[DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use

brandon T brandongold98 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 29 23:42:52 EDT 2014


Hello,

Is this synthesizer illegal?

Also, it isn't speaking as I change the speed of the voice. Also, it
is crashing sometimes.

Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to a response.

Sincerely,

Brandon Tyson

On 8/29/14, Jake Gross via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> What part of the installer can't you read.
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: brandon T via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
> To: DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
> Date sent: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 23:06:51 -0400
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary
> use
>
> Hi,
>
> Unfortunately I can't read the installer. I am not sure if it is
> in English.
>
> Thanks for telling me about this, I really appreciate it!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon
>
> On 8/29/14, Jake Gross via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> wrote:
>  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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