[DECtalk] a Dectalk question from Snoopi

Tue Nov 10 23:14:27 EST 2015

Hi,

I have to agree with Ed that what is really needed in this use case of 
generating possibly hundreds of thousands of tiny wav files is a script 
that can use the Say program. However, I'm not aware of a DLL for 
DECtalk 4.3. If such a thing survives, I'd love to have a copy so we 
could use it with Say. Also, maybe we could use it with the SAPI DECtalk 
project.

Jayson

On 11/10/2015 10:53 PM, Carlos Fernandez via Dectalk wrote:
> 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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