From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns1.wwwroot14.net ([63.247.65.50] helo=serve.wwwroot14.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BgTdk-0003oO-00 for ; Fri, 02 Jul 2004 15:24:04 -0400 Received: from d92.as1.dytn.oh.core.com ([207.90.102.93] helo=hannah.tundra-com.net) by serve.wwwroot14.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BgTdk-0007JS-Ib for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 02 Jul 2004 15:24:06 -0400 Message-Id: <6.1.2.0.2.20040702152244.02d56660@mail.tundra-com.net> X-Sender: ace@tundra-com.net@mail.tundra-com.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.2.0 Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 15:24:18 -0700 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." From: ace In-Reply-To: <20040702175825.GA4608@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20040702175825.GA4608@romuald.net.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - serve.wwwroot14.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tundra-com.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: 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: "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: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 19:24:05 -0000 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