[DECtalk] a Dectalk question from Snoopi

Tue Nov 10 22:53:49 EST 2015

No problem. I'll also convert to stereo. It won't do anything to improve 
the audio, but it won't be any difficulty. I'll do my best and maybe I 
can get the files to you in a few days.

Carlos

On 11/10/2015 19:38, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
>
> Ed, Thank you for finding all of the stuff such as phonemes for other 
> languages. As another list member said, perhaps you could upload the 
> 100mb of stuff to Dropbox?
>
> Carlos, I posed your questions to Snoopi during my telephone 
> conversation with him tonight. He told me that voice and version won't 
> matter. So using version 4.3 and Paul is fine. He requests that the 
> audio files be converted to mp3 at 96kbps. If possible, he would like 
> the audio to be stereo. I told him that converting mono to  stereo 
> might be too much work for you. I think audio generated automatically 
> by Dectalk 4.3 is mono if I remember correctly.
>
> Blake
>
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> *From:*Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] *On Behalf 
> Of *Edward Bruckert via Dectalk
> *Sent:* Monday, November 09, 2015 2:37 PM
> *To:* DECtalk
> *Cc:* Edward Bruckert
> *Subject:* Re: [DECtalk] a Dectalk question from Snoopi
>
> Two things I found the phoneme info all languages that he asked for.
>
> Also depending how he wants to use this I can give you some advise on 
> setting as
>
> because how it’s done affects how it sounds. Also I would recimmend 
> sat.exe which I used
>
> for recording tests. My is sick so I’ll get this out asap but wife is 
> first priority
>
>> On Nov 8, 2015, at 10:29 PM, Carlos Fernandez via Dectalk 
>> <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com <mailto:dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I have a database that I will try. This is from an actual dictionary, 
>> and contains some words that may not be desired (I can see "'id 
>> al-fitr", which may not be a super-popular one). However, it does 
>> contain 118894 words. I will try and convert all these words to audio 
>> for you. I assume Paul is acceptable (let me know if it is not). 
>> Also, any specific version? I don't know whether one is easier than 
>> another. It may take some time, both because I am busy and because 
>> that's a really large number of words. I should also ask you if I 
>> should compress the resulting audio to any format? I could do mp3, 
>> ogg, etc. and if you are attaching it to an android app the library 
>> could be smaller.
>>
>> Carlos
>>
>> On 11/8/2015 20:32, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
>>
>>> A program which can automatically create wave files of each word in 
>>> a dictionary is preferable. Snoopi's goal is for Dectalk to speak 
>>> via the wave files. I don't have any word list databases. It is my 
>>> understanding that Snoopi wants as many words as possible.
>>>
>>> Blake
>>>
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>>>
>>> *From:*Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com]*On Behalf 
>>> Of*Carlos Fernandez via Dectalk
>>> *Sent:*Sunday, November 08, 2015 8:13 PM
>>> *To:*DECtalk
>>> *Cc:*Carlos Fernandez
>>> *Subject:*Re: [DECtalk] a Dectalk question from Snoopi
>>>
>>> It would be easy for me to write such a program, but I should first 
>>> ascertain how you would like it done. I assume that either you would 
>>> just like me to insert a word into the speak window? Or would you 
>>> prefer me to have a program automatically create a wave file of each 
>>> word in a dictionary? How large a database should I use? If you have 
>>> one, I can just use that, or I have some word lists of my own that 
>>> could be effective. Any of these can be easily written if you desire 
>>> it, but I just need the program spec so I know what to do.
>>>
>>> Carlos
>>>
>>> On 11/8/2015 19:24, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> While I was speaking with Snoopi tonight, he asked me to post a 
>>>> question to the listserv. Would it be possible to create a program 
>>>> which can copy all words from a dictionary for use in Dectalk speak 
>>>> window? I refer to a normal dictionary not the Dectalk dictionary. 
>>>> In such a program, individuals would select a word from a list of 
>>>> icons. The word would then be copied into the speak window and 
>>>> converted to a wave file for playback. Snoopi also told me to 
>>>> specify that some people may think he's out of his mind. The reason 
>>>> behind his request is that he would love for people to be able to 
>>>> use Dectalk on Android. Such a program would enable people who use 
>>>> speech synthesis for communication to communicate in Android via 
>>>> Dectalk.
>>>>
>>>> Blake
>>>>
>>>>
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