* dectalk express updates
@ William Hubbs
` Jayson Smith
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From: William Hubbs @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: speakup mailing list
All,
I just updated the dectalk express driver based on a manual that Kirk
sent to me. The new driver version is 2.17.
We were using the wrong value for the volume command: It should be [:dv
g5 xx] where xx is between 60 and 86, so I have defined that and set 73
as the default.
Also, I have set the default rate and the range of rates to match what
the manual says, which is: Default rate is 180 and range is from 75 to
650.
I am unable to find the documentation for the command we are using to
set the pitch, which is [:dv ap xx]. I need to know what the possible
values of xx for this command are, and whether you can give relative
values like [:dv ap +50] or something similar. Using absolute pitch
settings for caps indication makes it so that a user can't set their
pitch to anything away from the default value.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks,
William
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* Re: dectalk express updates
dectalk express updates William Hubbs
@ ` Jayson Smith
` William Hubbs
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jayson Smith @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
The value for the [:dv ap XXX] is a frequency, in HZ. This is the base pitch
of the synthesizer. If you set [:dv pr 0] which allows for no pitch range
(the default is 100) you will get a robotic voice at the frequency the ap
value has. ap stands for Average Pitch. I think the lowest acceptable value
is 50 and the highest is somewhere between 500 and 600. No idea about
incremental adjustments though.
Jayson
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Hubbs" <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>
To: "speakup mailing list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:55 PM
Subject: dectalk express updates
> All,
>
> I just updated the dectalk express driver based on a manual that Kirk
> sent to me. The new driver version is 2.17.
>
> We were using the wrong value for the volume command: It should be [:dv
> g5 xx] where xx is between 60 and 86, so I have defined that and set 73
> as the default.
>
> Also, I have set the default rate and the range of rates to match what
> the manual says, which is: Default rate is 180 and range is from 75 to
> 650.
>
> I am unable to find the documentation for the command we are using to
> set the pitch, which is [:dv ap xx]. I need to know what the possible
> values of xx for this command are, and whether you can give relative
> values like [:dv ap +50] or something similar. Using absolute pitch
> settings for caps indication makes it so that a user can't set their
> pitch to anything away from the default value.
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> William
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* Re: dectalk express updates
` Jayson Smith
@ ` William Hubbs
` Jayson Smith
` Jason White
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: William Hubbs @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Jason,
do you know what the default for [:dv ap xx] is?
Thanks,
William
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 04:50:30PM -0400, Jayson Smith wrote:
> The value for the [:dv ap XXX] is a frequency, in HZ. This is the base pitch
> of the synthesizer. If you set [:dv pr 0] which allows for no pitch range
> (the default is 100) you will get a robotic voice at the frequency the ap
> value has. ap stands for Average Pitch. I think the lowest acceptable value
> is 50 and the highest is somewhere between 500 and 600. No idea about
> incremental adjustments though.
> Jayson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Hubbs" <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>
> To: "speakup mailing list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:55 PM
> Subject: dectalk express updates
>
>
> > All,
> >
> > I just updated the dectalk express driver based on a manual that Kirk
> > sent to me. The new driver version is 2.17.
> >
> > We were using the wrong value for the volume command: It should be [:dv
> > g5 xx] where xx is between 60 and 86, so I have defined that and set 73
> > as the default.
> >
> > Also, I have set the default rate and the range of rates to match what
> > the manual says, which is: Default rate is 180 and range is from 75 to
> > 650.
> >
> > I am unable to find the documentation for the command we are using to
> > set the pitch, which is [:dv ap xx]. I need to know what the possible
> > values of xx for this command are, and whether you can give relative
> > values like [:dv ap +50] or something similar. Using absolute pitch
> > settings for caps indication makes it so that a user can't set their
> > pitch to anything away from the default value.
> >
> > Any assistance would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > William
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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` William Hubbs
@ ` Jayson Smith
` Jason White
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jayson Smith @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Hi,
I'm pretty sure the default for average pitch is 120.
Jayson
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Hubbs" <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: dectalk express updates
> Jason,
>
> do you know what the default for [:dv ap xx] is?
>
> Thanks,
>
> William
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 04:50:30PM -0400, Jayson Smith wrote:
>> The value for the [:dv ap XXX] is a frequency, in HZ. This is the base
>> pitch
>> of the synthesizer. If you set [:dv pr 0] which allows for no pitch range
>> (the default is 100) you will get a robotic voice at the frequency the ap
>> value has. ap stands for Average Pitch. I think the lowest acceptable
>> value
>> is 50 and the highest is somewhere between 500 and 600. No idea about
>> incremental adjustments though.
>> Jayson
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "William Hubbs" <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>
>> To: "speakup mailing list" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:55 PM
>> Subject: dectalk express updates
>>
>>
>> > All,
>> >
>> > I just updated the dectalk express driver based on a manual that Kirk
>> > sent to me. The new driver version is 2.17.
>> >
>> > We were using the wrong value for the volume command: It should be
>> > [:dv
>> > g5 xx] where xx is between 60 and 86, so I have defined that and set 73
>> > as the default.
>> >
>> > Also, I have set the default rate and the range of rates to match what
>> > the manual says, which is: Default rate is 180 and range is from 75 to
>> > 650.
>> >
>> > I am unable to find the documentation for the command we are using to
>> > set the pitch, which is [:dv ap xx]. I need to know what the possible
>> > values of xx for this command are, and whether you can give relative
>> > values like [:dv ap +50] or something similar. Using absolute pitch
>> > settings for caps indication makes it so that a user can't set their
>> > pitch to anything away from the default value.
>> >
>> > Any assistance would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > William
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Speakup mailing list
>> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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` William Hubbs
` Jayson Smith
@ ` Jason White
` Jayson Smith
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jason White @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: speakup
William Hubbs <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> wrote:
>
>do you know what the default for [:dv ap xx] is?
I can't find my copy of the DECTALK documentation just now, but if memory
serves, the default depends on the selected voice.
We don't want the user to choose one voice and have the pitch set
appropriately for a different voice.
I think there's a table somewhere in the manual which summarizes the default
parameters for all of the voices, but I might be thinking of the DECTALK-PC
manual rather than the Express (I've used both and currently have an Express),
or I might be mistaken entirely.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* Re: dectalk express updates
` Jason White
@ ` Jayson Smith
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jayson Smith @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Yes, good point. I think the old DECtalk PC manual goes into much greater
detail about customizing voices than the Express manual.
Jayson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason White" <jason@jasonjgw.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: dectalk express updates
> William Hubbs <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>do you know what the default for [:dv ap xx] is?
>
> I can't find my copy of the DECTALK documentation just now, but if memory
> serves, the default depends on the selected voice.
>
> We don't want the user to choose one voice and have the pitch set
> appropriately for a different voice.
>
> I think there's a table somewhere in the manual which summarizes the
> default
> parameters for all of the voices, but I might be thinking of the
> DECTALK-PC
> manual rather than the Express (I've used both and currently have an
> Express),
> or I might be mistaken entirely.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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