[DECtalk] Ed's test of Sample text

Sat Feb 12 22:02:49 EST 2011

?Wow! there's a version 4.6.7? Wow I didn't know that! I thought there was 
only 4.6.4. Or version 5.
And does anyone know, roughly when the Sapi Dectalk will be available? I 
recently got some cash from chinese new year and I can't wait to get me a 
copy of the Sapi Dectalk.
I do have an express somewhere around here but I think it would be way 
easier to use the sapi version since you don't have to plug it into a com 
port.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Ed's test of Sample text

Hi all,
I think I introduced the 4.64 error. I don't know how I came up with
that number, but the CD Ed sent me is clearly marked 4.67.
I apologize for adding confusion to the version issue.
corine

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Blake Roberts <beroberts at hughes.net> wrote:
> I agree with all of Jayson's feedback. Ed, the version of Dectalk you used
> to create your sample sounds exactly like version 4.61. I, and other list
> members, thought the SAPI Dectalk would be based on 4.64. Please 
> clarify...
> Blake
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Jayson Smith
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:24 AM
> To: DECtalk Discussions
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
>
> 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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