[DECtalk] Another example

[Brandon Misch]

they did say earlier on that they have the wrights to sell 4.6.7 so this must be that version 

On May 4, 2011, at 10:59 PM, Alex H. wrote:

> I guess I don't mind the new Paul voice of this supposed 4.3 version,
> but it's just not 4.3, at all. That said, maybe the programmer got
> confused and put 4.67 in there instead, that would make more sense as
> this started getting into the FonixTalk era that would follow. I don't
> know. Something just sounds broken/not compatible with it.
> 
> On 5/4/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> hey this wasn't that bad. kind of fading in and out but could still hear the
>> whole thing. Happened mostly with betty but it still sounded great.
>> 
>> On May 4, 2011, at 8:47 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Blake sent me the Speak window. I used it, as well as the beloved speak43
>>> application, to synthesize the exact same text. This is a conversation
>>> which
>>> came from a website called "Computer Stupidities" which I have turned into
>>> a
>>> DECtalk skit. Here, Paul is the store salesperson, and Betty is the
>>> customer. Certain words have been intentionally misspelled so as to be
>>> pronounced correctly. I have created a zip file of the two wavs which
>>> resulted from the synthesis. This zip is at
>>> http://www.bluegrasspals.com/jazz.zip
>>> I'm sure you'll be able to tell the difference. Here is the exact text
>>> synthesized by both versions.
>>> Jayson
>>> 
>>> [:np] [:ra 240]
>>> I work in the entertainment department of a huge store. I was restocking
>>> CD
>>> Ars when a middle-aged woman came up to me.
>>> 
>>> [:nb]
>>> "Excuse me, but what is in those colorful boxes? I'm looking for toys as a
>>> 
>>> present for my nephew, and I just know he'd like a colorful box like
>>> that."
>>> [:np]
>>> "Well, the toy department is upstairs, but"
>>> [:nb]
>>> "...and in case they're jack-in-the-boxes, could I get one custom made,
>>> because I bet you don't have the color combination I'd like anyway."
>>> [:np]
>>> "They're...not jack-in-the-boxes, ma'am. They are c deaz."
>>> [:nb]
>>> "Oh! Kind of a big box for a CD. Does it come with lots of leaflets, or is
>>> 
>>> it just air? I hate that way of--"
>>> [:np]
>>> "No, no, no, you see, there's ten c deaz in one box."
>>> [:nb]
>>> "Ten! Oh my goodness, that's a lot of c deaz. What kind c deaz are they?"
>>> [:np]
>>> "Well, we have CD ars in these, and CD ar double yous over here. These
>>> ones
>>> are scratchproof, so they cost a little more--"
>>> [:nb]
>>> "Oh, I don't know about these modern things so much. Have you got any
>>> jazz?"
>>> [:np]
>>> "Excuse me?"
>>> [:nb]
>>> "See, an old person like myself, I haven't even heard of scratchproof
>>> music
>>> before. I like jazz."
>>> 
>>> [:np]
>>> I tried to hold my poker face for every cent of my hourly wage.
>>> 
>>> "No, these c deaz are empty. We have jazz over there"
>>> [:nb]
>>> "Yes, I was over there, and there was nothing new. I already have them all
>>> 
>>> at home. But do you have any jazz in these bulk boxes?"
>>> [:np]
>>> "No, ma'am, I'm afraid we're all sold out of the jazz ones."
>>> [:nb]
>>> "Well. this box is $8.99, and at the jazz section I'd pay more for only
>>> one
>>> CD!"
>>> [:np]
>>> "That's true, but these are empty, as I--"
>>> [:nb]
>>> "This is a pretty good deal, ten c deaz for less than a tenner!"
>>> [:np]
>>> "Undoubtedly, but--"
>>> [:nb]
>>> "I'll take this!"
>>> [:np]
>>> "Ma'am, the c deaz are empty. You won't hear anything."
>>> [:nb]
>>> "Oh?"
>>> [:np]
>>> "I buy these myself all the time, and there's nothing on them."
>>> [:nb]
>>> "Maybe your volume wasn't loud enough. Or you had unplugged your
>>> speakers?"
>>> 
>>> [:np]
>>> When had she become tech support to me?
>>> 
>>> [:nb]
>>> "I'll buy these. This is very cheap. You are a good salesperson!"
>>> [:np]
>>> "Thank you, ma'am, but--"
>>> [:nb]
>>> "I'll just have to see if my nephew listens to scratchproof."
>>> 
>>> [:np]
>>> I took a long, long break after that one.
>>> 
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