Re: [Hpr] HPR By Request

2019-04-18 Thread Ken Fallon
On 2019-04-18 21:19, Jeroen Baten wrote:
> 
> I already did some testing at home. talking to my wife with the tv in
> the background.
> 
> The zoom will record all sounds. very clear, but really records everything.

My Zoon H2 has directional modes that limits the range to 120 or 90
degree by selecting the pointer keys either side of the menu. That
doesn't seem to be an option on the H4. It has a mic gain switch on the
side you can try that.


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Re: [Hpr] HPR By Request

2019-04-18 Thread Jeroen Baten
gt; the form
> > of PCM, to a calling program, so it can be used in other programs. I
> > don't think any other synth can do this.
> > 6. It can even return phonemes, a mode which I have used more
> than once
> > to provide a kind of 'fuzzy search' in a database.
> >
> > I regularly write and maintain library code, and application
> code, in C,
> > C++ and/or Python, as well as Perl, and many of these code libraries
> > have in excess of 100k lines.
> >
> > Including, incidentally, a library which used a combination of
> eSpeak
> > and OMX to render TTS directly on the GPU of a Raspberry Pi when
> 'they'
> > broke the ALSA driver on the Pi, which made the speech stutter
> and crash
> > the kernel, and refused to fix it for about four years.
> >
> > If I spent all my time bitching about how robotic eSpeak is I would
> > never get any work done.
> >
> > How much time do you spend when you should be writing code, worrying
> > about your wallpaper or the colour of your screen's background?
> >
> > Or do you just not notice it after a while?
> >
> > Well, after spending years writing code when I can't even see
> the Sun
> > when I stare directly at it, I can tell you I never notice what
> eSpeak
> > sounds like.
> >
> > I would probably be equally at home working with flite, festival, or
> > svox pico (which you missed).
> >
> > In addition, eSpeak is in use in NVDA, the free and Open Source
> Windows
> > screen reader which is currently giving the multi-hundreds of pounds
> > commercial offerings a real problem, and providing cash-strapped
> blind
> > users a chance.  Although now the Windows Narrator is catching up, I
> > still prefer NVDA and eSpeak.
> >
> > MaryTTS is bloated.  There was some excitement around it a few years
> > ago, but it has more or less faded away in the minds of the
> blind and VI
> > community, since it is so bloated and, as far as I know, nobody
> has ever
> > made a successful screen reader from it.
> >
> > Even if there was one, it would probably make a Raspberry Pi choke.
> > Whereas eSpeak runs snappily and happily on a 256k Raspberry Pi
> first-gen.
> >
> > The 'holy trinity' of the Linux GUI, as far as blind and VI
> users are
> > concerned, is:
> >
> > 1. Orca, the GTK screen reader, written in Python, and a work of
> art.
> > 2. speech-dispatcher, written in C, a TTS 'server' program which
> Orca
> > connects to to send text and get speech from it.
> > 3. eSpeak, although there are speech-dispatcher modules also for
> flite
> > and festival, eSpeak is the best one IMHO.
> >
> > In the console:
> >
> > 1. SpeakUp, kernel modules including speakup and speakup_soft
> which make
> > a console mode screen reader.
> > 2. espeakup, the SpeakUp to eSpeak connector.
>     > 3. eSpeak.
> >
> > eSpeak is gold dust.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> When I told Ken that I had an expensive weekend buying all kinds of
> po

Re: [Hpr] By request

2019-04-18 Thread Jeroen Baten
Well, I got the logo svg from Ken (Thanks Ken!)

and went to vistaprint, ordered a polo and uploaded a pdf of the svg.

That's it.

On 17-04-19 17:58, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> I want to know more about the spiffy HPR shirt!
>
> --Bob.
>
> On 2019-04-17 9:05 a.m., Jeroen Baten wrote:
>> And when it all comes together
>>
>> Thanks to the tip from Nigel this picture has been stripped from EXIF
>> GPS data.
>>
>> Greets, Jeroen
>>
>> On 16-04-19 22:19, Jeroen Baten wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> When I told Ken that I had an expensive weekend buying all kinds of
>>> podcast stuff to do interviews at upcoming events he suggested to
>>> share pictures here.
>>>
>>> So, here goes.
>>>
>>> https://wetransfer.com/downloads/00e6f5149d5a51f1528737a4478517ed20190416173113/8cd364825230402ccdfec78abb96945220190416173113/07c2da
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jeroen
>>>
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Re: [Hpr] HPR By Request

