[DECtalk] A very interesting program

shaun everiss shaun.e at xtra.co.nz
Fri Aug 18 01:01:56 EDT 2006


I've always wanted something like thiss.
An ever expanding synth will be good for a load of things, including 
blind games and maybe screen readers.
At 10:32 a.m. 18/08/2006, you wrote:
>Hi,
>As for actually using the synthesizer with Jaws, currently lots of people
>can't.  The program is supposed to have Sapi5 support but it isn't working
>for lots of people right now.  But hopefully we'll be able to use it.  The
>main purpose of this program for making your own voice is for someone who is
>about to lose their ability to speak.  Such a person could make or have made
>a synthetic version of their own voice so that when they require a machine
>in order to speak they can still use their own voice.  If you have already
>lost the ability to speak, you can use another voice to represent you, just
>like people who use DECtalk-based speaking devices do.
>Jayson.
>
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>From: "Jarrod Jicha" <jamminjerry at jjhof.com>
>To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:20 PM
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>you make a synth out of your own voice? how would we use it with jaws? that
>would be really cool smile
>
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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 5:21 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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