Is it possible to use a software DECTalk under Linux? At 09:00 AM 7/4/04, you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Hey Ace, what you may be looking for is the software Dectalk. >On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 01:23:22AM -0700, ace wrote: > > I just heard a wav file of Festival's voice. IT sounds OK; it's > > understandable, but could use some inflection. > > > > At 08:34 PM 7/3/04, you wrote: > > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > >Hash: SHA1 > > > > > >The big thing festival needs to do better is pronunciation. The > > >entonations in particular and some word pronunciations are not good. > > >- --- > > >Joseph C. Lininger > > >jbahm at pcdesk.net > > >note, the following is used for automated processing. Please leave in > tact > > >if quoting me in a reply. > > >Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 > > >- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Ervin at Home" > > ><GlennErvin at cableone.net> > > >To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > >Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:32 AM > > >Subject: Re: What should Festival do better? (was: Speech Dispatcher > > >0.5ReleaseCandidate 1 available) > > > > > > > > >>As far as hardware synths, I am not comfortable using a computer > without a > > >>hardware synth. Even if for some reason I might prefer the software > > >>synth, > > >>we can only rely on a hardware synth if we are going to do any > tweaking to > > >>our system which might effect the audio output. > > >>Glenn > > >> > > >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Hynek Hanke" <hanke at volny.cz> > > >>To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > > >><speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > >>Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:51 AM > > >>Subject: What should Festival do better? (was: Speech Dispatcher 0.5 > > >>ReleaseCandidate 1 available) > > >> > > >> > > >>On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 08:25:25AM -0700, Hart Larry wrote: > > >>>Well, Hynek, so far the only speech I am really happy with are dectalk > > >>>and > > >>>eliquence--thanks > > >> > > >>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 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 > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >Version: PGP 8.0.3 > > > > > >iQA/AwUBQOd6uSenap9Jqj2wEQL3JQCdHVc4w3qBXhXP082x0uhkD7GJBXAAoLvD > > >lKvt1SDfRJG4CGTUIxl21Twf > > >=nzhY > > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > Robby > > ace at tundra-com.net > > Network Administrator - > > irc.talkingirc.com > > http://www.talkingirc.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >- -- >Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQFA6CmLNohoaf1zXJMRAjXWAJ0Zq1Mtl7H2Nb55+23S6d/MOJd2YwCfX8Sz >Il+iFqW1kFXyVI8+ebPyQzU= >=dLl7 >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup Robby ace at tundra-com.net Network Administrator - irc.talkingirc.com http://www.talkingirc.com