2019-04-17 Thread lostnbronx
be equally at home working with flite, festival, or
> > svox pico (which you missed).
> >
> > In addition, eSpeak is in use in NVDA, the free and Open Source Windows
> > screen reader which is currently giving the multi-hundreds of pounds
> > commercial offerings a real problem, and providing cash-strapped blind
> > users a chance.  Although now the Windows Narrator is catching up, I
> > still prefer NVDA and eSpeak.
> >
> > MaryTTS is bloated.  There was some excitement around it a few years
> > ago, but it has more or less faded away in the minds of the blind and VI
> > community, since it is so bloated and, as far as I know, nobody has ever
> > made a successful screen reader from it.
> >
> > Even if there was one, it would probably make a Raspberry Pi choke.
> > Whereas eSpeak runs snappily and happily on a 256k Raspberry Pi
> first-gen.
> >
> > The 'holy trinity' of the Linux GUI, as far as blind and VI users are
> > concerned, is:
> >
> > 1. Orca, the GTK screen reader, written in Python, and a work of art.
> > 2. speech-dispatcher, written in C, a TTS 'server' program which Orca
> > connects to to send text and get speech from it.
> > 3. eSpeak, although there are speech-dispatcher modules also for flite
> > and festival, eSpeak is the best one IMHO.
> >
> > In the console:
> >
> > 1. SpeakUp, kernel modules including speakup and speakup_soft which make
> > a console mode screen reader.
> > 2. espeakup, the SpeakUp to eSpeak connector.
> > 3. eSpeak.
> >
> > eSpeak is gold dust.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> --
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> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:19:48 +0200
> From: Jeroen Baten 
> To: "hpr@hackerpublicradio.org" 
> Subject: [Hpr] By request
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>
> Hi,
>
> When I told Ken that I had an expensive weekend buying all kinds of
> podcast stuff to do interviews at upcoming events he suggested to share
> pictures here.
>
> So, here goes.
>
>
> https://wetransfer.com/downloads/00e6f5149d5a51f1528737a4478517ed20190416173113/8cd364825230402ccdfec78abb96945220190416173113/07c2da
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeroen
>
> --
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> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:17:53 +0200
> From: Yannick 
> To: Jeroen Baten 
> Cc: "hpr@hackerpublicradio.org" 
> Subject: Re: [Hpr] By request
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> Ha !  Now you owe Ken at least two episodes : one review of this gear and
> at least one interview ! ?
>
> Yannick
>
> Envoy? de mon iPhone
>
> > Le 16 avr. 2019 ? 22:19, Jeroen Baten  a ?crit :
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > When I told Ken that I had an expensive weekend buying all kinds of
> podcast stuff to do interviews at upcoming events he suggested to share
> pictures here.
> >
> > So, here goes.
> >
> >
> https://wetransfer.com/downloads/00e6f5149d5a51f1528737a4478517ed20190416173113/8cd364825230402ccdfec78abb96945220190416173113/07c2da
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jeroen
> >
> > --
> > Jeroen Baten  | EMAIL :  jba...@i2rs.nl
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> Netherlands
>

Re: [Hpr] By request

2019-04-17 Thread Bob Jonkman

I want to know more about the spiffy HPR shirt!

--Bob.

On 2019-04-17 9:05 a.m., Jeroen Baten wrote:

And when it all comes together

Thanks to the tip from Nigel this picture has been stripped from EXIF
GPS data.

Greets, Jeroen

On 16-04-19 22:19, Jeroen Baten wrote:


Hi,

When I told Ken that I had an expensive weekend buying all kinds of
podcast stuff to do interviews at upcoming events he suggested to
share pictures here.

So, here goes.

https://wetransfer.com/downloads/00e6f5149d5a51f1528737a4478517ed20190416173113/8cd364825230402ccdfec78abb96945220190416173113/07c2da

Regards,

Jeroen

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Re: [Hpr] By request

2019-04-17 Thread Jeroen Baten
And when it all comes together

Thanks to the tip from Nigel this picture has been stripped from EXIF
GPS data.

Greets, Jeroen

On 16-04-19 22:19, Jeroen Baten wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> When I told Ken that I had an expensive weekend buying all kinds of
> podcast stuff to do interviews at upcoming events he suggested to
> share pictures here.
>
> So, here goes.
>
> https://wetransfer.com/downloads/00e6f5149d5a51f1528737a4478517ed20190416173113/8cd364825230402ccdfec78abb96945220190416173113/07c2da
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeroen
>
> -- 
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Re: [Hpr] By request

2019-04-16 Thread Yannick
Ha !  Now you owe Ken at least two episodes : one review of this gear and at 
least one interview ! 😀

Yannick 

Envoyé de mon iPhone

> Le 16 avr. 2019 à 22:19, Jeroen Baten  a écrit :
> 
> Hi,
> 
> When I told Ken that I had an expensive weekend buying all kinds of podcast 
> stuff to do interviews at upcoming events he suggested to share pictures here.
> 
> So, here goes.
> 
> https://wetransfer.com/downloads/00e6f5149d5a51f1528737a4478517ed20190416173113/8cd364825230402ccdfec78abb96945220190416173113/07c2da
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jeroen
> 
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[Hpr] By request

2019-04-16 Thread Jeroen Baten
Hi,

When I told Ken that I had an expensive weekend buying all kinds of
podcast stuff to do interviews at upcoming events he suggested to share
pictures here.

So, here goes.

https://wetransfer.com/downloads/00e6f5149d5a51f1528737a4478517ed20190416173113/8cd364825230402ccdfec78abb96945220190416173113/07c2da

Regards,

Jeroen

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