[DECtalk] Sample text
Brandon Misch
bmisch2002 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 11 10:58:06 EST 2011
i will. but i already sent it to you earlier sorry about that. Well, at least you got it. It's a verry small file and is in .wma format. couldn't convert it into mp3 because i only have sound recorder and nothing else.
On Feb 11, 2011, at 10:25 AM, Jayson Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Go ahead and send a Dropbox link. Then I'll download the file and upload it
> to my own server, and provide a hopefully more permanent link.
> Thanks.
> Jayson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brandon Misch" <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
>
>
>> i do have dropbox and could send it that way do you want me to send it to
>> the list?
>>
>> On Feb 11, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Jayson Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Do you have Dropbox or Sendspace? If so, either would work for me. If
>>> not,
>>> you can attach it to a private message to me and then I can upload it for
>>> others to hear. My address, scrambled to keep spam bots from harvesting
>>> it,
>>> is as follows.
>>> rat guy at insight bb dot com.
>>> Jayson
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Brandon Misch" <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 8:28 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
>>>
>>>
>>>> ok oe will be sent earlier. how do you want me to do this?
>>>>
>>>> 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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