[DECtalk] sapi dectalk

[Alex H.]

Hi,

My little skit for DT vs Fonixtalk is here:
http://filesmelt.com/dl/DECTalk_Vs._FonixTalk_Part_1_Talking_.mp3
I don't have a file of 4.61 but there are plenty of them floating
around in the archive. I do have the demo but haven't bothered making
any demos with it because it's so froggy and non-dectalk-ish.

I know the version of DT used in Mobile speak is 4.6.3, not 4.6.4, but
they sound almost identical. I do hope the SAPI version is modded
slightly to be a bit more lively, because as you can hear of my demo
of 4.6.4 in the link above it's able to sound lively. I hoe also that
we can customize parameters with it, such as breathyness, inflection,
and frication and aspiration gains, etc.

hth,
Alex

On 1/29/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
> i got it working back then too.
>
> On Jan 29, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Pitermach wrote:
>
>> I remember getting, off some random person's ftp site, dectalk access 32
>> v4.6. now the file dates were at around 2004. Many people tolled me this
>> would work on vista, so not exactly keen on trying it I eventually did,
>> only to find it sounded perfectly normal. While if I would run dt on my
>> nokia phone with ms I would get that crappy voice you just mentioned, I'd
>> say we agreed with each other at this point. smile.
>> BTW, ever heard that 4.64 sing? well, it isn't any better than talking.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Dectalk at aol.com
>> To: dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 4:12 PM
>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] sapi dectalk
>>
>> I got an e-mail saying it was 4.64.  I wish it would have been anything
>> before that.
>>
>> 4.64 actually tells me nothing.  See, I have 4.64 in my devices.  One is
>> fine, the other I swear can't be 4.64 because it acts weird.  The device
>> company claims they can't touch Dectalk because they have a contract and
>> they say both versions are the same.  I laugh because if you do them side
>> by side with a voice string, and have them read the very same things, like
>> if you have something that is an entire paragraph long, the newer 4.64 has
>> a glitch where if you put in a rest, like [_<500>] or whatever, about 3
>> sentences later the voice just totally drops in pitch for like 2 words.
>> It sounds horrible!  There are other differences as well.
>>
>> So I'm totally holding my breathe because from what I know, it's a gamble.
>>
>> I'm thinking the device company tampered with Dectalk even though they are
>> contracted not to.  If I'm right, this 4.64 version should be great!  But
>> there is no way of knowing.  And yes, my new device with 4.64 sounds
>> depressed.  The company swears up and down that they didn't touch anything
>> and it's all in my head.  (Right)  I know my stuff and believe me, one of
>> the 4.64's is not 4.64.
>>
>> I really wish it would have been any version before 4.64 because now I
>> gotta wait and hope it's the true 4.64 that does not sound depressed.
>>
>>
>> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>>
>> In a message dated 1/29/2011 9:02:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> pitermach at gmail.comwrites:
>> Hi, I''m excited and all, but I havea question. WIll this sound like the
>> dt in window-eyes or access32, oriw ill it be that sucky one, say, code
>> factory uses? I'm asking because the ladder is unbearable for me. Dennis,
>> for instance, who's on e of my favourite voices now doesn't have that much
>> intonation, all the voices sound like they're depressed or something. If
>> it'll sound like that, then no matter how tempting it'd be to have dt in
>> klango or nvda I'll probably pass up on it.
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