[DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use

Jake Gross jake at grossgang.com
Fri Aug 29 22:45:38 EDT 2014


Have you ever tried chatterbox?
It is a sapi4 english/rushen speech synthesizer.
You can find it at 
http://grossgang.com/tts/sapi_voices/chatterbox.zip
Jake


 ----- Original Message -----
From: brandon T via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
To: DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
Date sent: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 21:12:00 -0400
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary 
use

Hi,

Thank you for this information. I thought that maybe another 
thing
was, with the Microsoft voices, I should try them at a faster 
speed.
For now, they are ok.

Thank you very much for your time, I really appreciate it.

I hope that you are having an awesome day!

Thanks,

Brandon

On 8/29/14, Blake Roberts via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> 
wrote:
 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

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On 
Behalf Of
 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

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On 
Behalf Of
 Daniel
 Wolak via Dectalk
 Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 8:07 PM
 To: DECtalk
 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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