From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.67]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bgeai-0000fb-00 for ; Sat, 03 Jul 2004 03:05:40 -0400 Received: from jaybird.no-ip.info ([66.20.80.125]) by imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040703070510.LIUN1775.imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net@jaybird.no-ip.info> for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2004 03:05:10 -0400 Received: from h2c8f0 (unknown [192.168.0.101]) by jaybird.no-ip.info (Postfix) with SMTP id CFD432C22 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2004 03:05:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <007a01c460cc$0d16a800$6500a8c0@h2c8f0> From: "Jayson Smith" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20040702175825.GA4608@romuald.net.eu.org> <6.1.2.0.2.20040702152244.02d56660@mail.tundra-com.net> Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 03:04:58 -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: What should Festival do better? (was: Speech Dispatcher 0.5 Release Candidate 1 available) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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, 03 Jul 2004 07:05:41 -0000 Hi, For a small demo of Festival, grab http://jaybird.no-ip.info/festival.wav Hope this helps. Jayson ----- Original Message ----- From: "ace" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 6:24 PM Subject: Re: What should Festival do better? (was: Speech Dispatcher 0.5 Release Candidate 1 available) > Since I am not yet using Linux, I have not had a chance to hear what the > various speech synthesizers for Linux sound like. IF someone could send me > a small wav/MP3 (or tell me where I could acquire sound samples of these > synthesizers) I'd appreciate it. I wish to use software speech as opposed > to my DEC Express when I finally get Linux on here. > > At 10:58 AM 7/2/04, you wrote: > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >Well, frankly, festival sounds like garbage, worst then the Braille 'n > >Speak or accent in my opinion. When I was using it with gnopernicus, I > >found myself spending more time on understanding what festival was > >saying, then I did on actually using gnopernicus and using gnome. Yes, > >I know, festival is GPL software, and we should be happy that we have > >a GPL software synth at all, but Hynek did ask for comments, so I'm > >posting my own in an attempt to answer his question of what is wrong > >with festival in my opinion, and not in an attempt to start a flame > >war (smile). > > > >Greg > > > >On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 06:51:01PM +0200, Hynek Hanke wrote: > > > What's the problem with Festival? I mean, what should Festival do > >better > > > so that you could use it instead of Dectalk or Eloquence? Or the > >other > > > hardware synthesizers. > > > > > > Of course, this is also a question for others. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Hynek > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >- -- > >Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > > >iD8DBQFA5aJB7s9z/XlyUyARAsrpAJ9BUKbQRfp7+jR1Cs+wnafT416+pQCgqJul > >Gs3CPrEzzIp9jr1vpwzoxmg= > >=uWFA > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > Robby > ace@tundra-com.net > Network Administrator - > irc.talkingirc.com > http://www.talkingirc.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup