[DECtalk] Sample text

[Brandon Misch]

i think 4.3 sounds best out of all of those. 

On Feb 10, 2011, at 7:52 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:

> 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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