[DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange

[Josh Kennedy]

Do you think that Espeak’s sapi5 interface could be modified or added to, so it could load the decTalk dll files and load softVoice dll files? This way we could have really excellent sapi5 implementations of decTalk and softVoice willowPond tts as a part of Espeak. The decTalks we are using are abandonware anyway. So I don’t think anybody will really care. 

Josh


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From: Aksel Leo Christoffersen
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 16:33
To: 'DECtalk'
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange

My DECtalk Express sometimes says the pitch frequencies, when I change the pitch in NVDA, when I use my DECtalk Express with my computer, and I have a list somewhere of the pitch frequencies for the individual voices. So that way, I can work out a list of pitches for each voices, and send it to you.

However, it’ll probably take some time.

Best regards:
Aksel Christoffersen

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Sendt: 16. juli 2019 22:28
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Emne: Re: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange

Yes I think you are right. I wonder what the pitches for the other voices should be? The bug is when I switch voices the pitch does not change in order to match the voice I am switching it to using the NVDA addon. I wonder how difficult it would be to add decTalk and softVoice as voices in Espeak? It would probably just be a matter of having Espeak load the dll files for decTalk and or softVoice tts and assigning them an espeak voice, such as:
Dt+m1 for Paul, and so on. 



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From: Aksel Leo Christoffersen
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 16:19
To: 'DECtalk'
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange

Hi,

I think the exact right pitch is 24 %.

Best regards:
Aksel Christoffersen

Fra: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] På vegne af Josh Kennedy
Sendt: 16. juli 2019 22:17
Til: dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
Emne: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange

Hi
The decTalk addon I am using was not sounding quite right when I compared it to some of the decTalk speak windows. I found out why. There is a bug in the addon where when you switch decTalk voices, the pitch is not set correctly. The pitch was set to 16, I was using Paul which is my favorite voice, and it sounded strange because Paul’s pitch for NVDA should be set to 25%. I changed it, now decTalk sounds much better. 

Josh


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