[DECtalk] A DECtalk song I've made... again

Aksel Leo Christoffersen aksel at blindsigtmail.dk
Fri Aug 2 12:44:12 EDT 2019


Yes, it is that broken.

I used the exact same text file, I just changed the version number.

Best regards:
Aksel Christoffersen

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Fra: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] På vegne af Brandon Tyson
Sendt: 2. august 2019 18:42
Til: DECtalk
Emne: Re: [DECtalk] A DECtalk song I've made... again

Hello,

Are you sure that the DecTalk 5.0 was a C Major scale? It sounded way higher, and very much too sharp. Is it seriously that broken?

Thanks,

Brandon

> On Aug 2, 2019, at 1:13 AM, Aksel Leo Christoffersen <aksel at blindsigtmail.dk> wrote:
> 
> Yes, that was also why I made it, but I agree with Blake, that 4.3 is the best version in general.
> 
> Version 4.6.2 is not the same as 5.0, but they sounds similar.
> 
> Here's a demo file I made of each version.
> DECtalk 4.6.2:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/u2apf9t367ghpsp/DECtalk%204.6.2.wav?dl=1
> 
> DECtalk 5.0:
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/10mnup9786hut2q/DECtalk%205.0.wav?dl=1
> 
> Best regards:
> Aksel Christoffersen
> 
> 
> 
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> Fra: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] På vegne af Brandon Tyson
> Sendt: 2. august 2019 02:49
> Til: DECtalk
> Emne: Re: [DECtalk] A DECtalk song I've made... again
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm listening to the 4.6.2 version and it sounds like the DecTalk 5.0
> that's available for NVDA. Are they the same?
> 
> Is there somewhere where I can hear the 4.6.2 in more detail?
> 
> I have to say that the song sounds much better in the 4.6.2 version
> because its pitches are matching with the music.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brandon
> 
> On 8/1/19, Blake Roberts <beroberts at hughes.net> wrote:
>> Aksel,
>> I thought your dectalk 4.62 version of this song was interesting, mostly
>> because that version of Dectalk sounds like it has a cold. I prefer 4.3 and
>> 4.4 myself. Thank you for sharing this for comparison with the Dectalk 4.3
>> version.
>> Blake
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Aksel Leo Christoffersen <aksel at blindsigtmail.dk>
>> To: 'DECtalk' <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> Sent: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 18:34:10 -0400 (EDT)
>> Subject: [DECtalk] A DECtalk song I've made... again
>> 
>> Hi, Some time ago, I posted a DECtalk song I’ve made on this list called
>> This Is My Life, made by the danish band Gasolin’. Now, I’ve made the song
>> with DECtalk 4.6.2. I choose to make it with this version, because it sounds
>> so different from DECtalk 4.3, that I normaly use for my DECtalk songs.
>> Also, it’s tuned a little bit down from DECtalk 4.3, so it fits well with
>> the music. The voice it self is terrible however. First, for comparison,
>> here’s a link again to the old DECtalk 4.3
>> version:https://www.dropbox.com/s/xq61xpm3vfjo07b/DECtalk%20Sings%20-%20This%20Is%20My%20Life%20by%20Gasolin%27.wav?dl=1
>> And here’s a link to the new version with DECtalk
>> 4.6.2:https://www.dropbox.com/s/aydad81bea65n7z/DECtalk%204.6.2%20Sings%20-%20This%20Is%20My%20Life%20by%20Gasolin%27.wav?dl=1
>> I used the exact same text as for the 4.3 version, except i changed the ”l”,
>> phoneme to the ”ll”, phoneme. I look forward to hear your upinions. Best
>> regards:Aksel Christoffersen
> 
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