* plan for software dectalk? @ jacobs ` Tyler Spivey ` Charles Crawford 0 siblings, 2 replies; 16+ messages in thread From: jacobs @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi speakup developers: Just wondering if there are plans for speakup to support the linux version of software dectalk, or whether it's even possible. It's really the only good software synth for linux as far as voice quality goes, imho, unless by some miracle festival develops a sudden improvement. Are there plans to support it at all? Is it even possible, given the way speakup is designed? Thanks ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? plan for software dectalk? jacobs @ ` Tyler Spivey ` Patricia Logan ` (2 more replies) ` Charles Crawford 1 sibling, 3 replies; 16+ messages in thread From: Tyler Spivey @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup most of us can't afford software dectalk. $50 is a lot, and in canada it's doubled since it's probably in american dollars. the linux demo doesn't work, so i don't have any good way to try it. the windows demo is... so-so, but very limiting. i hate having to load windows. i only use it for games, and maybe the occasional test of a new screen reader that i find - which is not very good. ----- Original Message ----- From: <jacobs@surferie.net> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM Subject: plan for software dectalk? > Hi speakup developers: > Just wondering if there are plans for speakup to support the linux version > of software dectalk, or whether it's even possible. It's really the only > good software synth for linux as far as voice quality goes, imho, unless by > some miracle festival develops a sudden improvement. Are there plans to > support it at all? Is it even possible, given the way speakup is designed? > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? ` Tyler Spivey @ ` Patricia Logan ` Buddy Brannan ` Doug ` Kenny Hitt ` White, Matt 2 siblings, 2 replies; 16+ messages in thread From: Patricia Logan @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi, Tylor, Is the Canadian dollar really worth only half as much as the U.S. dollor now? Since I know someone who just paid--what is it?--$1000 for JAWS $50 doesn't sound like a lot. Having just spend several hours at the library using the Kurzweil reader I have to say that I like the older Dectalk voices and would love to have access to good Spanish speech. I would also enjoy the luxury of being able to listen to books read by a female voice. But it certainly isn't a necessity. And when I have sufficient living room to have a scanner at my side I expect I'll be using OCRshop for linux. Pat Logan ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? ` Patricia Logan @ ` Buddy Brannan ` Doug 1 sibling, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread From: Buddy Brannan @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup According to the currency conversion at xe.com: Live mid-market rates as of 2003.06.13 02:19:48 GMT. 1.00 CAD Canada Dollars = 0.741820 USD United States Dollars 1 CAD = 0.741820 USD 1 USD = 1.34804 CAD -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV/3 | "And if the ground yawned, Phone: (814) 455-7333 | I'd step to the side and say, Email: davros@ycardz.com | "Hey ground! I'm nobody's lunch!" http://www.ycardz.com/ | --Eddie From Ohio ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? ` Patricia Logan ` Buddy Brannan @ ` Doug 1 sibling, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread From: Doug @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup The loonie is at its highest rate in quite some time. It's at 74 cents versus the greenback, not 50 cents. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? ` Tyler Spivey ` Patricia Logan @ ` Kenny Hitt ` Ryan Mann ` White, Matt 2 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: Kenny Hitt @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup The Linux demo works fine here. I have it working with emacspeak and gnopernicus. It's the best software synth I've found so far in Linux. $50 for a Linux version beats the $300 I payed for the Windows version in 1998. Kenny On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 12:54:58PM -0700, Tyler Spivey wrote: > most of us can't afford software dectalk. $50 is a lot, and in canada it's > doubled since it's probably in american dollars. > the linux demo doesn't work, so i don't have any good way to try it. > the windows demo is... so-so, but very limiting. > i hate having to load windows. i only use it for games, and maybe the > occasional test of a new screen reader that i find - which is not very > good. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jacobs@surferie.net> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM > Subject: plan for software dectalk? > > > > Hi speakup developers: > > Just wondering if there are plans for speakup to support the linux version > > of software dectalk, or whether it's even possible. It's really the only > > good software synth for linux as far as voice quality goes, imho, unless > by > > some miracle festival develops a sudden improvement. Are there plans to > > support it at all? Is it even possible, given the way speakup is designed? > > > > Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? ` Kenny Hitt @ ` Ryan Mann ` Kenny Hitt 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: Ryan Mann @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup What is the difference between the Demo and the product that you pay for? On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > The Linux demo works fine here. I have it working with emacspeak and > gnopernicus. It's the best software synth I've found so far in Linux. > $50 for a Linux version beats the $300 I payed for the Windows version > in 1998. > > Kenny > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 12:54:58PM -0700, Tyler Spivey wrote: > > most of us can't afford software dectalk. $50 is a lot, and in canada it's > > doubled since it's probably in american dollars. > > the linux demo doesn't work, so i don't have any good way to try it. > > the windows demo is... so-so, but very limiting. > > i hate having to load windows. i only use it for games, and maybe the > > occasional test of a new screen reader that i find - which is not very > > good. