Jaws has an exceptionally crappy sapi5 interface. It always has, always will, and this is no exception.
On 8/21/2006, 4:35:40 PM EDT, Nick wrote: > Unfortunately, this isn't what most of us want to hear. read before using. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Bunnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "joseli Walter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "model talker list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 2:30 PM > Subject: Re: [MT-TTS] pitch issue >> Folks, >> >> Now that you are able to get the MT SAPI interface working (thanks to >> Josh), I should point out again that our own experiences using MT with >> jaws have been less than rewarding. Working with the demo version 7.1 of >> Jaws, I have seen all of the following problems (keep in mind that we are >> not really familiar with Jaws features): >> >> 1. MT voices seem to speak one word at a time in places where I don't >> think they should. >> 2. Pitch changes (seems to increment) with each reading of an item in a >> list. >> 3. The whole system hangs and jaws and/or windows needs to be restarted >> before we get any speech output again. >> >> Based on my experiences, I don't recommend using MT voices as the voices >> within Jaws. I suspect we have some bugs in our code that are interacting >> with some features (or maybe they are bugs) in Jaws. For what it's worth, >> I have found the MT voices to be more stable when used with Thunder, and >> possibly with Window-Eyes, although I have very limited time testing it >> with any of these programs. >> >> If nothing else, Jaws has been a great eye opener (pun intended) for us in >> exposing some lingering sapi problems in MT. We are working to fix those >> and I think eventually we'll get the MT voices to run stably under Jaws, >> but it may take a few weeks to get there because there will be some >> serious programming involved. >> >> Thanks, >> >> t >> >> joseli Walter wrote: >>> I followed the instructions for getting model talker to work with jaws, >>> but now I have a strange problem. >>> I am using mtcaty and the pitch of the voice is totally out of controll. >>> as mt reads, the pitch of the voice gets higher and higher. >>> is anyone else having this problem? >>> and now, while reading the message above, mt crashed, leaving me with no >>> speech. >>> Joseli Walter >>> Learn from the mistakes of others. >>> Trust me... you can't live long enough to make them all yourself. >>> I've tried!! >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.11.3/423 - Release Date: 8/18/2006 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Modeltalker mailing list >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> https://wizard.asel.udel.edu/mailman/listinfo/modeltalker >> >> -- >> Head, Speech Research Lab | Research Associate Professor >> duPont Hospital for Children | Computer and Info Sciences/ Linguistics >> Voice: 1+302+651-6835 | University of Delaware >> Fax: 1+302+651-6895 | URL: www.asel.udel.edu/speech/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Modeltalker mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> https://wizard.asel.udel.edu/mailman/listinfo/modeltalker >> -- -- Patrick Perdue (MCP, CNA) KE4DYI Greensboro, NC website: http://www.pdaudio.net home: +1(828)221-2971 Mobile phone and SMS: +1(336)509-5583 e-mail and .net messenger: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------- For anything related to the yamaha motif line of keyboards and modules, subscribe to the motif-help mailing list by sending a blank message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This message originally sent in reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Monday, August 21, 2006 at 5:38 PM EST.
