[DECtalk] A very interesting program

[Rachel D Keyte]

oh my gosh Jason, that's sooo cool!  I mean it does sound very 
synthetic but I totally wish I can do it! :(
At 07:50 AM 18/08/2006, you wrote:

>Hi there,
>Sure thing.  Now, before you say this synthesizer is a total piece of junk,
>keep in mind the following.
>1.  This is my first halfhearted attempt to make a voice.  For someone who's
>never done anything like this before, and probably using less than optimal
>recording conditions, I consider this pretty good.
>2.  Even now, my voice is only about a quarter complete.  It wants you to
>speak 1649 sentences, words, phrases and nonsense things.  I have spoken
>about 450 of them.  Thus, while probably very few phonemes (speech sounds)
>are totally missing, some could probably use help.
>The URL for these samples is
>http://www.bluegrasspals.com/modeltalker
>There are three wav files.  Sample1 is when I'd recorded about fifty-nine
>sentences.  Several phonemes were completely missing since I hadn't recorded
>them yet, so there are some gaps in this speech.
>Sample2 is when I'd recorded about two hundred and fifty things.  I think
>only one phoneme was completely missing at this point in what I had it
>speak.  It was better, but I think the third one is even better.
>Sample3 is the way my voice stands right now, with about four hundred and
>fifty things recorded.  No phonemes were missing in what I had it speak.
>Please note, the license for these programs does not allow me to distribute
>them to anyone else.  Thus, the actual program downloads will not be
>available at my website.  Thanks for your understanding.
>Enjoy!
>Jayson.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "hank smith" <hanksmith4 at earthlink.net>
>To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 5:31 PM
>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] A very interesting program
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> > can you put up sampleas of your samples?
> > 73
> > hank smith
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at bellsouth.net>
> > To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:21 PM
> > Subject: [DECtalk] A very interesting program
> >
> >
> > > Hello everybody!
> > > I found this in Top Tech Tidbits on Thursday.  Read carefully!
> > >
> > > 11)  Speaking of software speech, there's an interesting web site for
> > > a program, presently available free, called Model Talker that claims
> > > to let you use your own voice.  Nobody has reported how well it really
> > > works:
> > > http://www.asel.udel.edu/speech/ModelTalker.html
> > >
> > > Folks, I downloaded it and have been playing with it all day!  It really
> > > does work!  Mouse movement and clicking is required for almost all
> > > functions, but even Invtool, the program for creating your own voice, is
> > > pretty much accessible.  If people would like a few sound samples of my
> > > own
> > > voice, which is getting better as I complete more of the things it wants
> > > me
> > > to speak, let me know and I can put them up on the website.  If you are
> > > interested in such things, give this a look!
> > > Jayson.
> > >
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