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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Excellent. But what about adding decTalk and softVoice as loadable dll files and using them as extra Espeak voices? </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:aksel@blindsigtmail.dk">Aksel Leo Christoffersen</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 16, 2019 16:53<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">'DECtalk'</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>It isn’t, I bought it used from a member of this list.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>I use a serial to USB adapter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>It runs version 4.2CD, which, in my upinion, is the best version, closely followed by 4.3 and 4.41.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>Best regards:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>Aksel Christoffersen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Fra:</span></b><span lang=DA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com] <b>På vegne af </b>Josh Kennedy<br><b>Sendt:</b> 16. juli 2019 22:47<br><b>Til:</b> DECtalk<br><b>Emne:</b> Re: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>You have a decTalk express? It is serial only, right? I didn’t know decTalk express was still made. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:aksel@blindsigtmail.dk">Aksel Leo Christoffersen</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 16, 2019 16:33<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">'DECtalk'</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>My DECtalk Express sometimes says the pitch frequencies, when I change the pitch in NVDA, when I use my DECtalk Express with my computer, and I have a list somewhere of the pitch frequencies for the individual voices. So that way, I can work out a list of pitches for each voices, and send it to you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>However, it’ll probably take some time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>Best regards:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>Aksel Christoffersen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Fra:</span></b><span lang=DA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com] <b>På vegne af </b>Josh Kennedy<br><b>Sendt:</b> 16. juli 2019 22:28<br><b>Til:</b> DECtalk<br><b>Emne:</b> Re: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yes I think you are right. I wonder what the pitches for the other voices should be? The bug is when I switch voices the pitch does not change in order to match the voice I am switching it to using the NVDA addon. I wonder how difficult it would be to add decTalk and softVoice as voices in Espeak? It would probably just be a matter of having Espeak load the dll files for decTalk and or softVoice tts and assigning them an espeak voice, such as:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dt+m1 for Paul, and so on. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:aksel@blindsigtmail.dk">Aksel Leo Christoffersen</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 16, 2019 16:19<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">'DECtalk'</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>I think the exact right pitch is 24 %.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>Best regards:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'>Aksel Christoffersen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Fra:</span></b><span lang=DA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com] <b>På vegne af </b>Josh Kennedy<br><b>Sendt:</b> 16. juli 2019 22:17<br><b>Til:</b> dectalk@bluegrasspals.com<br><b>Emne:</b> [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The decTalk addon I am using was not sounding quite right when I compared it to some of the decTalk speak windows. I found out why. There is a bug in the addon where when you switch decTalk voices, the pitch is not set correctly. The pitch was set to 16, I was using Paul which is my favorite voice, and it sounded strange because Paul’s pitch for NVDA should be set to 25%. I changed it, now decTalk sounds much better. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Josh<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>