[DECtalk] QUESTION ON SINGING INSTRUCTIONS

[Alex H.]

hi,

i think the best hing to do would be to have an optional set of files
etc that have the singing lessons. For me, I can already sing with dt,
but somebody else could learn how using these lessons. Plus it's going
to depend on how easy it prooves to make  the sapi dt sing. for
instance, i know the access32 version in windoweues can sing, but
theres no efficient way to interface with the synthesizer directly. i
was able to change thhe sounds of voices using jaws and dectalk
access32 by changing punctuation names and all sorts of stuff, but i
never got it to sing. commad error in hponeme errors because jaws
changed the tet as it was sent to dectalk.
so in short, i hope it will be easy to interface with to make the
dectalk sapi sing, and ifthat is the case, the lessons could be
indluded.

alex

alex

On 1/31/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
> either that or an optional download because there will be those who want it
> to sing and those who just want to use it as a speech synthesizer for nvda
> and other sapi 5 things.
>
> On Jan 31, 2011, at 7:16 AM, Dectalk at aol.com wrote:
>
>> Guys, help me decide something.  And this won't totally be up to me,
>> Corine will need to decide if she wants to include this.
>>
>> I put together 10/12 lessons on how to program Dectalk to sing.  It's
>> actually 10 lessons and 2 sample songs, but it looks like 12 lessons so
>> that after the 10th lesson you can celebrate because you can then program
>> any song you want.  I teach how to program songs, as well as how to read
>> music.  Each lesson in no more than 10 minutes long and you can go at your
>> own pace.  The only thing I don't cover is triple notes, but I could add
>> that in.
>>
>> I'm thinking about offering to make this part of the Dectalk SAPI 5, so
>> anyone that buys it can learn how to program songs.  I never wanted to be
>> the only person that programs songs, which of course I'm not.
>>
>> My dilemma is, I have a CD called Dectalk 101 which never sells because I
>> never promote it.  So the release of Dectalk SAPI 5 will give me a reason
>> to promote it, but I hate that thought for 2 reasons.  1. People are going
>> to buy Dectalk which can sing, yet need to also buy an instructional CD?
>> (Yuck)  And 2. I really don't want to handle that many orders.  So I'm
>> kind of hoping I can get my 12 steps on programming songs included in this
>> software.
>>
>> I want to know if you guys think this would be a good idea?  I covered
>> EVERYTHING, and I really make it simple to understand.  Plus I have people
>> actually do stuff along with it so people totally get how to program
>> songs.  I can guarantee that after someone  completes my 12 steps of
>> programming, they can program any song in any language.  All language is,
>> is phonetic sounds arranged in a different order to create a desired
>> language.  I used the English Dectalk and programmed it to do Spanish,
>> French, German, and Latin.  And I know I could make it do any language
>> under the sun.
>> The only other thing I didn't fully cover is the parameters for creating
>> voices.  I covered the ones that work with 4.40 that I knew about.  BUT,
>> every Dectalk manual has a different set of parameters, but not all of
>> them actually work.  Like sx0 and sx1 will change the sex of any voice.  I
>> think sx0 is male and sx1 is female, if not, reverse it because I forget
>> which is which.  But the point being, not all versions of Dectalk will do
>> these parameters.
>>
>> So, if I had a full list of parameters that work, I would add them to my
>> lesson.
>>
>> Anyway, what do you guys think, should my lessons be included in the SAPI
>> 5 software?
>>
>>
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