possibly. i don't have a credit card, or any way to pay for it - and i can't fork out that sort of money yet. i've got the linux version capturing the emacs manual through vsound - at a speech rate of about 350. i had to rewrite all the punctuation settings. it's topping 1.2 gigs when i left home - been going for 12 hours now. not sure how long it's going to take, and it's at 22050 hz or about that. i'll probably abort the thing - since it is way, way too big for an mp3 file. but i had nothing to do, and some space to burn, so decided to do that. it doesn't seem to take up much of the CPU time, even on a p2-200. well, not sure about that, but the operation hasn't been affected of the web browser, or anything else. was thinking of converting the bible, but it's twice as big as the emacs manual, even with all punctions hcanged to spelling equivalent. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas D. Ward" <tward1978@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 10:23 AM Subject: Re: plan for software dectalk? > I think the problem you are experience is do to the default speech settings. > If you used the full version with emacspeak and reset the speech values you > can get vary near the classic dectalk sound. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tyler Spivey <tspivey8 at softhome.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 12:08 PM > Subject: Re: plan for software dectalk? > > > > i downloaded the demo, and the quality doesn't seem that great. > > dectalk is natorius for mumbling at high rates of speech. > > and software dectalk's demo doesn't even sound like a dectalk - it sound > > rather more winy, if you know what i mean. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "White, Matt" <mattw at cotse.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 4:56 AM > > Subject: Re: plan for software dectalk? > > > > > > > $50 does not seem like a lot of money to have quality, hardware free > > > speech. Hardware synthesizers are a lot more (at least $200) and you > > > don't get the portability that software synthesis offers. > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > <quote who="Tyler Spivey"> > > > > most of us can't afford software dectalk. $50 is a lot, and in canada > > > > it's doubled since it's probably in american dollars. > > > > the linux demo doesn't work, so i don't have any good way to try it. > the > > > > windows demo is... so-so, but very limiting. > > > > i hate having to load windows. i only use it for games, and maybe the > > > > occasional test of a new screen reader that i find - which is not > very > > > > good. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <jacobs at surferie.net> > > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM > > > > Subject: plan for software dectalk? > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hi speakup developers: > > > >> Just wondering if there are plans for speakup to support the linux > > > >> version of software dectalk, or whether it's even possible. It's > > > >> really the only good software synth for linux as far as voice quality > > > >> goes, imho, unless > > > > by > > > >> some miracle festival develops a sudden improvement. Are there plans > > > >> to support it at all? Is it even possible, given the way speakup is > > > >> designed? > > > >> > > > >> Thanks > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> Speakup mailing list > > > >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Matt B. White > > > Tel: 508.969.2836 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
