RE: speakup using different synths with software speech?

[Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt@csir.co.za>]

Not quite, What I am saying is that you can get a human sounding voice 
using espeak by adding mbrola to the mix.
If you like, you can email me and I can make you an example of what it 
sounds like.
I do not think Jonathan plan to change his synthesis method, but he has 
made some changes which made the sound a little less harsh and a bit more 
base.
Regards, Willem

 

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, James Homuth wrote:

> Thanks for that information, as much as it doesn't really answer the
> question except to say if you want improvement, use another synth. Is that
> to mean we won't be seeing any such improvements with Espeak? 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Willem van der Walt
> Sent: June 1, 2009 3:38 AM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: RE: speakup using different synths with software speech?
> 
> There is a way to use mbrola voices with espeak.  It is more human-sounding,
> but getting used to espeak standard voice does not take long.
> Regards, Willem
> 
> 
> On Sun, 31 May 2009, James Homuth wrote:
> 
> > Somewhat related, what's the likelyhood of Espeak voices getting 
> > improvements to be more... I'm not sure what the word for it is, other 
> > than human-sounding? That's been one of my main sticking points for 
> > why I'm still with Windows on my primary machine; that, plus I've not 
> > until now had time to test the accessibility of my particular 
> > preferred distribution. I did hear a demonstration a while back of a 
> > version of Espeak, and while I could definitely get used to it, I 
> > think I'd like it a whole lot better if it didn't sound quite as 
> > robotic. I'm not saying it should equal eloquence by any means, but 
> > the demo I heard kind of reminded me of the old Echo synths used on 
> > the early Apple computers. Good, but could be better, IMHO. Anyway, 
> > this was more a rambling/curiosity thing and by no means an attempt at 
> > criticism as I've not actually gotten it running locally yet, so for all I
> know my version of Espeak could already be improved over the demo I heard.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca 
> > [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
> > On Behalf Of Hermann
> > Sent: May 31, 2009 3:59 PM
> > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> > Subject: Re: speakup using different synths with software speech?
> > 
> > am So 31. Mai 2009 um 21:31:02 schrieb William Hubbs
> <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>:
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> > > Tyler,
> > > 
> > > I recommend getting used to espeak.  The version of eloquence on 
> > > linux is old, buggy, and they are not planning to upgrade it.
> > > 
> > He can look here:
> > http://voxin.oralux.net/index.php#main
> > I've bought a rather new version there a few months ago.
> > Works pretty well, but to use it with Speakup Speech-Dispatcher is
> required.
> > Note: Maybe the Emacspeak-server works as well; I remember having seen 
> > something in the install script.
> > Hermann
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