DoubleTalk stil going strong

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However, when puting a Doubletalk threw a mixer, an older one, every time it 
stops speaking, there is a pop.
Thanks,
Nick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Pirika" <apirika@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" 
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Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 12:32 PM
Subject: RE: DoubleTalk stil going strong


> Hi. That's a very interesting aproach. I guess also that putting the
> synth through a mixer and doing some equalization could produce similar
> results. When listening to ACBRadio's main menu, the doubletalk sounded
> pretty good, actually, probably because of a combination of mp3
> filtering, caused by lower sample rates, and mixing.
>
> Arthur.
>
>
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> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of .dan.
> Sent: Wednesday, 3 November 2004 3:19 a.m.
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: DoubleTalk stil going strong
>
>
>
> Regarding dectalk and doubletalk speech, some of us prefer the latter.
> I have used both and like the performance and speech of doubletalk over
> the other.  To modify the sound quality, but not the nature of the
> speech itself, I have found that placing a folded thick cloth over the
> speaker on the doubltalk lt. shapes the sound output in a more natural
> way, filtering out some of the extrainious higher frequences above
> approximately4 kh. This is the range above which the telephone cuts off
> speech also for best intelligibility.  The sound some find objectionable
> is in my experience a matter of extrainious sounds created by the
> speaker in the synth. box, very cheap junck, and not the text to speech
> chip itself.  Using a combination of cloth filtering and the sound
> controls of the speech software, one can greatly modify the sound
> quality and intelligibility to one's preference. I would imagine this
> approach works also with the internal doubletalk and it's external
> speaker.
>
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