[DECtalk] some questions
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Dectalk at aol.com
Thu Jul 23 18:13:12 EDT 2015
Hi everyoone, I'm back. I'm inn the process of updating my website and
would love every speak window that I don't have.
Also, does anyone have as list of phonetic codes to get the other languages
to sing?
SNOOPI BOTTEN
In a message dated 7/23/2015 1:00:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dectalk at bluegrasspals.com writes:
Hi,
I would be interested to take a look at the sourcecode if possible.
As a developer myself it would be interesting to see.
thanks much,
Daniel
-----Original Message-----
From: Edward Bruckert via Dectalk
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 12:11 PM
To: DECtalk
Cc: Edward Bruckert
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] some questions
does anyone want the source code….
On Jul 23, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Alex H. via Dectalk
<dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> True, but most of the speaks were bundled with dec included. It's a
> separate app by itself that requires a Dectalk DLL to run, but like
> 90% of the public dec demos are two files. The speak.exe and
> dectalk.dic or dtalk_//.dic where // is language I18n standard
> abbreviation, and of course any sample files. So they were compiled or
> compressed together so that's probably why most people think Dectalk
> versions and Speak window are synonymous...even though speak probably
> didn't need much updates, if any, over the years, aside from ensuring
> latest compatibility and switching to Unicode for more language
> support etc.
>
> That's what I think at least lol
> alex
>
> On 7/23/15, Edward Bruckert via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
wrote:
>> speak is an application example. It actually has nothing to of with the
>> synththizer. the version it reports
>> is from whatever dll it found. the source code for us public domain.
>>
>> On Jul 23, 2015, at 8:18 AM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk
>> <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I agree with Alex that the UK english Dectalk sounds awful. I have
SAPI5
>>> British voices on my computer from Ivona and also a British voice from
>>> Acapela for TextAloud. All of those voices sound British as they
should,
>>> but
>>> the UK Dectalk doesn't sound real. I know Dectalk is synthetic, but the
>>> Dectalk's attempt at that accent I don't like at all.
>>>
>>> I also found it odd that when Fonix gave Snoopi the speak window called
>>> Dectalk 5.0 years ago, Fonix claimed it's a version that it isn't.
>>> Strange...
>>> Blake
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of
>>> Alex
>>> H. via Dectalk
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 5:18 AM
>>> To: DECtalk
>>> Cc: Alex H.
>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] some questions
>>>
>>> Eek. Something worse than ENG FonixTalk? Wo.
>>> I heard/messed with the other languages in Dectalk, and the UK one
>>> especially seems to be terrible across the board. Like, just bad.
>>>
>>> I find it interesting that we didn't see more languages until 4.61,
>>> when there apparently was a huge internal change that made it sound
>>> like a dehydrated frog. ;)
>>>
>>> I guess there's no hope of a real 5.0 demo? It's something I'm curious
>>> about, even though I've heard it's nothing special. It's that legacy
>>> and collector in me that's wanting me to get it. Even a sample of it
>>> saying something would be great!
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/22/15, Carlos Fernandez via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Given that Snoopi hasn't seen most of the list messages, I should
>>>> inform
>>>> him that the BTSync archive is still up and running and actually
adding
>>>> content. I will make a copy of this, attempt to remove objectionable
>>>> material, and send it on to you if that's ok with you guys.
>>>> Dectalk 4.6.4 also contains an Italian speak window, which I can
>>>> separate from the all languages archive we've got in the BTSync and
>>>> send
>>>> on as well. If you include the fonixTalk speak window (which cannot be
>>>> separated), there are also Chinese and Korean. I do not speak Korean,
>>>> but trust me that the Chinese is the worst speech synthesis for that
>>>> language I have ever heard. The pronunciation is appalling, and the
>>>> speech quality is miles behind even the English fonixTalk (and that's
>>>> saying something).
>>>>
>>>> Carlos
>>>>
>>>> On 7/22/2015 17:40, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone, this is Snoopi and Blake Roberts is writing this for
me.
>>>>> However I will be back on the listserv real soon so I am very happy
>>>>> about that!
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway I have a question. I am putting speak windows on my web site
>>>>> that do other languages. The only ones I have are French, German,
>>>>> Spanish and the United Kingdom english. I want to know if there are
>>>>> any other languages? And if there are, how do I get them? I would
love
>>>>> to have every language!
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to have everything about Dectalk on my web site. Does
>>>>> anyone have a copy of the old BlueGrassPals Dectalk archive with all
>>>>> the Dectalk stuff? I have all the files but my problem is, you have
to
>>>>> put in a password whenever you want to play the files. I don't know
>>>>> how to remove the password. So if I can get a new copy without the
>>>>> password, I want to put it on my site.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I am able to host the files on my site, I want to delete the
sexual
>>>>> and bad language audio content. My web host would be very upset with
>>>>> me if those files were on my site. Besides, kids might visit! Would
it
>>>>> be ok with list members for me to do that?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Snoopi Botten
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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