Hello! Thanks for responding so quickly.
Actually I do have normal sight (other than moderate-severe myopia which I have to wear glasses for), do a lot of people without normal sight use Gnuspeech? I'd love to learn how to tweak the voice to be more intelligible for me. I'd like to use text-to-speech for several use cases, but at this moment I am exploring whether I can have the computer narrate a video my group is making, instead of having to have a real human record it. In this case I hope the synthesised voice can sound as natural as possible. So I guess this leads back to the man page. :) I am especially excited to hear that listening to Gnuspeech-synthesised voice is less tiring, this would also help with the narration I hope for it to do! Thank you for developing a great piece of software. I am not a speech synthesise academic, nor a programmer, do let everyone know how to support development! What about something on https://freedomsponsors.org/? On 01/11/2015, David Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for your positive, supportive comments. > > If you find the speech less intelligible that it should be there are two > possibilities. > > First you are encountering a new accent that is different to the computer > voices to which you are accustomed. > > Second, the speech quality is optomised for a high-fideility audio system. A > typical computer audio system tends to distort the spectrum (e.g. losing > either the low frequencies or the high frequencies, depending on the > system). > > You may also prefer a higher or lower pitch than the samples. That is a > matter of setting the controls, which is why a man page is really necessary > for gnuspeechsa. > > Informal subjective tests suggested that the speech over a good quality > audio system is highly intelligible, and much less tiring to listen to for > long periods than other systems because the intonation and rhythm are so > much more natural. > > Am I right in thinking that you do not have normal sight? > > All good wishes. > > david > > On Nov 1, 2015, at 9:45 15AM, Advrk Aplmrkt wrote: > >> 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
