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<DIV><FONT size=2>Either that, or he doesn't know anything about synthesizers,
and more specifically Dectalk. being a longtime Eloquence user, Dectalk and i
aren't as close, but that is perhaps a good thing. I get to see it all, without
being biased toward a favorite version that I used for a very long
time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I'm not trying to say that he is a bad person, or can't do
this, but he definitely has some work to do before any average user will like
it. Especially those who are used to Dectalk.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Dectalk@aol.com href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=dectalk@bluegrasspals.com
href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 05, 2011 9:04
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DECtalk] Another
example</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>As I said, we sent this person a recording of
version 4.40 and got told it sounded corrupted. This person is one of my
facebook friends. I'm not saying the name or gender because I don't
think I should. I'm just shocked with how little this person seems to
know.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>This person said all versions were compared and each
version sounded the same. I'm in deep shock because 4.40 sounds nothing
like 4.67 but yet this person can't even tell those apart. That just
totally blows my mind. I swear this person uses tin cans for computer
speakers.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>SNOOPI BOTTEN </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/5/2011 8:30:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
bmisch2002@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>have
you shown them samples of your work that you have on facebook and your site?
if yes then they should know that you do know what you are doing in that
regard.
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<DIV>On May 5, 2011, at 6:16 AM, <A title=mailto:Dectalk@aol.com
href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Oh God, singing. Get this guys. The
all knowing programmer asked Blake and I how you get Dectalk to
sing. So we sent a file to this person. That was when we got
told that we didn't know what we were doing. We're being told that
[_<500>] is not how you do a rest. Uh, what manual is this
person reading?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Anyway, the SAPI won't sing past the first line
of a song. There is no error message, nothing, it just stops after
like the fifth word. We are told it's us, we are doing things
wrong. Uh, no we're not!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>I'm tired of being told we don't know what we
are talking about.</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>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/5/2011 12:49:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <A
title=mailto:johnnybrl@gmail.com
href="mailto:johnnybrl@gmail.com">johnnybrl@gmail.com</A> writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>hi
Alex, I don't mind the Paul voice either. Even Frank sounds pretty nice.
<BR>but the other voices like the females need a bit more work I
think.<BR><BR>Is it possible to make a recording of it singing so we can
here what it <BR>sounds like when it sings?<BR>----- Original Message
----- <BR>From: "Alex H." <<A title=mailto:linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com
href="mailto:linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com">linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com</A>><BR>To:
"DECtalk Discussions" <<A title=mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com
href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</A>><BR>Sent:
Wednesday, May 04, 2011 7:59 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Another
example<BR><BR><BR>>I guess I don't mind the new Paul voice of this
supposed 4.3 version,<BR>> but it's just not 4.3, at all. That said,
maybe the programmer got<BR>> confused and put 4.67 in there instead,
that would make more sense as<BR>> this started getting into the
FonixTalk era that would follow. I don't<BR>> know. Something just
sounds broken/not compatible with it.<BR>><BR>> On 5/4/11, Brandon
Misch <<A title=mailto:bmisch2002@gmail.com
href="mailto:bmisch2002@gmail.com">bmisch2002@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>>> hey this wasn't that bad. kind of fading in and out
but could still hear <BR>>> the<BR>>> whole thing. Happened
mostly with betty but it still sounded great.<BR>>><BR>>> On
May 4, 2011, at 8:47 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:<BR>>><BR>>>>
Hi,<BR>>>><BR>>>> Blake sent me the Speak window. I
used it, as well as the beloved <BR>>>> speak43<BR>>>>
application, to synthesize the exact same text. This is a
conversation<BR>>>> which<BR>>>> came from a website
called "Computer Stupidities" which I have turned <BR>>>>
into<BR>>>> a<BR>>>> DECtalk skit. Here, Paul is the
store salesperson, and Betty is the<BR>>>> customer. Certain
words have been intentionally misspelled so as to be<BR>>>>
pronounced correctly. I have created a zip file of the two wavs
which<BR>>>> resulted from the synthesis. This zip is
at<BR>>>> <A title=http://www.bluegrasspals.com/jazz.zip
href="http://www.bluegrasspals.com/jazz.zip">http://www.bluegrasspals.com/jazz.zip</A><BR>>>>
I'm sure you'll be able to tell the difference. Here is the exact
text<BR>>>> synthesized by both versions.<BR>>>>
Jayson<BR>>>><BR>>>> [:np] [:ra 240]<BR>>>> I
work in the entertainment department of a huge store. I was
restocking<BR>>>> CD<BR>>>> Ars when a middle-aged
woman came up to me.<BR>>>><BR>>>>
[:nb]<BR>>>> "Excuse me, but what is in those colorful boxes?
