Just thought I'd forward this on from someone who forwarded it from
another list, (does that make sense? thought not! :)
but this sounds so cool and I'm off to try make my own voice! :)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Josh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I just found a very interesting website and thought I'd pass it on
as it can or since it's sapi5, this software, can be used with
window-eyes and or jaws. Ok. I'll explain a little first. Suppose
you wanted to add your own voice to the library or portfoleo of
voices or voice fonts in the ATNT natural voices speech
synthesizer. Well you'd have to pay thousands of dollars. But
thanks to the website:
http://www.asel.udel.edu/speech/ModelTalker.html
you can now do it, at least temporarily, for free! The speech
synthesizer is called model talker. And you can create new voices
with it by using your very own voice, a microphone, and your very
own computer. There's good documentation with it that explains what
to read and how to read it. If you spend the time. You can make a
voice that sounds as good or better than the cepstral voices, or,
you can create a voice that sounds as bad or a little worse than
microsoft text to speech mary mike and sam voices. But with a
little effort. Window-eyes and jaws, since this speech is sapi5
compatible. window-eyes and jaws can now talk in your own voice! or
whose-ever voice you decide to record and turn into a voice font.
Enjoy and have fun creating voices. I myself signed up to their
mailing list and to be a beta tester of upcoming versions of the software.
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