Hi. I'm replying to myself because I didn't keep ano of the replys from
the list.
I changed line 221 of speakup_dectlk.c from
{ PITCH, "[:dv ap %d]", 80, 0, 100, 20, 0, 0 },
to read
{ PITCH, "[:dv ap %d]", 80, 0, 200, 20, 0, 0 },
Basically, this changed the max value for pitch from 100 to 200. The
female voices are about 100 higher in pitch than the male voices. To
get everything working the way I want, I had to change the caps_start
and caps_stop in /proc/speakup to higher values. My script for betty
looks like this.
#!/bin/bash
#changes the default voice on the DECtalk express to Betty
echo 4 >/proc/speakup/voice #changes voice
echo 150 >/proc/speakup/pitch #makes sure the pitch stays right
echo 300 >/proc/speakup/caps_start #needed cause female voices are
higher
echo 150 >/proc/speakup/caps_stop #keeps pitch from going to low
My editor wrapped a comment in this message, but you get the idea.
Hope this helps.
Kenny
On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 08:05:15PM -0500, kenny wrote:
> Hi. I just started using a DECtalk express. I notice a strange problem
> when I use any voice except 0 (Paul). If I change to another voice, it
> seems to work. However, the pitch will change if I do anything like
> spelling a word with a capital letter.
> For example:
> change to voice 4 (Betty). She sounds ok, but not exactly like my
> software DECtalk. If I change the pitch by spelling a word with a
> capital letter or use insert 2 then inssert 3 to mess with the pitch the
> voice changes. After that point, changing the pitch has little
> effect. Voice 0 (Paul is the only voice that doesn't have this problem.
> In the case of Betty, the pitch becomes to low and you can't get the
> voice back unless you echo 4 to /proc/speakup/voice.
> Does anyone else have this problem, and does anyone know a solution?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Kenny
>
>
