Sahil Gupta wrote:
Like to share who can record NZ / Australian voices?
Well, I have two studios and did the open source French Recordings, but
am in Italy at the moment and leaving for Spain tonight for Astricon.
I will be back in New Zealand in four weeks.
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Cheers,
Matt Riddell
I also have someone in New Zealand who has done some for our own
Asterisk server.
Mark Phillips wrote:
I've found a woman whom is happy to help make English voice files!
Ironic that she should be in New Zealand.
More when I have the files.
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Hi
In the end we found it easy to record our own using this section in
extensions.conf. This also meant that we could add our own company specific
ones in the same voice (not shown here). Basically you get someone to dial the
8NNN1 to record or 8NNN2 to playback. The prompts are shown below
I think you miss the point Andrew. She's not from NZ but from England.
She speaks English. Says six and not sex etc.
Mark
Andrew Thrift wrote:
I also have someone in New Zealand who has done some for our own
Asterisk server.
Mark Phillips wrote:
I've found a woman whom is happy to help
Like to share who can record NZ / Australian voices?
Regards,
Sahil Gupta
VoiceValley
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Mark Phillips wrote:
I think you miss the point Andrew. She's not from NZ but from England. She
speaks English. Says six and not sex etc.
Mark
Andrew Thrift wrote:
I also have
On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 02:15:06PM +0100, Paul Redstone wrote:
Hi
In the end we found it easy to record our own using this section in
extensions.conf. This also meant that we could add our own company specific
ones in the same voice (not shown here). Basically you get someone to dial
the
I've found a woman whom is happy to help make English voice files!
Ironic that she should be in New Zealand.
More when I have the files.
--
Mark, G7LTT/KC2ENI
Randolph, NJ
http://www.g7ltt.com
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Initially we recorded using 16 bit/8K sampling on the basis
that this is what is required by Asterisk but that was
really terrible. So we're sampling at higher rates on
the basis that we can use sox to change it as necessary. Any
thoughts on what we can do to
On 20 Sep 2004 at 12:38, Andreas Sikkema wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Initially we recorded using 16 bit/8K sampling on the basis
that this is what is required by Asterisk but that was
really terrible. So we're sampling at higher rates on
the basis that we can use sox to change
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On 20 Sep 2004 at 12:38, Andreas Sikkema wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Initially we recorded using 16 bit/8K sampling on the basis
that this is what is required by Asterisk but that was
really terrible. So we're sampling at higher rates on
the basis that we
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On 20 Sep 2004 at 12:38, Andreas
Hello,
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:48:19 +0100, Bill Seddon
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Steve
Can you offer some recommendations regarding the sox arguments to use? My
use of sox for down sampling is limited to this kind of command:
sox in.wav -r 8000 out.gsm
Are there other arguments that
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On 20 Sep 2004 at 12:38, Andreas
Bill == Bill Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Bill My use of sox for down sampling is limited to
Bill this kind of command:
Bill sox in.wav -r 8000 out.gsm
You really want to use the polyphase app in sox for resampling.
It is significantly slower than the other options, but that is
irrelevant
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Bill == Bill Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Bill My use of sox for down sampling is limited to
Bill this kind of command:
Bill sox in.wav -r 8000 out.gsm
You really want
-Users] English vs American voice files
OK, I've posted the orignal WAV files in 44.1KHZ x 16bit mono format here
http://g7ltt.dyndns.org:8010/VoIP/vmukmale-wav.tgz (26MB!)
Mark
Mark Phillips said:
Erm, didn't think of that. Stupidly I deleted the individual wav files.
Not a problem though
I've spent the afternoon recording all the files for the English speaking
VM etc. I've parked the file here http://www.g7ltt.com/VoIP/vmukmale.tgz
I did it with Audacity at 44.1KHz x 16bit and thenused sox to raise the
levels to -3db and then again to down sample them into 8KHz GSM files. The
few
Erm, didn't think of that. Stupidly I deleted the individual wav files.
Not a problem though as I have the 3 master files that I recorded them all
into. I'll just have to slice it up again. That'll be a few days as I've
got family arriving today.
Mark
Linus Surguy said:
I've spent the
OK, I've posted the orignal WAV files in 44.1KHZ x 16bit mono format here
http://g7ltt.dyndns.org:8010/VoIP/vmukmale-wav.tgz (26MB!)
Mark
Mark Phillips said:
Erm, didn't think of that. Stupidly I deleted the individual wav files.
Not a problem though as I have the 3 master files that I
OK Folks,
I've spent the afternoon recording all the files for the English speaking
VM etc. I've parked the file here http://www.g7ltt.com/VoIP/vmukmale.tgz
I did it with Audacity at 44.1KHz x 16bit and thenused sox to raise the
levels to -3db and then again to down sample them into 8KHz GSM
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Ah, this brings up an interesting point. I've noted that BT are calling #
square rather than hash. What do the other providers call it back in
Blighty?
'Hash' is by far the most common used
Hi,
Bill asked:
1) One of the recordings says please enter the full 10 digit
number starting with the area code. Any opinions on whether
this should be changed for the UK and, if so, to what?
