[DECtalk] a Dectalk question from Snoopi
Tony Baechler
tony at baechler.net
Thu Nov 12 04:46:18 EST 2015
Hi,
If it helps, I would be happy to give you upload space with instructions.
It would be a simple web upload form requiring a username, password and the
name of the file you're uploading. My thought would be that you could zip
up everything into one giant file and upload, but if you would rather upload
multiple files, that's fine too. Disk space on the server is no problem.
Please write off list if this would be an option for you and I'll send you
fuller instructions. Once it is uploaded, I could make some, all or none of
it available to the list, whatever you wish.
This offer applies to anyone who has files relevant to this list to upload.
I am not interested in hosting or replacing the DECtalk archive. It would
be for specific sets of files such as what Ed is describing below.
On 11/11/2015 1:04 PM, 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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