From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.66]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1C63dE-0000Ng-00 for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 04:53:16 -0400 Received: from jaybird.no-ip.info ([65.80.130.175]) by imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20040911085246.RHX13924.imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net@jaybird.no-ip.info> for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 04:52:46 -0400 Received: from h2c8f0 (unknown [192.168.0.101]) by jaybird.no-ip.info (Postfix) with SMTP id 46D4E171CCD for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 04:52:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000701c497dc$b49ffe40$6500a8c0@h2c8f0> From: "Jayson Smith" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20040909010515.GA6755@blackbox> <20040911061612.GA21206@blackbox> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 04:52:44 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Subject: Re: question about DECtalk express voices and pitch X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jayson Smith , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 08:53:16 -0000 Hi, >>From what I can tell, it looks like the actual range of the [:dv ap XX] command is from 50 to about 360. Hope this helps. Jayson. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenny Hitt" To: Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 2:16 AM Subject: Re: question about DECtalk express voices and pitch > Hi. I'm replying to myself because I didn't keep ano of the replys from > the list. > > I changed line 221 of speakup_dectlk.c from > > { PITCH, "[:dv ap %d]", 80, 0, 100, 20, 0, 0 }, > > to read > { PITCH, "[:dv ap %d]", 80, 0, 200, 20, 0, 0 }, > > Basically, this changed the max value for pitch from 100 to 200. The > female voices are about 100 higher in pitch than the male voices. To > get everything working the way I want, I had to change the caps_start > and caps_stop in /proc/speakup to higher values. My script for betty > looks like this. > > #!/bin/bash > #changes the default voice on the DECtalk express to Betty > echo 4 >/proc/speakup/voice #changes voice > echo 150 >/proc/speakup/pitch #makes sure the pitch stays right > echo 300 >/proc/speakup/caps_start #needed cause female voices are > higher > echo 150 >/proc/speakup/caps_stop #keeps pitch from going to low > > My editor wrapped a comment in this message, but you get the idea. > > Hope this helps. > Kenny > > On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 08:05:15PM -0500, kenny wrote: > > Hi. I just started using a DECtalk express. I notice a strange problem > > when I use any voice except 0 (Paul). If I change to another voice, it > > seems to work. However, the pitch will change if I do anything like > > spelling a word with a capital letter. > > For example: > > change to voice 4 (Betty). She sounds ok, but not exactly like my > > software DECtalk. If I change the pitch by spelling a word with a > > capital letter or use insert 2 then inssert 3 to mess with the pitch the > > voice changes. After that point, changing the pitch has little > > effect. Voice 0 (Paul is the only voice that doesn't have this problem. > > In the case of Betty, the pitch becomes to low and you can't get the > > voice back unless you echo 4 to /proc/speakup/voice. > > Does anyone else have this problem, and does anyone know a solution? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Kenny > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >