From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.brick.net ([209.74.143.13]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A6fz2-0001ZC-00 for ; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 20:45:48 -0400 Received: from mikea (209-74-153-166.brick.net [209.74.153.166]) by mail.brick.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id h970jeuf094237 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:45:40 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <001101c38c6c$53345100$a6994ad1@brick.net> From: "Mike Arrigo" To: References: <20031005141805.JKPP19339.mta4.adelphia.net@beavis> Subject: Re: 16k voices Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:45:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000E_01C38C42.6A1B2580" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.33 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C38C42.6A1B2580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've got the cepstral voices, they're decent, not as good as at&t = natural voices, or neospeech, but definetly better then something like = flextalk or even realspeak for that matter.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jacob Schmude=20 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca=20 Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 3:57 PM Subject: Re: 16k voices Hi I've been thinking of trying cepstral out, what's the quality of it? = Their little tts demo on the site really doesn't give me much of a feel = for the voices. Since its the commercial side of festival, can it = emulate the festival server and thus be used by anything supporting = festival? On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:06:03 -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: >Right on, Jacob. > >But, there is another software synth that's worth the money, and it's >less money than software DEC Talk. Go check out the Linux voices >available at http://www.cepstral.com. Cepstral are the commercial = side >of Festival and Flite, by the way. > ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C38C42.6A1B2580 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I've got the cepstral voices, they're = decent, not=20 as good as at&t natural voices, or neospeech, but definetly better = then=20 something like flextalk or even realspeak for that matter.
 
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From:=20 Jacob=20 Schmude
Sent: Thursday, September 18, = 2003 3:57=20 PM
Subject: Re: 16k voices

Hi
I've been thinking of trying = cepstral out,=20 what's the quality of it? Their little tts demo on the site really = doesn't=20 give me much of a feel for the voices. Since its the commercial side = of=20 festival, can it emulate the festival server and thus be used by = anything=20 supporting festival?


On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:06:03 -0400, = Janina=20 Sajka wrote:

>Right on, Jacob.
>
>But, there is = another=20 software synth that's worth the money, and it's
>less money than = software DEC Talk. Go check out the Linux voices
>available at = http://www.cepstral.com. Cepstral are the commercial side
>of = Festival and=20 Flite, by the=20 way.
>
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