Re: TTS voices project

2006-12-06 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
Luke Yelavich wrote: > On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 02:16:26AM EST, Jonathan Duddington wrote: > >> Then it's a process of gradual improvement, both of the phoneme sounds >> and the letter-to-phoneme translation rules, and also various prosody >> aspects such as stress, rythem and cadence, intonation

Re: TTS voices project

2006-12-05 Thread Jan Claeys
Op dinsdag 05-12-2006 om 14:11 uur [tijdzone +], schreef Jonathan Duddington: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >Jan Claeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Unfortunately, it seems like eSpeak only (tries to) use OSS. > > Text-to-speech is basically a function that translates input data >

Re: TTS voices project

2006-12-05 Thread Jonathan Duddington
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jan Claeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unfortunately, it seems like eSpeak only (tries to) use OSS. Text-to-speech is basically a function that translates input data (text) into output data (sound waveform). How to play that sound on the computer is a differen

Re: TTS voices project

2006-12-05 Thread Jan Claeys
Op maandag 04-12-2006 om 14:43 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Henrik Nilsen Omma: > I'd like to propose a new Ubuntu Accessibility project aimed at creating > Text To Speech voices (or helping to improve existing ones). > > Project wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Projects/Voices >

Re: TTS voices project

2006-12-04 Thread Luke Yelavich
On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 02:16:26AM EST, Jonathan Duddington wrote: > Then it's a process of gradual improvement, both of the phoneme sounds > and the letter-to-phoneme translation rules, and also various prosody > aspects such as stress, rythem and cadence, intonation, etc., depending > on how much

Re: TTS voices project

2006-12-04 Thread Jonathan Duddington
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Henrik Nilsen Omma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Krister, > First we need to work out how to easily install new voices not yet > available in Ubuntu so you can start testing. Jonathan says he has > made a simple Swedish voice so that should at least give you >

Re: TTS voices project

2006-12-04 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hi, > I'd be glad to help in any way possible with the Swedish voice, but as i > understood it from a friend who already is trying to help out it's a > nightmare to put together a voice. How do you suggest one started if i > no nothing about the ins and outs of Espeak? >

Re: TTS voices project

2006-12-04 Thread Jonathan Duddington
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Krister Ekstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd be glad to help in any way possible with the Swedish voice, but > as i understood it from a friend who already is trying to help out > it's a nightmare to put together a voice. How do you suggest one > started if i

Re: TTS voices project

2006-12-04 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, I'd be glad to help in any way possible with the Swedish voice, but as i understood it from a friend who already is trying to help out it's a nightmare to put together a voice. How do you suggest one started if i no nothing about the ins and outs of Espeak? /Krister Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:

Re: TTS voices project

2006-12-04 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
Hi Jonathan! I didn't realise you followed this list :) Cool! Jonathan Duddington wrote: > I've recently added (very) "Preliminary" data for some new languages to > eSpeak: > Hindi, Swedish, Vietnamese. > What, Swedish, but no Norwegian? ;) So I have to admit one ulterior motive here: In

Re: TTS voices project

2006-12-04 Thread Jonathan Duddington
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Henrik Nilsen Omma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to propose a new Ubuntu Accessibility project aimed at > creating Text To Speech voices (or helping to improve existing ones). Thanks. I've recently added (very) "Preliminary" data for some new languages t

TTS voices project

2006-12-04 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
Hello All! I'd like to propose a new Ubuntu Accessibility project aimed at creating Text To Speech voices (or helping to improve existing ones). Project wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Projects/Voices The project is especially focused on creating and improving eSpeak voices, w