Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
Steve Edwards wrote: On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everyone for the reply. Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert Text to Speech. I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the sound quality of Festival somehow. Cepstral with Allison is only $30. I did a demo IVR for a potential client and it was hard to tell the TTS bits from the human bits. If I took the time to learn Cepstral's markup language I probably could have fooled myself :) Thanks in advance, Are there any tools like these for Dutch language Asterisk installs?... -- Francesco Peeters no sigs on this machine! :-o ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
Maybe the Alison voice is better, but I've found Cepstral to be a bit too mechanical. I'm using Ceptral Millie (since a UK accent is more acceptable in Australia than an American one) The best TTS engine I've /ever/ run in to was Nuance Realspeak (see http://www.nuance.com/realspeak/) though I don't believe it's cheap - last time I looked it was a couple of hundred dollars per channel. The demo is back online after a long absence (though you do need to register to use it) Francesco Peeters wrote: Steve Edwards wrote: On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everyone for the reply. Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert Text to Speech. I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the sound quality of Festival somehow. Cepstral with Allison is only $30. I did a demo IVR for a potential client and it was hard to tell the TTS bits from the human bits. If I took the time to learn Cepstral's markup language I probably could have fooled myself :) Thanks in advance, Are there any tools like these for Dutch language Asterisk installs?... ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
2008/3/23, Rob Hillis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Maybe the Alison voice is better, but I've found Cepstral to be a bit too mechanical. I'm using Ceptral Millie (since a UK accent is more acceptable in Australia than an American one) The best TTS engine I've *ever* run in to was Nuance Realspeak (see http://www.nuance.com/realspeak/) could you integrate with asterisk ? how did you proceed , cheers though I don't believe it's cheap - last time I looked it was a couple of hundred dollars per channel. The demo is back online after a long absence (though you do need to register to use it) Francesco Peeters wrote: Steve Edwards wrote: On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everyone for the reply. Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert Text to Speech. I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the sound quality of Festival somehow. Cepstral with Allison is only $30. I did a demo IVR for a potential client and it was hard to tell the TTS bits from the human bits. If I took the time to learn Cepstral's markup language I probably could have fooled myself :) Thanks in advance, Are there any tools like these for Dutch language Asterisk installs?... ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
What is the best alternative for getting the IVR and other prompts recorded for Asterisk. Regards, Sanjay. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
At 15:21 3/11/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the best alternative for getting the IVR and other prompts recorded for Asterisk. Regards, Sanjay. What have you tried so far? ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the best alternative for getting the IVR and other prompts recorded for Asterisk. Because of the number of existing recordings, wouldn't Allison be the best and most cost-effective solution? ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
On Tuesday 11 March 2008 16:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the best alternative for getting the IVR and other prompts recorded for Asterisk. We decided to record our own. We set up a recording studio, and that has worked out very well for us. Let me know if we can help. Ron ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
Thanks everyone for the reply. Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert Text to Speech. I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the sound quality of Festival somehow. Regards, Sanjay. - Original Message - From: Ron Joffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30:44 AM (GMT+0530) Asia/Calcutta Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded. On Tuesday 11 March 2008 16:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the best alternative for getting the IVR and other prompts recorded for Asterisk. We decided to record our own. We set up a recording studio, and that has worked out very well for us. Let me know if we can help. Ron ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everyone for the reply. Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert Text to Speech. I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the sound quality of Festival somehow. Cepstrel is good, cheap, and now has an Allison (yes, THAT Allison) voice! Steve ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
On Tuesday 11 March 2008 16:33:38 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the sound quality of Festival somehow. No, but you could try Cepstral: http://www.cepstral.com/ -- Tilghman ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 03:03:38AM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everyone for the reply. Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert Text to Speech. I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the sound quality of Festival somehow. What language do you want? There are UK English versions of the 1.2 release available from www.tel.net, I should have the 1.4 version up very soon. They were recorded by Jay Benham (links from the site). In terms of text-to-speech there are several solutions, have a look at www.talklets.com who run a text-to-speech (well accessibility, but TTS as part of it) software as a service solution. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/Mac stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everyone for the reply. Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert Text to Speech. I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the sound quality of Festival somehow. Cepstral with Allison is only $30. I did a demo IVR for a potential client and it was hard to tell the TTS bits from the human bits. If I took the time to learn Cepstral's markup language I probably could have fooled myself :) Thanks in advance, Steve Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
Thanks a lot everyone, I will go ahead and try Cepstral. Regards, Sanjay. - Original Message - From: Steve Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54:50 AM (GMT+0530) Asia/Calcutta Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded. On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everyone for the reply. Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert Text to Speech. I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the sound quality of Festival somehow. Cepstral with Allison is only $30. I did a demo IVR for a potential client and it was hard to tell the TTS bits from the human bits. If I took the time to learn Cepstral's markup language I probably could have fooled myself :) Thanks in advance, Steve Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
