New Speech??

New Speech??

[Paul Migliorelli +1-303-552-6970]

Hi all.  I've come to decide with my current state of hearing, probably 
the only software speech I feel I can use is neo speech.  Any potential 
for having that type of voice for the things we like to run?  Or, if I 
can't have that, there is still dectalk which I do fine with.  Can one 
still get software dectalk?  Thanks much.

RE: New Speech??

[Reinhard Stebner]

For Linux?  That would truly be cool.
 

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On Behalf Of Paul Migliorelli +1-303-552-6970
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Subject: New Speech??

Hi all.  I've come to decide with my current state of hearing, probably 
the only software speech I feel I can use is neo speech.  Any potential 
for having that type of voice for the things we like to run?  Or, if I 
can't have that, there is still dectalk which I do fine with.  Can one 
still get software dectalk?  Thanks much.

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Re: New Speech??

[W. Nick Dotson]

The "open version" of DEC Access32, is available from GW Micro for $75.

Nick

On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:08:01 -0600, Paul Migliorelli +1-303-552-6970 wrote:

 Hi all.  I've come to decide with my current state of hearing, probably 
 the only software speech I feel I can use is neo speech.  Any potential 
 for having that type of voice for the things we like to run?  Or, if I 
 can't have that, there is still dectalk which I do fine with.  Can one 
 still get software dectalk?  Thanks much.

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 Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
 http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: New Speech??

[propaine]

What's neo speech?
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From: "Paul Migliorelli +1-303-552-6970" <paulmigs@migliorelli.org>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:08 PM
Subject: New Speech??


> Hi all.  I've come to decide with my current state of hearing, probably 
> the only software speech I feel I can use is neo speech.  Any potential 
> for having that type of voice for the things we like to run?  Or, if I 
> can't have that, there is still dectalk which I do fine with.  Can one 
> still get software dectalk?  Thanks much.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> 
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Re: New Speech??

[W. Nick Dotson]

VoiceWare's digitized human speech speech engine, Kate and Paul are the female and male voices respectively.

Nick

On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:57:56 -0400, propaine wrote:

 What's neo speech?
 ----- Original Message ----- 
 From: "Paul Migliorelli +1-303-552-6970" <paulmigs@migliorelli.org>
 To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
 Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:08 PM
 Subject: New Speech??


 > Hi all.  I've come to decide with my current state of hearing, probably 
 > the only software speech I feel I can use is neo speech.  Any potential 
 > for having that type of voice for the things we like to run?  Or, if I 
 > can't have that, there is still dectalk which I do fine with.  Can one 
 > still get software dectalk?  Thanks much.
 > 
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 > Speakup mailing list
 > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
 > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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Re: New Speech??

[Steve Holmes]

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That deal from GW Micro will *NOT* run under linux.  Fonix at
www.fonix.com did sell Software DECTalk for linux as a run time module
for $50.00.

Beware however, their website is loaded with javascript and won't accept
text browsers <yuck>.  Guess I'm gonna have to start messing with the UI
string in elinks to get past these bozos.  My elinks is configured for
JS and yet these sites insist my browser doesn't support JS; I don't
think so.  Sorry for the digression.

On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 09:10:49AM -0500, W. Nick Dotson wrote:
> VoiceWare's digitized human speech speech engine, Kate and Paul are the female and male voices respectively.
> 
> Nick
> 
> On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:57:56 -0400, propaine wrote:
> 
>  What's neo speech?
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: "Paul Migliorelli +1-303-552-6970" <paulmigs@migliorelli.org>
>  To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
>  Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:08 PM
>  Subject: New Speech??
> 
> 
>  > Hi all.  I've come to decide with my current state of hearing, probably 
>  > the only software speech I feel I can use is neo speech.  Any potential 
>  > for having that type of voice for the things we like to run?  Or, if I 
>  > can't have that, there is still dectalk which I do fine with.  Can one 
>  > still get software dectalk?  Thanks much.
>  > 
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Re: New Speech??

[Jonathan Duddington]

In article <20060906030801.GA26279@omnibase.migliorelli.org>,
   Paul Migliorelli +1-303-552-6970 <paulmigs@migliorelli.org> wrote:

> Hi all.  I've come to decide with my current state of hearing,
> probably the only software speech I feel I can use is neo speech. 
> Any potential for having that type of voice for the things we like
> to run?

