[DECtalk] a Dectalk question from Snoopi

Carlos Fernandez cf530a at gmail.com
Wed Nov 11 17:07:14 EST 2015 

By the way, I recently sent Ed a command which is an easy way to upload 
stuff directly to me. I believe this will be the easiest way to send 
files, after which I can distribute them on-list.

Carlos
On 11/11/2015 16:04, Edward Bruckert via Dectalk wrote:
>  I have executeables and all kunds of stuff, but I need idiot 
> instructions on where and to fownload from my mac as
> I am just learning to type I started on a teletype and became a hunt 
> and pecker
> so I had to learn to type all over again. There are dlls for every 
> language in debug versions i.e. no license/
> Wife in hospital today so I will randomly available. Also
> once uploaded there will be questions its way too big to attempt a
> synopsis. Anyone can call me at 978 897 6980.
> For exanple the dectalk user dictionary to create a personal diction 
> is there that gets checked before the main dic,
> i.e. how to pronounce jesus…...
>> On Nov 11, 2015, at 9:09 AM, Lowell Prange via Dectalk 
>> <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com <mailto:dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I could do this with the Fonix runtimes in Linux but they are based 
>> on one of the lower quality versions many of you complain about.  I 
>> myself find it very useful over the other options in Linux.
>>
>> On 11/10/2015 08:14 PM, Jayson Smith via Dectalk wrote:
>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *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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