[DECtalk] Another example

Thu May 5 01:02:23 EDT 2011

i doubt it can sing at this time 

On May 5, 2011, at 12:48 AM, <johnnybrl at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi Alex, I don't mind the Paul voice either. Even Frank sounds pretty nice. 
> but the other voices like the females need a bit more work I think.
> 
> Is it possible to make a recording of it singing so we can here what it 
> sounds like when it sings?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alex H." <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 7:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Another example
> 
> 
>> 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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