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <jacobs@surferie.net> > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM > > Subject: plan for software dectalk? > > > > > > > Hi speakup developers: > > > Just wondering if there are plans for speakup to support the linux version > > > of software dectalk, or whether it's even possible. It's really the only > > > good software synth for linux as far as voice quality goes, imho, unless > > by > > > some miracle festival develops a sudden improvement. Are there plans to > > > support it at all? Is it even possible, given the way speakup is designed? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? ` Ryan Mann @ ` Kenny Hitt ` Thomas D. Ward 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: Kenny Hitt @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Don't know. I didn't know there was a demo until he started complaining about it. I bought the and haven't had any problems with it. Kenny On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 12:42:02AM -0500, Ryan Mann wrote: > What is the difference between the Demo and the product that you pay for? > > > On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > The Linux demo works fine here. I have it working with emacspeak and > > gnopernicus. It's the best software synth I've found so far in Linux. > > $50 for a Linux version beats the $300 I payed for the Windows version > > in 1998. > > > > Kenny > > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 12:54:58PM -0700, Tyler Spivey wrote: > > > most of us can't afford software dectalk. $50 is a lot, and in canada it's > > > doubled since it's probably in american dollars. > > > the linux demo doesn't work, so i don't have any good way to try it. > > > the windows demo is... so-so, but very limiting. > > > i hate having to load windows. i only use it for games, and maybe the > > > occasional test of a new screen reader that i find - which is not very > > > good. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <jacobs@surferie.net> > > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM > > > Subject: plan for software dectalk? > > > > > > > > > > Hi speakup developers: > > > > Just wondering if there are plans for speakup to support the linux version > > > > of software dectalk, or whether it's even possible. It's really the only > > > > good software synth for linux as far as voice quality goes, imho, unless > > > by > > > > some miracle festival develops a sudden improvement. Are there plans to > > > > support it at all? Is it even possible, given the way speakup is designed? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? ` Kenny Hitt @ ` Thomas D. Ward 0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread From: Thomas D. Ward @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi, the demmo has a simple x-windows application which you start and it will read a text file or speek to you. Naturally, if you don't have access to Gnome the demmo is not much help. However, the full version is allot more useful, and I think the full version is worth the $50. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kenny Hitt <kennyhitt@knology.net> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 5:16 AM Subject: Re: plan for software dectalk? > Don't know. I didn't know there was a demo until he started complaining > about it. I bought the and haven't had any problems with it. > > Kenny > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 12:42:02AM -0500, Ryan Mann wrote: > > What is the difference between the Demo and the product that you pay for? > > > > > > On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > > > The Linux demo works fine here. I have it working with emacspeak and > > > gnopernicus. It's the best software synth I've found so far in Linux. > > > $50 for a Linux version beats the $300 I payed for the Windows version > > > in 1998. > > > > > > Kenny > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 12:54:58PM -0700, Tyler Spivey wrote: > > > > most of us can't afford software dectalk. $50 is a lot, and in canada it's > > > > doubled since it's probably in american dollars. > > > > the linux demo doesn't work, so i don't have any good way to try it. > > > > the windows demo is... so-so, but very limiting. > > > > i hate having to load windows. i only use it for games, and maybe the > > > > occasional test of a new screen reader that i find - which is not very > > > > good. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <jacobs@surferie.net> > > > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM > > > > Subject: plan for software dectalk? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi speakup developers: > > > > > Just wondering if there are plans for speakup to support the linux version > > > > > of software dectalk, or whether it's even possible. It's really the only > > > > > good software synth for linux as far as voice quality goes, imho, unless > > > > by > > > > > some miracle festival develops a sudden improvement. Are there plans to > > > > > support it at all? Is it even possible, given the way speakup is designed? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? ` Tyler Spivey ` Patricia Logan ` Kenny Hitt @ ` White, Matt ` Tyler Spivey 2 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: White, Matt @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup $50 does not seem like a lot of money to have quality, hardware free speech. Hardware synthesizers are a lot more (at least $200) and you don't get the portability that software synthesis offers. Matt <quote who="Tyler Spivey"> > most of us can't afford software dectalk. $50 is a lot, and in canada > it's doubled since it's probably in american dollars. > the linux demo doesn't work, so i don't have any good way to try it. the > windows demo is... so-so, but very limiting. > i hate having to load windows. i only use it for games, and maybe the > occasional test of a new screen reader that i find - which is not very > good. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jacobs@surferie.net> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM > Subject: plan for software dectalk? > > >> Hi speakup developers: >> Just wondering if there are plans for speakup to support the linux >> version of software dectalk, or whether it's even possible. It's >> really the only good software synth for linux as far as voice quality >> goes, imho, unless > by >> some miracle festival develops a sudden improvement. Are there plans >> to support it at all? Is it even possible, given the way speakup is >> designed? >> >> Thanks >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Matt B. White Tel: 508.969.2836 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? ` White, Matt @ ` Tyler Spivey ` Thomas D. Ward 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: Tyler Spivey @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup i downloaded the demo, and the quality doesn't seem that great. dectalk is natorius for mumbling at high rates of speech. and software dectalk's demo doesn't even sound like a dectalk - it sound rather more winy, if you know what i mean. ----- Original Message ----- From: "White, Matt" <mattw@cotse.net> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 4:56 AM Subject: Re: plan for software dectalk? > $50 does not seem like a lot of money to have quality, hardware free > speech. Hardware synthesizers are a lot more (at least $200) and you > don't get the portability that software synthesis offers. > > Matt > > <quote who="Tyler Spivey"> > > most of us can't afford software dectalk. $50 is a lot, and in canada > > it's doubled since it's probably in american dollars. > > the linux demo doesn't work, so i don't have any good way to try it. the > > windows demo is... so-so, but very limiting. > > i hate having to load windows. i only use it for games, and maybe the > > occasional test of a new screen reader that i find - which is not very > > good. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <jacobs@surferie.net> > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM > > Subject: plan for software dectalk? > > > > > >> Hi speakup developers: > >> Just wondering if there are plans for speakup to support the linux > >> version of software dectalk, or whether it's even possible. It's > >> really the only good software synth for linux as far as voice quality > >> goes, imho, unless > > by > >> some miracle festival develops a sudden improvement. Are there plans > >> to support it at all? Is it even possible, given the way speakup is > >> designed? > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > -- > Matt B. White > Tel: 508.969.2836 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? ` Tyler Spivey @ ` Thomas D. Ward ` Tyler Spivey 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: Thomas D. Ward @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup I think the problem you are experience is do to the default speech settings. If you used the full version with emacspeak and reset the speech values you can get vary near the classic dectalk sound. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tyler Spivey <tspivey8@softhome.net> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 12:08 PM Subject: Re: plan for software dectalk? > i downloaded the demo, and the quality doesn't seem that great. > dectalk is natorius for mumbling at high rates of speech. > and software dectalk's demo doesn't even sound like a dectalk - it sound > rather more winy, if you know what i mean. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "White, Matt" <mattw@cotse.net> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 4:56 AM > Subject: Re: plan for software dectalk? > > > > $50 does not seem like a lot of money to have quality, hardware free > > speech. Hardware synthesizers are a lot more (at least $200) and you > > don't get the portability that software synthesis offers. > > > > Matt > > > > <quote who="Tyler Spivey"> > > > most of us can't afford software dectalk. $50 is a lot, and in canada > > > it's doubled since it's probably in american dollars. > > > the linux demo doesn't work, so i don't have any good way to try it. the > > > windows demo is... so-so, but very limiting. > > > i hate having to load windows. i only use it for games, and maybe the > > > occasional test of a new screen reader that i find - which is not very > > > good. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <jacobs@surferie.net> > > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM > > > Subject: plan for software dectalk? > > > > > > > > >> Hi speakup developers: > > >> Just wondering if there are plans for speakup to support the linux > > >> version of software dectalk, or whether it's even possible. It's > > >> really the only good software synth for linux as far as voice quality > > >> goes, imho, unless > > > by > > >> some miracle festival develops a sudden improvement. Are there plans > > >> to support it at all? Is it even possible, given the way speakup is > > >> designed? > > >> > > >> Thanks > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Speakup mailing list > > >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > -- > > Matt B. White > > Tel: 508.969.2836 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? ` Thomas D. Ward @ ` Tyler Spivey ` Adam Myrow 0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: Tyler Spivey @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup possibly. i don't have a credit card, or any way to pay for it - and i can't fork out that sort of money yet. i've got the linux version capturing the emacs manual through vsound - at a speech rate of about 350. i had to rewrite all the punctuation settings. it's topping 1.2 gigs when i left home - been going for 12 hours now. not sure how long it's going to take, and it's at 22050 hz or about that. i'll probably abort the thing - since it is way, way too big for an mp3 file. but i had nothing to do, and some space to burn, so decided to do that. it doesn't seem to take up much of the CPU time, even on a p2-200. well, not sure about that, but the operation hasn't been affected of the web browser, or anything else. was thinking of converting the bible, but it's twice as big as the emacs manual, even with all punctions hcanged to spelling equivalent. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas D. Ward" <tward1978@earthlink.net> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 10:23 AM Subject: Re: plan for software dectalk? > I think the problem you are experience is do to the default speech settings. > If you used the full version with emacspeak and reset the speech values you > can get vary near the classic dectalk sound. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tyler Spivey <tspivey8@softhome.net> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 12:08 PM > Subject: Re: plan for software dectalk? > > > > i downloaded the demo, and the quality doesn't seem that great. > > dectalk is natorius for mumbling at high rates of speech. > > and software dectalk's demo doesn't even sound like a dectalk - it sound > > rather more winy, if you know what i mean. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "White, Matt" <mattw@cotse.net> > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 4:56 AM > > Subject: Re: plan for software dectalk? > > > > > > > $50 does not seem like a lot of money to have quality, hardware free > > > speech. Hardware synthesizers are a lot more (at least $200) and you > > > don't get the portability that software synthesis offers. > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > <quote who="Tyler Spivey"> > > > > most of us can't afford software dectalk. $50 is a lot, and in canada > > > > it's doubled since it's probably in american dollars. > > > > the linux demo doesn't work, so i don't have any good way to try it. > the > > > > windows demo is... so-so, but very limiting. > > > > i hate having to load windows. i only use it for games, and maybe the > > > > occasional test of a new screen reader that i find - which is not > very > > > > good. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <jacobs@surferie.net> > > > > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM > > > > Subject: plan for software dectalk? > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hi speakup developers: > > > >> Just wondering if there are plans for speakup to support the linux > > > >> version of software dectalk, or whether it's even possible. It's > > > >> really the only good software synth for linux as far as voice quality > > > >> goes, imho, unless > > > > by > > > >> some miracle festival develops a sudden improvement. Are there plans > > > >> to support it at all? Is it even possible, given the way speakup is > > > >> designed? > > > >> > > > >> Thanks > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> Speakup mailing list > > > >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Matt B. White > > > Tel: 508.969.2836 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? ` Tyler Spivey @ ` Adam Myrow 0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread From: Adam Myrow @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup I'm curious if anybody else has had problems with speaking of longer text files with the software Dectalk. If I feed it a long text file with the "say" command that comes with the full version, It will sometimes break up into weird gibberish consisting of lots of accented characters and at the very end, it will repeat part of the text. It never happened in my tests with Gnome, so I'm not sure if it's a problem with the "say" command or something else. The Dectalk voices don't sound like the Dectalk PC or express to me. The inflection is about right, and Paul and Harry's voices are close, but the others are way off. On the other hand, I never cared for the other voices, so this isn't much of a problem. At least it doesn't have that raspy sound of the old Dectalk Access 32 for Windows. That thing sounded like it had a bad cold. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? plan for software dectalk? jacobs ` Tyler Spivey @ ` Charles Crawford ` jacobs 1 sibling, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread From: Charles Crawford @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Are you talking about dectalk32? On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 jacobs@surferie.net wrote: > Hi speakup developers: > Just wondering if there are plans for speakup to support the linux version > of software dectalk, or whether it's even possible. It's really the only > good software synth for linux as far as voice quality goes, imho, unless by > some miracle festival develops a sudden improvement. Are there plans to > support it at all? Is it even possible, given the way speakup is designed? > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- -- Charlie Crawford ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: plan for software dectalk? ` Charles Crawford @ ` jacobs 0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread From: jacobs @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup Hi I'm talking about software dectalk for linux. You can think of it as dec32 for linux if you want to, I guess. They just don't call it that anymore. On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 06:29:38AM -0400, Charles Crawford wrote: > Are you talking about dectalk32? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
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