[DECtalk] Sample text

Jayson Smith ratguy at insightbb.com
Thu Feb 10 19:52:28 EST 2011


Hi,

Check out this URL. Includes sample.txt which is the sample text I posted 
earlier, and files 43.wav, 461.wav, and 464.wav with version 4.3, 4.61 and 
4.64 respectively synthesizing the text.
http://www.bluegrasspals.com/decsamples.zip
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandon Misch" <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text


> hey can someone put this into mp3 so we can see how the newer versions 
> handle this stuff?
>
> On Feb 10, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've created a sample text for testing. This speaks very briefly with 
>> each
>> of the nine factory default voices, then speaks a few sentences each with
>> several of the voices from the DECtalk rendition of Red Dwarf. The Red 
>> Dwarf
>> voices were designed to be used with DECtalk 4.3 and don't sound quite 
>> right
>> in 4.61 or 4.64 in some cases. In general, my opinion is that several of 
>> the
>> factory voices sound different in the 4.6X versions than they did in the
>> Digital versions. For example, Wendy doesn't, in fact, whisper. Anyway,
>> here's the text.
>> Jayson
>>
>> [:phoneme on]
>> [:np] [:ra 250]
>> Hello. This is the factory default Paul voice. I will now test the other
>> voices.
>> [:nb] I'm Betty, the default female voice.
>> [:nh] I'm Huge Harry.
>> [:nd] I'm Doctor Dennis.
>> [:nf] I'm Frank.
>> [:nu] I'm Ursula.
>> [:nr] I'm Rita.
>> [:nw] I'm Whispering Wendy.
>> [:nk] and I'm Kit the Kid.
>> [:np]
>> Okay, let's test a few custom voices.
>> [:nf] [:dv br 0 la 0 sr 100 hr 100 ap 150 pr 95] [:ra 220] This is the 
>> voice
>> of Rimmer from Red Dwarf.
>> Lister, we are being tested! I don't know what to do!
>> [:nf] [:ra 240] [:dv br 0 hs 95 ap 100 as 100 pr 220 hr 30 sr 30] This is
>> Lister.
>> Rimmer! Come over here and help me with this new speech synthesizer!
>> [:np] [:dv as 0 bf 0 la 20 nf 00 ri 100 sm 0 hr 0 sr 0] [:ra 220] This is
>> Holly.
>> This is an important announcement. All persons aboard this ship are to
>> report to the voice calibration office at once. That is all.
>> [:np] [:dv br 100 lx 100 bf 100 hr 100 sr 100 as 100 qu 100 ap 110 pr 150 
>> sx
>> 1 la 0]  [:ra 210] This is the voice of the toaster.
>> I don't know where this voice calibration office is. Does anyone want 
>> some
>> toast?
>> [:np] [:dv sm 1 hs 90  br 0 ri 0 la 0] [:ra 250] I'm the cat.
>> Who says my voice needs to be calibrated? I want fishies!
>> [:nd] [:dv as 0 bf 0 la 20 nf 00 ri 100 hr 0 sr 0] [:ra 220] I'm Queeg 
>> 500.
>> None of you have any credit, so you may not use the voice calibrator.
>> [:nu] [:dv as 1 bf 10 la 30 nf 10 ri 100 sm 50 hr 100 sr 20 ap 130] [:ra
>> 240] I'm the newer voice of Holly.
>> I'm picking something up. It's another ship. Its name is Deck Talk or
>> something very close. They have been conducting an experiment on us all 
>> this
>> time. That would explain why we've been saying all these silly things. I
>> knew I was having trouble finding a record of any voice calibration 
>> office
>> on Red Dwarf.
>>
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