguy@insightbb.com 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>http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dt43sample.mp3<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"
<corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu><BR>To: "DECtalk Discussions"
<dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><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
<ratguy@insightbb.com> 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" <corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu><BR>>> To: "DECtalk
Discussions" <dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><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 <ratguy@insightbb.com> <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"
<corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu><BR>>>>> To: "DECtalk
Discussions" <dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><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
<ratguy@insightbb.com><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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