[DECtalk] DECtalk On NOAA Weather Radio

[Michael Hansen]

Wasn't 4.6 pretty late in the game?  I got my DECtalk Access 32 in
2002 and the current version was 4.6 then...and I know that recording
was made before then, as I remember hearing it back in 2001.

On 4/10/11, Alex H. <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Hmm, can't be 4.61, the Paul voice doesn't have that froggy quality
> like 4.61, I'm guessing it's an old version like 4.2 or even earlier.
>
> Alex
>
> On 4/10/11, Blake Roberts <beroberts at hughes.net> wrote:
>> I think the audio sample on noaa.gov is using Dectalk 4.61. It's
>> definitely
>> 4.6 something.
>> Blake
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 9:28 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECtalk On NOAA Weather Radio
>>
>> Here is a sample of the "Paul" voice on the National Weather Service's
>> website.  Anyone have thoughts about what version of DT this is?  The
>> website says the DECtalk system was introduced in the late 1990's.
>> http://www.weather.gov/nwr/audio/Paul_SYN.wav
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Michael
>>
>> On 4/10/11, Flint Million <fmillion at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Our local NOAA station is using DT Harry for station ID. The local
>>> forecasts are coming in from AT&T Crystal, and the normal
>>> announcements are either Scansoft Tom or AT&T Mike, it's a bit hard to
>>> tell because it's quite weak reception.
>>>
>>> I can tell they are not relying on the internal TTS algorithms but
>>> instead are working with the phonemes directly - I imagine this is so
>>> that the city names can all be pronounced properly. They are likely
>>> using the phone-arpa-on mode that we use to make DT sing, which gives
>>> it the unique pitching.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> The Phoenix NOAA Weather Radio reminded me of DECtalk version
>>>> 4.6...just the way it said numbers.
>>>>
>>>> On 4/10/11, Hart Larry <chime at hubert-humphrey.com> wrote:
>>>>> Well, I much preferred DecTalk to the strange speech they are
>>>>> running now.
>>>>> I
>>>>> know the average listener may think its almost human, but the way
>>>>> words-and-phrases jerk, just doesn't sound right at all.
>>>>> I understand NOAA had sales of Weather Radios drop while we were
>>>>> enjoying DecTalk, but DecTalk was much more accurate.
>>>>> Yes, while our LA 162.55 ran a loer pitch, I think Phoenix had much
>>>>> more inflection.  I wish I could get my DecTalk USB to sound like
>>>>> that in Linux with Speakup.
>>>>> Also, yes many ATIS recordings on an aircraft band or over the phone
>>>>> are still running DecTalk, but its the bouring lo pitch.
>>>>> Hart
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