I'm looking for toys as <BR>>>>
a<BR>>>><BR>>>> present for my nephew, and I just know
he'd like a colorful box like<BR>>>> that."<BR>>>>
[:np]<BR>>>> "Well, the toy department is upstairs,
but"<BR>>>> [:nb]<BR>>>> "...and in case they're
jack-in-the-boxes, could I get one custom made,<BR>>>> because
I bet you don't have the color combination I'd like
anyway."<BR>>>> [:np]<BR>>>> "They're...not
jack-in-the-boxes, ma'am. They are c deaz."<BR>>>>
[:nb]<BR>>>> "Oh! Kind of a big box for a CD. Does it come with
lots of leaflets, or <BR>>>> is<BR>>>><BR>>>>
it just air? I hate that way of--"<BR>>>> [:np]<BR>>>>
"No, no, no, you see, there's ten c deaz in one box."<BR>>>>
[:nb]<BR>>>> "Ten! Oh my goodness, that's a lot of c deaz. What
kind c deaz are <BR>>>> they?"<BR>>>>
[:np]<BR>>>> "Well, we have CD ars in these, and CD ar double
yous over here. These<BR>>>> ones<BR>>>> are
scratchproof, so they cost a little more--"<BR>>>>
[:nb]<BR>>>> "Oh, I don't know about these modern things so
much. Have you got any<BR>>>> jazz?"<BR>>>>
[:np]<BR>>>> "Excuse me?"<BR>>>> [:nb]<BR>>>>
"See, an old person like myself, I haven't even heard of
scratchproof<BR>>>> music<BR>>>> before. I like
jazz."<BR>>>><BR>>>> [:np]<BR>>>> I tried to
hold my poker face for every cent of my hourly
wage.<BR>>>><BR>>>> "No, these c deaz are empty. We
have jazz over there"<BR>>>> [:nb]<BR>>>> "Yes, I was
over there, and there was nothing new. I already have them
<BR>>>> all<BR>>>><BR>>>> at home. But do you
have any jazz in these bulk boxes?"<BR>>>>
[:np]<BR>>>> "No, ma'am, I'm afraid we're all sold out of the
jazz ones."<BR>>>> [:nb]<BR>>>> "Well. this box is
$8.99, and at the jazz section I'd pay more for only<BR>>>>
one<BR>>>> CD!"<BR>>>> [:np]<BR>>>> "That's
true, but these are empty, as I--"<BR>>>> [:nb]<BR>>>>
"This is a pretty good deal, ten c deaz for less than a
tenner!"<BR>>>> [:np]<BR>>>> "Undoubtedly,
but--"<BR>>>> [:nb]<BR>>>> "I'll take
this!"<BR>>>> [:np]<BR>>>> "Ma'am, the c deaz are
empty. You won't hear anything."<BR>>>> [:nb]<BR>>>>
"Oh?"<BR>>>> [:np]<BR>>>> "I buy these myself all the
time, and there's nothing on them."<BR>>>>
[:nb]<BR>>>> "Maybe your volume wasn't loud enough. Or you had
unplugged your<BR>>>>
speakers?"<BR>>>><BR>>>> [:np]<BR>>>> When
had she become tech support to me?<BR>>>><BR>>>>
[:nb]<BR>>>> "I'll buy these. This is very cheap. You are a
good salesperson!"<BR>>>> [:np]<BR>>>> "Thank you,
ma'am, but--"<BR>>>> [:nb]<BR>>>> "I'll just have to
see if my nephew listens to
scratchproof."<BR>>>><BR>>>> [:np]<BR>>>> I
took a long, long break after that one.<BR>>>><BR>>>>
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href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</A><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>
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