Have you tried Lowering a bit more, to see if it cleans up at a lower setting? 16kHz is more efficient with a better frequency range, and distortion can occur differently on different hardware.
Dave Carlson >From my Dell Latitude 630, currently not nearly close enough for my comfort to my Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area. But I'll try to remedy that situation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Long" <[email protected]> To: "Talks Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:52 Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Talks] Scratchy 16kHz Eloquence - some notes Marcus I tried the Volume factor at 100 percent and still noticed the scratchyness and hissing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcus Groeber" <[email protected]> To: "Talks Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 10:42 AM Subject: [Talks] Scratchy 16kHz Eloquence - some notes > Hi all, > > as there have been a few comments on this list about poor audio quality > with the new version of TALKS, which are not seen by all people, perhaps > it is helpful to add a few details that can hopefully make these > observations make a little more sense: > > - Most likely all changes in audio quality depend on the version of > Eloquence that is installed, and not the version of TALKS - anything else > would be extremely usual, from the nature of the changes in this version. > You can still use Eloquence 6.1.123 alongside TALKS 5.21 if you want and > if it worked well for you before. This way, you should find all "new" > audio problems being gone again. Keep in mind that the active version of > Eloquence will only be updated after either a restart of the phone, or > after switching to another TTS and back. > > - If you experience "scratching" or "clicking", try turning the volume > factor in audio settings down to 100% - due to the way the speech signal > is manipulated for some extra audio gain, settings about 100% can lead to > distortions, and the "safe" limit depends very much on the exact voice > being used. This change will not address all "hissing" that some people > notice, but I'd suggest going back to 100% volume factor and verify > whether the problems still exists - this might explain why some people are > seeing this more than others. > > Hope this helps. > > ciao marcu > _______________________________________________ > Talks mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > > Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: > eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ > and > Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ _______________________________________________ Talks mailing list [email protected] http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ _______________________________________________ Talks mailing list [email protected] http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/
