[DECtalk] Finding Klatt Parameters for Phonemes

[Brandon Tyson]

Hi,

Without knowing much about it, that sounds like what I'd need.

Is this documentation publicly available?

Thanks again for your help,

Brandon
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> On Mar 20, 2021, at 3:50 AM, Don <Text_to_Speech at gmx.com> wrote:
> 
> On 3/19/2021 11:07 PM, Brandon Tyson wrote:
>> I'm looking at NV SpeechPlayer as I'd like to get it working with US English
>> instead of UK English.
>> 
>> I've done some research and cannot seem to find a good source for where to
>> get phoneme data.
>> 
>> I've read that SpeechPlayer gets most of its data from the PyKlatt project,
>> but it looked like it was just an interface to Klatt when I took a look at
>> it.
>> 
>> I was wondering if anyone knows where I could find some of these parameters
>> by chance?
>> 
>> Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any input you may
>> have.
> 
> The MITalk documentation describes the amplitudes, gains, formant frequencies
> and bandwidths that DHK used in that version of the synthesizer (for *his*
> voice).  No idea where they may have ended up as the design evolved nor how
> they were changed for other voices.
> 
> [But, that's what I used as a starting point for my first synthesizer]
> 
> Or, have I misunderstood your need?
> 
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