Re: speech synthesizers

2016-10-21 Thread Lloyd Rasmussen via Talk
n List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: speech synthesizers As do I. There are many newer ones which say they are human sounding, they are not, and in my opinion they are not as clear as easy to understand as the venerable DecTalk I wish I could get it on my iPhone. On Wednesday

RE: speech synthesizers

2016-10-21 Thread Rod Hutton via Talk
List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: speech synthesizers I just found this fascinating documentary on Youtube. It's called Klat's Last Tapes: a History of Speech Synthesis. It's amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=097K1uMIPyQ David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Spec

Re: speech synthesizers

2016-10-21 Thread David Goldfield via Talk
nt: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 4:15 AM >> To: CJ MAY <chrisalis...@gmail.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List >> <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> >> Subject: Re: speech synthesizers >> >> As do I. >> There are many newer ones which say they are human s

Re: speech synthesizers

2016-10-21 Thread David Goldfield via Talk
st > <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> > Subject: Re: speech synthesizers > > As do I. > There are many newer ones which say they are human sounding, they are not, > and in my opinion they are not as clear as easy to understand as the > venerable DecTalk I wish I could get it on my

Re: speech synthesizers

2016-10-21 Thread David Goldfield via Talk
ober 19, 2016 8:57 AM > To: Kevin Barry <krba...@gmail.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List > <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> > Subject: RE: speech synthesizers > > You can, sort of, its name is Fred. > > > -Original Message- > From: Talk > [mailto:talk-bounc

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2016-10-21 Thread David Goldfield via Talk
-- > From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+sclower=aisquared@lists.window-eyes.com] > On Behalf Of Chris Grabowski via Talk > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 8:57 AM > To: Kevin Barry <krba...@gmail.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List > <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> > Subje

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2016-10-19 Thread Linette Sukup via Talk
lis...@gmail.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: speech synthesizers As do I. There are many newer ones which say they are human sounding, they are not, and in my opinion they are not as clear as easy to understand as the venerable DecTalk I wish I could

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2016-10-19 Thread Kim Lingo via Talk
s Grabowski" <cgrabow...@aisquared.com>; "Window-Eyes Discussion List" <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 6:55 AM Subject: Re: speech synthesizers It seems to me that the more human sounding they try to make the synthesized voice, the more computer like

Re: speech synthesizers

2016-10-19 Thread Reeva Webb via Talk
-- > From: Larry Higgins via Talk > To: Chris Grabowski ; Window-Eyes Discussion List > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 9:55 AM > Subject: Re: speech synthesizers > > > It seems to me that the more human sounding they try to make the > synthesized voice, the more

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2016-10-19 Thread Loy via Talk
To: Chris Grabowski ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 9:55 AM Subject: Re: speech synthesizers It seems to me that the more human sounding they try to make the synthesized voice, the more computer like they end up sounding. I have, thank God, known, or have

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2016-10-19 Thread Pamela Dominguez via Talk
Barry via Talk Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 4:14 AM To: CJ MAY ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: speech synthesizers As do I. There are many newer ones which say they are human sounding, they are not, and in my opinion they are not as clear as easy to understand as the venerable

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2016-10-19 Thread Larry Higgins via Talk
:15 AM To: CJ MAY <chrisalis...@gmail.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: speech synthesizers As do I. There are many newer ones which say they are human sounding, they are not, and in my opinion they are not as clear as easy to understand as t

Re: speech synthesizers

2016-10-19 Thread Pamela Dominguez via Talk
Yes. Those voices are part of dec-talk. They just don't have the names they used to. Pam. -Original Message- From: Tom Fairhurst via Talk Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 11:15 PM To: Linette Sukup ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: speech synthesizers If you run

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2016-10-19 Thread Steve Clower via Talk
To: Kevin Barry <krba...@gmail.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: RE: speech synthesizers You can, sort of, its name is Fred. -Original Message- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of

RE: speech synthesizers

2016-10-19 Thread Chris Grabowski via Talk
<talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: speech synthesizers As do I. There are many newer ones which say they are human sounding, they are not, and in my opinion they are not as clear as easy to understand as the venerable DecTalk I wish I could get it on my iPhone. On Wednesday, October

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2016-10-19 Thread Kevin Barry via Talk
As do I. There are many newer ones which say they are human sounding, they are not, and in my opinion they are not as clear as easy to understand as the venerable DecTalk I wish I could get it on my iPhone. On Wednesday, October 19, 2016, CJ MAY via Talk < talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > I

RE: speech synthesizers

2016-10-19 Thread CJ MAY via Talk
I originally used Dectalk Express and despite the wide choice of much more human voices, I still prefer to use Dectalk Access 32. Alison ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent

Re: speech synthesizers

2016-10-18 Thread Reeva Webb via Talk
ay around with the > tone option, you'll find similar voices. > > -Original Message- From: Linette Sukup via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 7:04 PM > To: Reeva Webb ; Window-Eyes Discussion List > Subject: Re: speech synthesizers > > > > The Kurzweil reading machine

Re: speech synthesizers

2016-10-18 Thread Tom Fairhurst via Talk
If you run the DecTalk Access 32 synthesizer and play around with the tone option, you'll find similar voices. -Original Message- From: Linette Sukup via Talk Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 7:04 PM To: Reeva Webb ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: speech synthesizers

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2016-10-18 Thread Linette Sukup via Talk
The Kurzweil reading machine has a child's voice called Kit the Kid. Peace. Linette On 10/18/2016 4:02 PM, Reeva Webb via Talk wrote: Ok, this is semi random but anyone remember a synth from the mid to late '90s that had like child voices? They were somewhat real sounding. No, it wasn't

Re: speech synthesizers

2016-10-18 Thread Reeva Webb via Talk
Ok, this is semi random but anyone remember a synth from the mid to late '90s that had like child voices? They were somewhat real sounding. No, it wasn't vocalizer or dectalk or eloquence. I haven't heard them since but remember them from elementary school at that time. On Tuesday, October