<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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. <div><br><div><div>On May 5, 2011, at 6:16 AM, <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">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>
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<div><strong><font size="4">I'm tired of being told we don't know what we are
talking about.</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 5/5/2011 12:49:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:johnnybrl@gmail.com">johnnybrl@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">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 href="mailto:linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com">linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "DECtalk Discussions"
<<a 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 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 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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