I suggest we all (Marcelo, Sina, and I) apply to join the gnuspeech project. Marcelo, send your admin request again to [email protected]. Maybe the first was lost. We may need to follow up with email to [email protected] (GNU volunteer coordinator).
Regards —Paul > On Mar 21, 2023, at 06:29, Marcelo Mat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Paul, > > I sent an email to [email protected] last year but they didn't reply. > > Marcelo > >> On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 8:54 PM Paul Tyson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Sina, >> >> Marcelo did not mention his own important contributions in this area, >> including a c++ port of gnuspeech (https://github.com/mym-br/gnuspeech_sa) >> and a derivative project, gama_tts (https://mym.eng.br/gama_tts.html). >> >> I have been interested in this for a long time, but only as a hobbyist. It >> is far removed from my daily work. I would like to see an active open-source >> project for articulatory speech synthesis, but I don't have many skills to >> contribute. I could perhaps help with testing and documentation. I don't >> know much about text-to-speech, c++ development, or open-source project >> administration. >> >> If gnuspeech is to continue as a GNU package, it will first need a new >> admin. Are any of the current members interested in becoming admin? If so, >> send a note to [email protected]. I'm not sure the GNU organization knows >> about David Hill's passing, or that the project needs a new maintainer. >> >> Regards, >> --Paul >> >>> On 3/20/23 16:09, Marcelo Matuda wrote: >>> Hi Sina, >>> >>> Currently this project doesn't have an admin, after David Hill passed away >>> last year. >>> >>> You don't like the UI? :) >>> >>> Marcelo >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 11:34 AM Sina Fesahati(Encrypted Messaging) via >>> gnuspeech-contact <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> I've recently become familiar with gnuspeech(or GNU Speech) project by >>>> chance when I was discovering FTP server of GNU project. >>>> >>>> The most interesting part of this project for me was about academical >>>> papers and models used to develop backend side of application (which >>>> mainly participated by professor David Hill). >>>> >>>> However this project unfortunately never got any update or development >>>> since 2015 , as a result I have interested to develop and also try to >>>> revive gnuspeech project for demand of open source community in generating >>>> TTS content and rely on software to use commercial and non-commercial use >>>> without fear of non-open-source licensing problems. >>>> >>>> I also have some recommendations for the future versions of gnuspeech: >>>> >>>> -Ability to speech recognition >>>> >>>> -Improving algorithms with recently published papers and mathematical >>>> models in sound engineering and other related branches(especially open >>>> access articles). >>>> >>>> -Modern User Interface (also opportunities for contributions related to >>>> graphical design) >>>> >>>> -Maybe alternative for commercial virtual assistants :) >>>> >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Sina Fesahati >>>> https://github.com/sinafi >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gnuspeech-contact mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnuspeech-contact >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnuspeech-contact mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnuspeech-contact >> _______________________________________________ >> gnuspeech-contact mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnuspeech-contact
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