From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-01.tampabay.rr.com ([65.32.1.43]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A6gIa-0001nc-00 for ; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 21:06:01 -0400 Received: from bupster.cjb.net (653477hfc246.tampabay.rr.com [65.34.77.246]) by ms-smtp-01.tampabay.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h9715u1d005800 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 21:05:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from richard (6532134hfc32.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.134.32]) (authenticated bits=0) by bupster.cjb.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h9715tsD002578 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 21:05:56 -0400 Message-ID: <003c01c38c6f$2f603ac0$20862041@richard> From: "Richard Wells" To: References: <20031005141805.JKPP19339.mta4.adelphia.net@beavis> <001101c38c6c$53345100$a6994ad1@brick.net> Subject: Re: 16k voices Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 21:06:04 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0039_01C38C4D.A764D700" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 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_0039_01C38C4D.A764D700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Where would one purchase or otherwise obtain the at&t natural voices? Thank you ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Mike Arrigo=20 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca=20 Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:45 PM Subject: Re: 16k voices 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_0039_01C38C4D.A764D700 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Where would one purchase or otherwise = obtain the=20 at&t natural voices?
 
Thank you
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Mike = Arrigo
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 = 8:45=20 PM
Subject: Re: 16k voices

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. =
 
----- Original Message -----
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=20 out, what's the quality of it? Their little tts demo on the site = really=20 doesn't give me much of a feel for the voices. Since its the = commercial side=20 of 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=20 another software synth that's worth the money, and it's
>less = money=20 than software DEC Talk. Go check out the Linux = voices
>available at=20 http://www.cepstral.com. Cepstral are the commercial side
>of = Festival=20 and Flite, by the=20 way.
>
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