[DECtalk] Any news?

Brandon Misch bmisch2002 at gmail.com
Wed May 4 16:04:39 EDT 2011


maybe use the newer sources or data files instead of 4.3 could fix it. in my dectalk usb demo, it wasn't that bad. 

On May 4, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Raymond Grote wrote:

> something's telling me that they used the Dectalk 4.3 phoneme and voice data with the 4.6.4 synth engine. Given the fact that Force computers took over between the two versions, I guess we can expect some things to be wrong. Hopefully they can be fixed.
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pitermach
> To: DECtalk Discussions
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 12:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Any news?
> 
> wow... some of the voices aren't even understandable, heard how betty said standard? and the fact that ursula, being factory and all, clips?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dectalk at aol.com
> To: dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 6:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Any news?
> 
> http://pastorsnoopi.twigs76.com/music/SAPI%20DEMO.mp3
>  
> The above link is the sample that people wanted.  Blake and I are both told that there is no problem.  Tell that to our ears.  (YUCK)
>  
>  
> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>  
> In a message dated 5/4/2011 11:16:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, edbruckert at gmail.comwrites:
> All that means is what you are sent is not acceptable don't worry it'll be solved I promise at this point in my life I need it as much as anybody else
> 
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:48 AM, <Dectalk at aol.com> wrote:
> Brace yourselves because I don't think you guys will like it.  The very worst voice is Kit.  I'd do the recording for you guys but I really don't want to be linked with this pour Dectalk quality.  Have fun guys.
>  
>  
> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>  
> In a message dated 5/4/2011 9:10:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,ratguy at insightbb.com writes:
> Hi,
> 
> Here's a sample text. I assume you can use DECtalk commands in the text? An 
> MP3 of the 4.3 speak application performing this exact text can be found at
> http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dt43sample.mp3
> Now here's the text.
> 
> [:phoneme on]
> [:np] [:ra 250]
> Hello. This is the factory default Paul voice.
> I'm talking now with this voice since this is what most people are probably 
> going to be using. Let's speed it up a bit.
> [:ra 300]
> This is probably how Jayson's JFW would talk normally. Now let's put some 
> intonation in there.
> [:dv pr 250] [:dv sr 50]
> Okay, this is how Jayson used to listen to DECtalk back in the good old DOS 
> days. With 4.3 and earlier, if you could get used to this which you would 
> over time, this sounds pretty good! It'd take some getting used to again, 
> not having had it for so long.
> [:np] [:ra 250]
> The rest of this demo was created a few months ago to compair and test the 
> various other factory voices and several custom voices in different DECtalk 
> versions.
> I will now test the other voices.
> [:nb] I'm Beautiful Betty, the default female voice.
> [:nh] I'm Huge Harry.
> [:nd] I'm Doctor Dennis.
> [:nf] I'm Frail Frank.
> [:nu] I'm Uppity Ursula.
> [:nr] I'm Rough Rita.
> [:nw] I'm Whispering Wendy.
> [:nk] and I'm Kit the Kid.
> [:np]
> Now I'll let the DECtalk manual describe us.
> [:np]       Perfect Paul           Standard male voice.
> [:nb]       Beautiful Betty Standard female voice.
> [:nh]       Huge Harry      Deep male voice.
> [:nf]       Frail Frank            Older male voice.
> [:nk]       Kit the Kid             Child's voice (about 10 years
> old).
> [:nr]       Rough Rita      Deep female voice.
> [:nu]       Uppity Ursula   Light female voice.
> [:nd]       Doctor Dennis   Breathy male voice.
> [:nw]       Whispering Wendy Whispery female voice.
> 
> [: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.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 7:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Any news?
> 
> 
> > HI Jayson,
> > I will do that. Could you suggest some sample sentences to synthesize?
> > We're trying to find a way to put a "demo play" button on the Enable
> > website so people can type in any text they'd like to hear, but our
> > programmer hasn't been able to spend time on that project right now.
> > corine
> >
> > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com> wrote:
> >> Do you have any audio samples you could share? Maybe I could elaborate on
> >> what people don't like. I pretty much know what DT 4.3 sounds like.
> >> Jayson
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
> >> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 7:53 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Any news?
> >>
> >>
> >>>i meant - i can't hear the differences, not being so attuned to the
> >>> various DT versions. i can hear ok, but i'm not clear on the
> >>> differences in quality.
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com> 
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> Wo, you actually got 4.3 working with SAPI? What kind of quality 
> >>>> problems
> >>>> are there?
> >>>> Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
> >>>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 6:14 PM
> >>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Any news?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Still waiting for one of the "old" (not chronologically, just in terms
> >>>>> of contact with DT) to send some more versions for testing.
> >>>>> 4.3 and 4.67 work in SAPI fine but preliminary listening results
> >>>>> indicate dissatisfaction.
> >>>>> corine
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>> Okay, it's broken record time. Anything new going on with the SAPI
> >>>>>> DECtalk?
> >>>>>> Haven't heard anything in a while.
> >>>>>> Jayson
> >>>>>>
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