[DECtalk] History of Gnuspeech

[Edward Bruckert]

I found a backup circa 2004 of everything so what would\people like

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> On Oct 25, 2015, at 5:35 AM, Tony Baechler via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> 
> I got this email directly from the author, David Hill.  This might shed light on some things, such as the 1991 copyright date and the less than outstanding quality.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: 	Re: [orca-list] Gnuspeech
> Date: 	Sat, 24 Oct 2015 08:53:49 -0700
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Tony,
> 
> I am the project admin for the GNU project "gnuspeech" which was originally
> developed by a U of Calgary spin-off company I started with several students
> and graduate students, based on my long-standing research on speech
> recognition and synthesis. The work was donated to Richard Stallman's Free
> Software Foundation and turned into a full GPL GNU project when NeXT
> Computer folded (NeXT eventually returning to its roots in Apple along with
> Steve Jobs).
> 
> It is very gratifying to see your interest in the software. I have been
> listening to some of your demos -- thanks for making them.
> 
> I notice that the speech rate is much higher than normal speech rate. I
> guess this is usual when you are creating speech for assistive purposes.
> 
> I shall watch developments with interest and would be very happy to try to
> answer any questions you may have.
> 
> I have posted to the Orca list a couple of times already (actually two
> duplicates), but my posts have not appeared (so far) even though I joined
> the list.
> 
> You may be interested in this paper describing an assistive device that was
> developed in my university lab:
> 
> http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~hill/papers/ieee-touch-n-talk-1988.pdf
> 
> It provided proprioceptive and tactile cues that substituted for the visual
> cues used by normally sighted people, as well as speech and a variety of
> gestural commands.
> 
> David Hill
> 
> On Oct 24, 2015, at 1:46 30AM, Tony Baechler wrote:
> 
>> Yes, it was mentioned on the Orca list.  I've been playing with it and
>> created some demo mp3 files here:
>> 
>> http://classicradio.us/iso/
>> 
>> If that link doesn't work, try here instead:
>> 
>> http://classicradio.us/gnuspeech/
>> 
>> I plan to move the demos into their own directory and will add demos of
>> the other voices.  I'll also use a different piece of sample text.  For a
>> large body of text using the default male voice, listen to
>> gnuspeech_gpl.mp3. It's the full GPL and should give you a good idea of
>> the overall speech quality and inflection.  While I have certainly heard
>> nicer sounding speech, two things I really like about it are its very
>> small footprint and it doesn't mispronounce most English words, unlike
>> most other synthesizers.
>> 
>> On 10/23/2015 6:07 AM, Mallard wrote:
>>> Hello list,
>>> 
>>> My son discovered this project the other day, and suggested I should point
>>> you people to it.
>>> 
>>> Has anyone heard of it, and is anyone thinking of helping with it?
>>> 
>>> ADJ3798-KD
>>> 
>>> Ciao,
>>> Ollie
>>> _______________________________________________
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