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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi,<br>
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Most of what you said is true. However, using a sampling rate
above 11025 won't get you any actual better quality speech. It
sounds like it, but it's just aliasing. As far as I know, all
DECtalk versions generate speech at 11025.<br>
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Jayson<br>
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On 9/7/2018 1:55 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tony@baechler.net">tony@baechler.net</a> wrote:<br>
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<p>Hi,</p>
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<p>I'm sure others will have ideas, but here is what I did. You
need what Radio Shack called a patch cord. Of course Radio Shack
is mostly gone, so try Amazon. Basically, it has plugs on both
ends. One end goes into the earphone jack of the DECtalk Express
or other device. The other end goes into the line-in on your
sound card. You just record from line-in as you would normally.
It shouldn't pick up any other noise. I suggest getting a mono
cord, but a stereo one works fine. It shouldn't be very
expensive if they still make them anymore. They're good to have
and have all kinds of uses. It doesn't matter what end goes into
what jack. I used them to transfer audio from cassette. As you
found out, you can't use an external recorder.</p>
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<p>Another, probably far easier, option is to use speak.exe and
have it output a .wav of what you want. There are two issues
though. First, it's a demo and has limitations on text size. The
second is that, in my opinion, the output it generates doesn't
sound very good. It uses a different version of the software
than the Express and the .wav files are at a very low sample
rate. Recording from hardware definitely gives you better
quality.</p>
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<p>On 2018-09-07 09:16, Aksel Leo Christoffersen wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am interested in recording sound from
my DECtalk Express, so I can save various things as wave
files, but what is the best way to record from it?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve found a recording in the DECtalk
Archive of a DECtalk Express turning on, and there’s no
background noice or anything. So I first tried to use a
Olympus recorder with a audio-cable to record the sound, but
there was some background noice. I then tried to use the
microphone line-in on my computer, but that created even
more background noice. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here are links to the recordings, so you
can hear what I mean.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Recording from the DECtalk Archive:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/hmz8h445fsgk49n/DTOnAC1.wav?dl=1"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.dropbox.com/s/hmz8h445fsgk49n/DTOnAC1.wav?dl=1</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Recording with my Olympus recorder:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/pxyx7uign0jofqf/DTOnAC2.wav?dl=1"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.dropbox.com/s/pxyx7uign0jofqf/DTOnAC2.wav?dl=1</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Recording from line-in on my computer:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/6d9aab5l6mth433/DTOnAC3.wav?dl=1">https://www.dropbox.com/s/6d9aab5l6mth433/DTOnAC3.wav?dl=1</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So do anyone know, how the recording from
the Archive was made, or simply what is the best way to
record the sound?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance, and sorry for my bad
english.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Aksel Christoffersen</p>
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