[DECtalk] Sample text

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,

Okay, let me ask for a little clarification. The file you just sent, was 
that synthesized with the new DECtalk under development? If so, I'm very 
confused. It actually sounds like 4.61 and not 4.64, which was what I 
thought the new DECtalk was using. I actually like 4.64 better than 4.61.

One other interesting thing. In all the demo files I sent up yesterday, 
everything is pretty much pronounced correctly. However, in your demo, the 
word "Lister" is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable rather 
than the first.
Hope this helps.
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ebruckert Bruckert" <edbruckert at gmail.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text


> Here you go
>
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hey this works. i don't have the dectalk demo but as weird but it sounds
>> like system access can make the voices sound like they do with the normal
>> red dwarf files. I don't even have the demo and the screen reader makes
>> dectalk change the voices as if it was the demo. but it works.
>>
>> 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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