[DECtalk] Sample text

[Brandon Misch]

i know considering that is what shawn used originally when making the dectalk episodes. 

On Feb 10, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:

> I definitely agree with you there.
> Jayson
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brandon Misch" <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 8:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
> 
> 
>> 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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