[DECtalk] Sample text

Fri Feb 11 08:27:33 EST 2011

i would have to get the files back again. o wait think the link is still here. 

On Feb 11, 2011, at 8:18 AM, Jayson Smith wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Just for kicks, can you make a recording of your DECtalk USB playing that 
> file? I'd love to hear it, and I'm sure others would too.
> Jayson
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brandon Misch" <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 8:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
> 
> 
>> i even got it to work on my dectalk usb and it didn't sound like 4.40 at 
>> all
>> 
>> On Feb 11, 2011, at 5:38 AM, Pitermach wrote:
>> 
>>> couldn't agree more as well. This is why I don't use dectalk in mobile
>>> speak...
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
>>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 2:56 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 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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