Not quite, What I am saying is that you can get a human sounding voice using espeak by adding mbrola to the mix. If you like, you can email me and I can make you an example of what it sounds like. I do not think Jonathan plan to change his synthesis method, but he has made some changes which made the sound a little less harsh and a bit more base. Regards, Willem On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, James Homuth wrote: > Thanks for that information, as much as it doesn't really answer the > question except to say if you want improvement, use another synth. Is that > to mean we won't be seeing any such improvements with Espeak? > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Willem van der Walt > Sent: June 1, 2009 3:38 AM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: RE: speakup using different synths with software speech? > > There is a way to use mbrola voices with espeak. It is more human-sounding, > but getting used to espeak standard voice does not take long. > Regards, Willem > > > On Sun, 31 May 2009, James Homuth wrote: > > > Somewhat related, what's the likelyhood of Espeak voices getting > > improvements to be more... I'm not sure what the word for it is, other > > than human-sounding? That's been one of my main sticking points for > > why I'm still with Windows on my primary machine; that, plus I've not > > until now had time to test the accessibility of my particular > > preferred distribution. I did hear a demonstration a while back of a > > version of Espeak, and while I could definitely get used to it, I > > think I'd like it a whole lot better if it didn't sound quite as > > robotic. I'm not saying it should equal eloquence by any means, but > > the demo I heard kind of reminded me of the old Echo synths used on > > the early Apple computers. Good, but could be better, IMHO. Anyway, > > this was more a rambling/curiosity thing and by no means an attempt at > > criticism as I've not actually gotten it running locally yet, so for all I > know my version of Espeak could already be improved over the demo I heard. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > > On Behalf Of Hermann > > Sent: May 31, 2009 3:59 PM > > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > > Subject: Re: speakup using different synths with software speech? > > > > am So 31. Mai 2009 um 21:31:02 schrieb William Hubbs > <w.d.hubbs at gmail.com>: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Tyler, > > > > > > I recommend getting used to espeak. The version of eloquence on > > > linux is old, buggy, and they are not planning to upgrade it. > > > > > He can look here: > > http://voxin.oralux.net/index.php#main > > I've bought a rather new version there a few months ago. > > Works pretty well, but to use it with Speakup Speech-Dispatcher is > required. > > Note: Maybe the Emacspeak-server works as well; I remember having seen > > something in the install script. > > Hermann > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > -- > This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail > legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. > The full disclaimer details can be found at > http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. > > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec > Computers for their support. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support.
