[DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use

[Blake Roberts]

I know that the AT&T Natural voices were recorded at 16k instead of the
typical 22k for recorded speech samples. However, they might not work as
your primary synth due to large size of each voice. I purchased some AT&T
voices which I use as primary voices within OpenBook, but they are used for
short periods. AT&T voices might work as your primary synth if you have a
lot of Ram memory in your computer, i.e. more than a gig or two.
Blake

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brandon T via Dectalk
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 8:40 PM
To: DECtalk
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use

Hi,

I am wondering if maybe the voices are just sounding too real to me.
Are there any that are recorded at a lower audio quality please?

Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any assistance
you are willing to provide.

Sincerely,

Brandon Tyson

On 8/29/14, Blake Roberts via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> Daniel,
> Ivona voices are SAPI5. To use them in NVDA I simply changed from ESpeak
to
> SAPI version 5 in the synthesizers list.
> Blake
>
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> Daniel
> Wolak via Dectalk
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 8:07 PM
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> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use
>
> Hi,
> I mostly use eloquence with nvda... A question for you blake: what do
> you use to interface the ivona voices with nvda as I've been thinking of
> trying them?
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel
> On 29/08/2014 8:00 PM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
>> Brandon,
>> Although I use Eloquence as my primary synth in Jaws, Ivona voices are a
>> close second. They are my primary voices within NVDA. Voices from Ivona
> are
>> not free but you can trial each voice for 30 days before purchase is
>> required. I prefer slow speeds so I'm not sure how Ivona sounds at fast
>> rates. I use Ivona voices because all of the voices sound very natural.
>>
>> Have you tried the Orpheus synth? I purchased Orpheus but don't use it
>> anymore because those voices are too fast for my liking. Like Ivona, you
> can
>> trial Orpheus for 30 days before purchase is required. The difference is
>> with Orpheus you receive all voices, whereas Ivona voices are downloaded
> one
>> voice at a time.
>> Blake
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of
>> brandon T via Dectalk
>> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 7:48 PM
>> To: DECtalk Discussions
>> Subject: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been looking at Sapi 4 and Sapi 5 voices today. Also, I have
>> been looking at Speech Player. I am familiar with a lot of voices,
>> including Acapela, Eloquence, DecTalk, Microsoft voices like Sam, the
>> LH synthesizer, the Digalo voices, Infovox 230 and 330, eSpeak,
>> Neospeech and others. Here is my problem. I have been majorly
>> investigating voices for years. I guess the main problem is that all
>> of the voices do something that I don't like. Eloquence makes a
>> clicking sound when it goes really fast. I have trouble understanding
>> DecTalk when it goes really fast. The Acapela voices are, in my
>> opinion, too hard to use as a primary voice. I have thought about
>> Infovox 230 and 330, but I cant do anything legally except use the
>> trial. Also, I can't use Eloquence legally with NVDA. The Digalo
>> voices are hard to understand when speaking long amounts of text
>> because they stop reading for a few seconds in the middle of a
>> sentence. The Microsoft voices are ok, but again, the way that they
>> read is hard for me to get used to. ESpeak sometimes is hard for me
>> because when it goes fast, I hear this sort of interesting sound in
>> the middle of the speech. The LH voices are hard because, well, I
>> unfortunately can't explain it. Do you mind if I please ask, what
>> synthesizer do you use primarily, the reasons you use it, what is good
>> about it, and what is not as good please? I am hoping that, with input
>> and suggestions, I can hopefully find something that I will be able to
>> use primarily.
>>
>> Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any assistance
>> you are willing to provide
>>
>> .Sincerely,
>>
>> Brandon Tyson
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