[DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange

[Josh Kennedy]

Yes, but decTalk overall does a much better job at singing. 


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From: Aksel Leo Christoffersen
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 17:26
To: 'DECtalk'
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange

Eloquence can actualy sort of sing, if you set it to monotone, and then change the pitch for each note.

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Aksel Christoffersen

Fra: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] På vegne af Josh Kennedy
Sendt: 16. juli 2019 23:18
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Emne: Re: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange

Well I sent my request to the Espeak list. Since both decTalk and softVoice can sing, and they have both been preserved as NVDA addons, they are both worth saving for future generations to use. After all, the modern voices like eloquence and the new vocalizer voices certainly cannot sing. But decTalk and softVoice can, and I am glad somebody has taken the time to preserve them and to make sure they work far into the future. 



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From: Aksel Leo Christoffersen
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 17:03
To: 'DECtalk'
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange

I don’t know anything about that, sorry. Maybe someone else do. However, I’ll make that pitch-list in a few days, if anyone’s interested.

Best regards:
Aksel Christoffersen

Fra: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] På vegne af Josh Kennedy
Sendt: 16. juli 2019 23:00
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Emne: Re: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange

Excellent. But what about adding decTalk and softVoice as loadable dll files and using them as extra Espeak voices? 



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From: Aksel Leo Christoffersen
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 16:53
To: 'DECtalk'
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange

It isn’t, I bought it used from a member of this list.

I use a serial to USB adapter.

It runs version 4.2CD, which, in my upinion, is the best version, closely followed by 4.3 and 4.41.

Best regards:
Aksel Christoffersen

Fra: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] På vegne af Josh Kennedy
Sendt: 16. juli 2019 22:47
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Emne: Re: [DECtalk] my decTalk sounds strange

You have a decTalk express? It is serial only, right? I didn’t know decTalk express was still made. 



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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

Fra: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] På vegne af Josh Kennedy
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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