Thanks for the links, and I agree a proper man page or quickstart guide would be super useful for end users! (and not just speech synthesis researchers)
I checked out the YouTube videos, and I confess it was hard for me to understand what Gnuspeech was saying... Is there a reason why it doesn't sound nearly as natural as, say, Siri yet??? I think Gnuspeech is a great project, and really appreciate the development effort. I just wish it can be a real Free Software Siri text-to-speech killer! Thanks. On 28/10/2015, David Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > I hope to create a proper man page and add it fairly soon. It is clearly > necessary. > > You may be interested to listen to: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUrODiSkWk8&feature=youtu.be > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkwS3_gk69w > > and > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=png5B836yT4 > > The last item provides a comparison of gnuspeech and natural speech, > repeated three times (the examples are all repeated three times, in fact). > > All the artificial speech samples were created by gnuspeech from normally > punctuated plain text with no adjustments. The first set of samples were > created from the command line input option of gnuspeechsa without any change > in the initial options, as described in Appendix D of the Gnuspeech manual. > The second and third items were generated from Monet using the gnuspeech > program suite that runs on Mac OS X. > > I hope this helps. > > david > > -------- > David Hill > [email protected] > http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuspeech/ > http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnuspeech > https://savannah.gnu.org/users/davidhill > -------- > Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures > (Tao Te Ching #67) > --------- > > On Oct 26, 2015, at 10:23 50AM, Advrk Aplmrkt wrote: > >> Yes, it works now. But after hearing the defaults it sounds like lots >> of tweaking to the configuration is need to make the voice sound more >> real? Right now it sounds very funny, and not nearly as good as, say, >> Siri. Let me know if you have any tips for optimising the voice. >> >> Thanks for the instructions! >> >> On 23/10/2015, Marcelo Y. Matuda <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> To synthesize a short text: >>> >>> ./gnuspeech_sa -c ../gnuspeechsa-0.1.5/data/en/ -p param.txt \ >>> -o out.wav "This is a test." >>> >>> To synthesize from a text file: >>> >>> ./gnuspeech_sa -c ../gnuspeechsa-0.1.5/data/en/ -i input.txt \ >>> -p param.txt -o out.wav >>> >>> To test another voice, change the parameter voice_name in >>> ../gnuspeechsa-0.1.5/data/en/trm_control_model.config. >>> >>> You can change other parameters in that file, for example tempo and >>> pitch_offset. >>> >>> Try this in voice_male.config: >>> vocal_tract_length = 22.0 >>> reference_glottal_pitch = -20.0 >>> >>> Regards, >>> Marcelo >>> >>> On 10/21/2015 01:28 PM, David Hill wrote: >>>> As a first step, check out what is written in Appendix D of the Monet >>>> Manual concerning producing speech from gnuspeechsa. >>>> >>>> gnuspeechsa is a command-line program, and you should be able to >>>> produce >>>> speech by entering an appropriate command, which will result in a sound >>>> file in the location you specify which you can play. For example, if >>>> you >>>> are in the directory into which gnuspeechsa has been compiled, the >>>> command would be: >>>> >>>> ./gnuspeechsa -v -c ../../data/en -p trm_param_file.txt -o >>>> do-you-happen.wav "Do you happen to know by chance what time it is?" >>>> >>>> (Note that the manual has unfortunately got a misprint for this command >>>> example, by inserting a "\_" in gnuspeechsa.) >>>> >>>> There's a recording on YouTube of the resulting speech output that is >>>> produced, repeated three times at: >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUrODiSkWk8&feature=youtu.be >>>> >>>> I have also passed a copy of your email to the contributor responsible >>>> for gnuspeechsa. He has had to drop participation in GNU project for >>>> now, in order to take time out for other things, but may be able to >>>> make >>>> some helpful comments which I can pass on to you. >>>> >>>> In GNU/Linux applications users may use Gnuspeechsa for output from an >>>> application by using Speech-dispatcher: >>>> >>>> YELAVICH, LUKE , JAN BUCHAL, TOMAS CERHA, HYNEK HANKE, MILAN ZAMAZAL, >>>> C.M. BRANNON, WILLIAM HUBBS, ANDREI KHOLODNY (undated). Speech >>>> Dispatcher, http://devel.freebsoft.org/speechd, accessed 2015-07-24. >>>> >>>> Yes, the release manuals are quite technical, but the technology >>>> underlying synthetic speech is not simple. You can learn a lot by >>>> studying the background matyerial in the manuals, as well as some of >>>> the >>>> papers that are linked. >>>> >>>> Happy hacking! >>>> >>>> david >>>> -------- >>>> David Hill >>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuspeech/ >>>> http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnuspeech >>>> https://savannah.gnu.org/users/davidhill >>>> -------- >>>> Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest >>>> treasures (Tao Te Ching #67) >>>> --------- >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 5:58 49AM, Advrk Aplmrkt wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I just read about the latest release of Gnuspeech, and am eager to >>>>> take it for a spin. I'm not a speech synthesis researcher, I just like >>>>> to easily do text to speech with Free Software. >>>>> >>>>> I found the Gnuspeech Monet Manual 0.9 and the Gnuspeech TRAcT Manual >>>>> 0.9, but they look very dense and technical. I've got gnuspeech-sa >>>>> compiled and installed on my Fedora Linux system, but I have no idea >>>>> how to run it by feeding it either a .txt file or just direct input of >>>>> text from the command line. It seems to ask for some sort of >>>>> configuration file? >>>>> >>>>> What should I do to just get it to start speaking text? Is there a >>>>> quickstart guide or tutorial? Or maybe some preset "voices" I can pick >>>>> from? Thanks!! >> >> > > _______________________________________________ gnuspeech-contact mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnuspeech-contact