Yes, definitely. How's about Please enter the full telephone number
including the STD code.
Any
sharper?
Bill Seddon
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Agreed. Lets not get involved with dictating how many numbers someone
dials here.
Yes, definitely. How's about Please enter the full telephone number
including the STD code.
--
Mark Phillips, G7LTT/KC2ENI
Randolph, NJ
http://www.g7ltt.com/
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1) One of the recordings says please enter the full 10 digit number
starting with the area code. Any opinions on whether this should be
changed for the UK and, if so, to what?
Whilst you might be targeting the UK, it is still best to keep it generic -
my suggestion would be simply 'please enter
Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
Could some clever wag that deals with the language bits of * create
some other languages like British, Aussie, SouthAfrican. I'd also
be looking for Welsh too (anyone here speak Taff?)
I don't, but I know people who do. I get the distinct impression
Bill Seddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My wife has been recording the text published on the wiki. A couple
of questions for you:
1) One of the recordings says please enter the full 10 digit number
starting with the area code. Any opinions on whether this should be
changed for the UK and, if
Bill Seddon wrote:
My wife has been recording the text published on the wiki. A couple of
questions for you:
1) One of the recordings says please enter the full 10 digit number
starting with the area code. Any opinions on whether this should be
changed for the UK and, if so, to what?
2) The
accent let
mi knorr. Al si thee.
Bill Seddon
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I thought about the TTS route. MS
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Looks like I've drawn the short straw here.
I do have the facilities and so can do a Male Southern England recording
but I'm still stuck for female (which seems to be customers preference). I
also have the techincal know how
rant
Especially when asked to press pound!
Pound! This is a pound £ not this #
rant-end
Mark, I would be happy to help and am actively seeking a suitable female,
and my father speaks taff !
D
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On 17 Sep 2004 at 8:22, Bill Seddon wrote:
My wife's got an appropriate Southern England (Wimbledon) accent and
I'm sure she would try her hand. Does anyone have a comprehensive
list of the words that need to be said? Matt, do you have them if
your wife's done a set for French users?
You
, September 17, 2004 5:01 AM
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Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] English vs American voice files
rant
Especially when asked to press pound!
Pound! This is a pound £ not this #
rant-end
Mark, I would be happy to help and am actively seeking
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Looks like I've drawn the short straw here.
I do have the facilities
rant
Especially when asked to press pound!
Pound! This is a pound £ not this #
rant-end
Mark, I would be happy to help and am actively seeking a suitable female,
and my father speaks taff !
English gentleman seeks female for oral project?
Hmmm...!
Linus
English gentleman seeks female for oral project?
Hmmm...!
Linus
nice one :)
SJ
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Ah, this brings up an interesting point. I've noted that BT are calling #
square rather than hash. What do the other providers call it back in
Blighty?
Before someone goes recording the files we'd better get the language
straight.
Mark
rant
Especially when asked to press pound!
Pound! This
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Ah, this brings up an interesting point. I've noted that BT are calling #
square rather than hash
Most Pbx's I have worked with use hash in the uk.
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Ah, this brings up
2004 16:51
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Ah, this brings up an interesting point. I've noted that BT are calling #
square rather than hash. What do the other providers call it back in
Blighty?
Before someone goes recording the files we'd better
Talk to Alison Smith she is not an American - She is Canadian!
Then ask her to be whatever you want her to be. Even a Brit.
http://www.theivrvoice.com
Am I just ranting here or does someone get my point?
--
Mark Phillips, G7LTT/KC2ENI
Randolph, NJ
http://www.g7ltt.com/
I agree! Rhetorical (www.rhetorical.com) have a really good Text-to-speech
system (good in the sense that its voice rendition is quite good). Much
better than Festival or Cephstral (IMHO). The advantage of a good TTS is
that it is possible to have control over exactly what's said, it can be
No disrespect to Alison (whom I know is a Canadian) intended but her
British accent is exactly that; British. It's very easy to hear that
she's not from Chipping Sodbury.
Also, do you really have the budget to spend on having all the relevant
files recorded at $12 a time. That works out to a lot
I thought about the TTS route. MS have a fairly good set that allows other
peoples engines to be added. The ATT plugin is quite good.
Perhaps I'll start there and post a few for you all to try.
Still no Taff speakers :-{
Bill Seddon said:
I agree! Rhetorical (www.rhetorical.com) have a
On 16 Sep 2004 at 20:37, Mark Phillips wrote:
No disrespect to Alison (whom I know is a Canadian) intended but her
British accent is exactly that; British. It's very easy to hear
that she's not from Chipping Sodbury.
Also, do you really have the budget to spend on having all the
relevant
Looks like I've drawn the short straw here.
I do have the facilities and so can do a Male Southern England recording
but I'm still stuck for female (which seems to be customers preference). I
also have the techincal know how as well as a web server.
OK folks, I'll start with the common things
On 16 Sep 2004 at 21:31, Mark Phillips wrote:
Looks like I've drawn the short straw here.
I do have the facilities and so can do a Male Southern England
recording but I'm still stuck for female (which seems to be customers
preference). I also have the techincal know how as well as a web
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