[DECtalk] dectalk Express - was:Re: a decent speech synthesizer for primary use
Doris &Hubby Chris
chipmunks at gmx.net
Sat Aug 30 21:25:26 EDT 2014
you should be able to connect your dectalk express via an usb to
serial adapter.Not sure if it will work under 64bit windows, though.
hth
Doris
At 05:00 PM 8/30/2014, you wrote:
>To me, Nv speech player sounds similar to Infovox 230 , and
>Monologue sounds like Doubletalk.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: brandon T via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>To: DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>Date sent: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:29:19 -0400
>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] a decent speech synthesizer for primary use
>
>Hi,
>
>So, if I read the license correctly, it said something about I can
>redistribute this software and that it's free, why does it say that if
>it's abandonware? It says that in the license.txt file. How do you
>know that the modified sapi4.py file is legal?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Brandon
>
>On 8/30/14, Jake Gross via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>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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