[DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use

Jake Gross jake at grossgang.com
Sat Aug 30 00:02:23 EDT 2014


It is abandonware.
Speech rate is not supported.
Did you copy the sapi4.py file to your nvda user configuration 
directory?
This driver prevents the synth from crashing.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: brandon T viaDectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
To: DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
Date sent: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 23:42:52 -0400
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary 
use

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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