[DECtalk] sapi dectalk

Brandon Misch bmisch2002 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 29 22:27:07 EST 2011


o ok. 

On Jan 29, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Alex H. wrote:

> I tweaked the inflection a tiny bit but other than that it's a stock
> paul voice i think. There's a part two of singig, but it's short and
> not really all that interesting. Just some la la la's comparing
> DECTalk to FonixTalk.
> 
> Alex
> 
> On 1/29/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> will there be a part 2 to this? and does 4.64 really sound like that?
>> 
>> On Jan 29, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Alex H. wrote:
>> 
>>> 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.
>>>>> -----------------
>>>>> Peter Mahach
>>>>> |pitermach at gmail.com
>>>>> msn: pitermach00 at hotmail.com
>>>>> skype (not very often): pitermach
>>>>> twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pitermach
>>>>> webpage: http://pmsworld.weisi4u.de/
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