-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The idea of embedded commands sounds good, but the current Speech-dispatcher module is using eSpeak's command line interface. Allowing embedded control commands would, I think, require a specific eSpeak module, which wouldn't at all be a bad thing, and in fact is probably needed anyway,but the sound device fix would no longer work properly. At this point, eSpeak is going to exit when the sound device is in use. If we implement embedded control commands, it would require that eSpeak keep running no matter what until Speech-dispatcher is stopped. In that case, if the sound device is in use, eSpeak will need to simply skip speaking rather than exit completely. Over all, I really like the idea, and the Doubletalk command set, if you can find it, :) would be a good place to start. Regarding your pitch adjustment question, the pitch adjustment should be plus or minus the base pitch of the voice in question. For example, the base pitch could be 0, a negative number would lower the pitch, and a positive number could raise the pitch. Another way to implement this option would be to set your default pitch in the middle and define a highest and lowest pitch. Then 0 could map to the lowest pitch and 100 or whatever could map to the highest pitch for a specific voice. I personally prefer the plus/minus implementation, but most other hardware and software synthesizers available today seem to use the default to middle approach. It's your call. In either case, the formant frequencies probably don't need to be changed along with the pitch, at this point you can try just changing the pitch itself. Thanks much and hope this helps some, Lorenzo - -- You will inherit millions of dollars. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEPl4BG9IpekrhBfIRAuOJAKDCzyMYAgylV8xjZLZX4/GtMf62YwCgknhI UOx26AOVqWP5anAj61J8scg= =vf4q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
