[DECtalk] History of Gnuspeech

[Edward Bruckert]

It’s a complete 2004 backup including build files and all source.
Some files are open source like SAY and SPEAK.

> On Oct 28, 2015, at 8:22 PM, Jayson Smith via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is this backup of Gnuspeech or DECtalk? If DECtalk, obviously I'd love, love, love to have anything you could send!
> 
> Jayson
> 
> On 10/26/2015 1:01 PM, Edward Bruckert via Dectalk wrote:
>> I found a backup circa 2004 of everything so what would\people like
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 25, 2015, at 5:35 AM, Tony Baechler via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> <mailto: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 <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/ <http://classicradio.us/iso/>
>>>> 
>>>> If that link doesn't work, try here instead:
>>>> 
>>>> http://classicradio.us/gnuspeech/ <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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