W. Nick Dotson <nickdotson@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> > What's neo speech?
> VoiceWare's digitized human speech speech engine, Kate and Paul are
> the female and male voices respectively.

Does Neospeech run on Linux?  The demo piece sounds comparable with
"AT&T Natural Voices" and "ScanSoft RealSpeak", but perhaps those don't
do Linux (I have them running here on Windows).

I'm curious. Have you tried eSpeak ( http://espeak.sourceforge.net ) ? 
I'd be interested to hear how it compares with a modern commercial
synth for someone with hearing difficulties, for the purpose of
intelligibility.  Its speech isn't as natural as the commercial synths
of course, but that's not necessarily the same as intelligibility.

Re: New Speech??

[John Heim]

 I'd be interested to hear how it compares with a modern commercial
> synth for someone with hearing difficulties, for the purpose of
> intelligibility.  Its speech isn't as natural as the commercial synths
> of course, but that's not necessarily the same as intelligibility.


That's a good point. In fact, I was thinking about that on the bus on the 
way home last night. Somebody told me that they'd heard the new voice for 
Voiceover for the Mac and it sounded very human. It blew him away, he said. 
But that guy isn't blind.

That's what got me thinking. 80% of the time I use JAWS and Windows. The 
other 20 is speakup and a hardware synth. The default JAWS voice is quite 
nasally.  You can select voices that sound more natural but they're not as 
clear.

In fact, when people want to make sure they're understood, they usually 
speak in an unnatural tone. So I take it that you wrote espeak with 
intelligibility in mind rather than  trying to make it sound "real". If so, 
you've done a good job.

Re: New Speech??

[Steve Holmes]

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When I first used Espeak, I really wondered what I might be getting
into.  It sounded awkward but now I'm so used to it that I think little
of the slight British accent applied to some words and all that.  I now
run it about as fast as it will go:).

On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 09:21:09AM -0500, John Heim wrote:
> 
>  I'd be interested to hear how it compares with a modern commercial
> > synth for someone with hearing difficulties, for the purpose of
> > intelligibility.  Its speech isn't as natural as the commercial synths
> > of course, but that's not necessarily the same as intelligibility.
> 
> 
> That's a good point. In fact, I was thinking about that on the bus on the 
> way home last night. Somebody told me that they'd heard the new voice for 
> Voiceover for the Mac and it sounded very human. It blew him away, he said. 
> But that guy isn't blind.
> 
> That's what got me thinking. 80% of the time I use JAWS and Windows. The 
> other 20 is speakup and a hardware synth. The default JAWS voice is quite 
> nasally.  You can select voices that sound more natural but they're not as 
> clear.
> 
> In fact, when people want to make sure they're understood, they usually 
> speak in an unnatural tone. So I take it that you wrote espeak with 
> intelligibility in mind rather than  trying to make it sound "real". If so, 
> you've done a good job.
> 
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Re: New Speech??

[Cheryl Homiak]

Along the lines of dectalk speech, does anybody know where to  
download the dectalk software. I had purchased dectalk-5.0 and  
eventually lost it, but the link in the email fonix sent me doesn't  
seem to be working any more.

-- 
Cheryl
"Where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also".

Re: New Speech??

[Paul Migliorelli +1-303-552-6970]

Unfortunately, espeaks won't cut it for me at this point, nor will the 
other thing that sounds like eloquence.  Maybe with a laptop I'll need 
to use the reliable doubletalk lt, which I can certainly do, or move my 
dec express from desk to lap, but I'm hoping to keep things still kind 
of portable.

Re: New Speech??

[Cheryl Homiak]

I know this is OT, but speaking of the Mac, one can also now use  
acapela (spelling may be wrong) voices with voiceover; they aren't  
through Apple so it is an extra cost. I haven't heard that they can  
be used with linux.


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Cheryl
"Where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also".

Re: New Speech??

[Tyler Spivey]

Espeak is great. It just speaks too slowly. :)

any lister in Sacramento?

[Karen Lewellen]

I ask, as I will be visiting and working there for the next few days, and 
would not mind a first hand look at another person's Linux setup.
Thanks,
Karen