[DECtalk] Formant-based Neural Text to Speech Voices from Blastbay Studios

[Karen Lewellen]

This is quite wise of him.
Speaking personally, I am rather stunned more organizations with  the 
mission of improving the quality of Life for those experiencing 
disabilities have not taken a stronger collective stance around Paypal.
I learned myself today that Paypal will now require verification for each 
transaction  likely not done via there specific application..and it one 
must read to pass.
No options for a code via voice or email.
That stance impacts so many  populations that the he unity in shared barrier 
seems obvious.
Karen



On Sat, 21 Jun 2025, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> Jayson: Thank you for having informed this listserv about the availability of 
> the new SAPI5 voices from BlastBay Studios. I purchased both voices this 
> evening and am impressed with their naturalness and responsiveness.
>
> Note to all: If you want to buy the voices, don't have a PayPal account and 
> would like to avoid stress which can be caused by PayPal's checkout process, 
> you can. Solution:  checkout with Stripe instead. Philip told me via email 
> that he added Stripe as a checkout option earlier today. Consequence: I 
> purchased the Richard and Libby voices using Stripe checkout option. The 
> benefit of a business owner having choices available for two checkout options 
> (i.e. PayPal and Stripe) is the customer can choose the payment processor 
> which is most convenient for them. Philip granted written permission for me 
> to share with this listserv the fact that Stripe is now available as a 
> checkout option inhis online store.
>
>
> Blake
>
>
>
> On 6/21/2025 12:55 AM, Jayson Smith wrote:
>> The following was posted to the https://audiogames.net forum on Friday
>>  morning:
>> 
>>
>>  Hello all,
>>
>>  Blastbay Studios is proud to announce the release of our first US English
>>  text to speech voices for Windows. These voices work with both 32 and 64
>>  bit versions of SAPI 5, and they are responsive enough to be used
>>  comfortably with screen readers and games.
>>
>>  When you download a voice, you can either install it as a trial, or unlock
>>  the full version if you own a serial number for it.
>>
>>  In trial mode, the voice will function normally for the first minute of
>>  audio that it generates. After this, the audio quality will be degraded
>>  and you will hear background noise. When you restart the application with
>>  which you are using the voice, the clock will reset and you will hear the
>>  normal output for an additional minute before it reverts back to the
>>  degraded quality mode.
>>
>>  Please note that the serial number that you receive when purchasing a
>>  voice is not tied to your hardware. This means that you can use it to
>>  activate the voice on as many of your own machines as you like, even
>>  machines without an Internet connection.
>>
>>  A common request from users has been support for a custom lexicon. The
>>  voices do have support for this, but we will be publishing a separate
>>  download with a user lexicon that will apply to all US English voices in
>>  the next few days.
>>
>>  Please visit www.blastbay.com to listen to audio samples and/or download
>>  the voices.
>>
>>  On a personal note, I would like to thank all of you who have given me
>>  feedback and encouragement throughout the development of these voices. It
>>  has meant a lot. I hope you enjoy testing the voices, and I look forward
>>  to your feedback!
>>
>>  Kind regards,
>>
>>  Philip Bennefall
>> 
>>
>>  I have purchased both voices, and am happy with them. As always, there's
>>  room for improvement since this is an initial release, but it seems he has
>>  a good thing going.
>> 
>>
>>  Jayson
>> 
>>
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