From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from gscamnlh01.wr.usgs.gov ([130.118.4.115]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CP3D7-00047l-00 for ; Tue, 02 Nov 2004 13:16:49 -0500 Received: from PUNK ([130.118.172.119]) by gscamnlh01.wr.usgs.gov (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.12HF677) with SMTP id 2004110210160809:72123 ; Tue, 2 Nov 2004 10:16:08 -0800 Message-ID: <005901c4c108$06a089e0$77ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> From: "Sean McMahon" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000001c4c101$ef03aca0$320a0a0a@arthurvbeago47> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 11:16:08 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on gscamnlh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 5.0.12HF677 | March 16, 2004) at 11/02/2004 10:16:08 AM, Serialize by Router on gscamnlh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 5.0.12HF677 | March 16, 2004) at 11/02/2004 10:16:49 AM, Serialize complete at 11/02/2004 10:16:49 AM Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Subject: Re: DoubleTalk stil going strong X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sean McMahon , "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: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:16:55 -0000 Putting the synth through a mixer? How do you put an external synth or any synth which isn't software speech through a mixer, something which I've only thought of as working with your soundcard. Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Pirika" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:32 AM Subject: RE: DoubleTalk stil going strong > Hi. That's a very interesting aproach. I guess also that putting the > synth through a mixer and doing some equalization could produce similar > results. When listening to ACBRadio's main menu, the doubletalk sounded > pretty good, actually, probably because of a combination of mp3 > filtering, caused by lower sample rates, and mixing. > > Arthur. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of .dan. > Sent: Wednesday, 3 November 2004 3:19 a.m. > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca > Subject: DoubleTalk stil going strong > > > > Regarding dectalk and doubletalk speech, some of us prefer the latter. > I have used both and like the performance and speech of doubletalk over > the other. To modify the sound quality, but not the nature of the > speech itself, I have found that placing a folded thick cloth over the > speaker on the doubltalk lt. shapes the sound output in a more natural > way, filtering out some of the extrainious higher frequences above > approximately4 kh. This is the range above which the telephone cuts off > speech also for best intelligibility. The sound some find objectionable > is in my experience a matter of extrainious sounds created by the > speaker in the synth. box, very cheap junck, and not the text to speech > chip itself. Using a combination of cloth filtering and the sound > controls of the speech software, one can greatly modify the sound > quality and intelligibility to one's preference. I would imagine this > approach works also with the internal doubletalk and it's external > speaker. > > xv > ic|xc > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.786 / Virus Database: 532 - Release Date: 29/10/2004 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.786 / Virus Database: 532 - Release Date: 29/10/2004 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup