<html><head><base href="x-msg://856/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">if you read below our messages, you'll see a link to a file with the demo inside. if you just want to use paul and a few others, it works but not for all voices. <div><br><div><div>On May 4, 2011, at 12:45 PM, <<a href="mailto:johnnybrl@gmail.com">johnnybrl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div bgcolor="#ffffff" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font size="2" face="Arial">hi, where did you guys get the audio samples of the sapi dectalk from? sounds like you guys have already heard it.</font></div><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="bmisch2002@gmail.com" href="mailto:bmisch2002@gmail.com">Brandon Misch</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">DECtalk Discussions</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, May 04, 2011 9:37 AM</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [DECtalk] Any news?</div><div><br></div>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,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div id="role_body" topmargin="7" rightmargin="7" leftmargin="7" bottommargin="7" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; "><font id="role_document" color="#000000" size="4" face="Arial"><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><div><strong><font size="4"></font></strong> </div><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><div><div>In a message dated 5/4/2011 11:16:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:edbruckert@gmail.com">edbruckert@gmail.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>writes:</div><blockquote style="border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; "><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial" style="background-color: transparent; ">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 class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="ltr"><<a title="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com" href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</a>></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; "><div style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div> </div><div><div>In a message dated 5/4/2011 9:10:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com" href="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com" target="_blank">ratguy@insightbb.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>writes:</div><blockquote style="border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; "><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial" style="background-color: transparent; ">Hi,<br><br>Here's a sample text. I assume you can use DECtalk commands in the text? An<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>days. With 4.3 and earlier, if you could get used to this which you would<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>over time, this sounds pretty good! It'd take some getting used to again,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>various other factory voices and several custom voices in different DECtalk<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Holly.<br>This is an important announcement. All persons aboard this ship are to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>something very close. They have been conducting an experiment on us all this<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>time. That would explain why we've been saying all these silly things. I<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>knew I was having trouble finding a record of any voice calibration office<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>on Red Dwarf.<br><br>----- Original Message -----<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>>>> wrote:<br>>>>> Hi,<br>>>>><br>>>>> Wo, you actually got 4.3 working with SAPI? What kind of quality<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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>>>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>>>> DECtalk mailing list<br>>>>>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com" href="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com" target="_blank">DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br>>>>>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk" href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk" target="_blank">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a><br>>>>>>><br>>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>>> DECtalk mailing list<br>>>>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com" href="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com" target="_blank">DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br>>>>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk" href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk" target="_blank">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a><br>>>>><br>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>> DECtalk mailing list<br>>>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com" href="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com" target="_blank">DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br>>>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk" href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk" target="_blank">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a><br>>>>><br>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>> DECtalk mailing list<br>>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com" href="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com" target="_blank">DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br>>>><span 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