Re: question about DECtalk express voices and pitch

[Kenny Hitt <kenny@hittsjunk.net>]

Hi.  I'm replying to myself because I didn't keep ano of the replys from
the list.

I changed line 221 of speakup_dectlk.c from

{ PITCH, "[:dv ap %d]", 80, 0, 100, 20, 0, 0 },

to read
{ PITCH, "[:dv ap %d]", 80, 0, 200, 20, 0, 0 },

Basically, this changed the max value for pitch from 100 to 200.  The
female voices are about 100 higher in pitch than the male voices.  To
get everything working the way I want, I had to change the caps_start
and caps_stop in /proc/speakup to higher values.  My script for betty
looks like this.

#!/bin/bash
#changes the default voice on the DECtalk express to Betty
echo 4 >/proc/speakup/voice #changes voice
echo 150 >/proc/speakup/pitch #makes sure the pitch stays right
echo 300 >/proc/speakup/caps_start #needed cause female voices are
higher
echo 150 >/proc/speakup/caps_stop #keeps pitch from going to low

My editor wrapped a comment in this message, but you get the idea.

Hope this helps.
          Kenny

On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 08:05:15PM -0500, kenny wrote:
> Hi.  I just started using a DECtalk express.  I notice a strange problem
> when I use any voice except 0 (Paul).  If I change to another voice, it
> seems to work.  However, the pitch will change if I do anything like
> spelling a word with a capital letter.
> For example:
> change to voice 4 (Betty).  She sounds ok, but not exactly like my
> software DECtalk.  If I change the pitch by spelling a word with a
> capital letter or use insert 2 then inssert 3 to mess with the pitch the
> voice changes.  After that point, changing the pitch has little
> effect.  Voice 0 (Paul is the only voice that doesn't have this problem.
> In the case of Betty, the pitch becomes to low and you can't get the
> voice back unless you echo 4 to /proc/speakup/voice.
> Does anyone else have this problem, and does anyone know a solution?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
>           Kenny
> 
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