[access-uk] Re: PURE'S VOICE TECHNOLOGY
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:29:41 -0000
MessageHi James,
Of course, you are right, but spelling out scrolling text is quite a big
compromise. It sometimes takes you as long to hear the now playing artist,
as it does for the radio station to queue up the next record, that was the
only reason I mentioned it. They could make it better though, by allowing
us to speed up the human speech.
All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
James O'Dell
Sent: 01 March 2005 13:23
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PURE'S VOICE TECHNOLOGY
Hi
there has been some talk that Pure may bring out a battery pack for the
evoke-1 if there is sufficient demand, perhaps it will work with this new
radio as well.
As far as the speech is concerned, I think they've gone for the right
option by using recorded speech. If they'd tried to use a Text-to-speech
engine they would have had to make too many compromises. There is no way
they would have had enough memory to run something like Realspeak, so they
would have ended up using a really poor-quality TTS that could only be
understood by computer experts.
James
----- Original Message -----
From: Buckle, Tony
To: 'access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 12:25 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PURE'S VOICE TECHNOLOGY
Hi Ian,
It would make the new radio much more functional if it had battery
operation as well as mains.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Macrae [mailto:ian.macrae@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 March 2005 09:19
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PURE'S VOICE TECHNOLOGY
Hi Ray,
It's my understanding that In Touch is planning a feature. In the
meantime, I'm talking to Pure and passing on information garnered from this
list and from elsewhere to their top marketing banana.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Ray's Home
Sent: 01 March 2005 09:15
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PURE'S VOICE TECHNOLOGY
Steve. Maybe you could do a mini review of the new Pure talking DAB
radio yourself? It would be interesting to hear what strengths and
weaknesses it has. I hope feedback will reach Pure on this.
Ray
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----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Nutt
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:49 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PURE'S VOICE TECHNOLOGY
Hi Ray,
I now have the radio in my house. I have to say that it is really
good, and even spells out the scrolling text that DAB displays. It's only a
very minor shame that they didn't use a text to speech engine, because it
can only spell out unknown words and channels, but overall, it is very good,
and would be well worth an In Touch feature.
All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Ray's Home
Sent: 28 February 2005 10:59
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PURE'S VOICE TECHNOLOGY
This is great news Ian. Look forward to an In Touch feature.
Certainly hope it may find its way into the HI-Fi tuners they make.
Ray
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Macrae
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:47 AM
Subject: [access-uk] PURE'S VOICE TECHNOLOGY
Hi all,
Since the announcement of the release of the Sonus1XT with
Ivox speech from Pure, I've asked them whether other DAB products could be
upgraded to incorporate the voice. The Bug, for example can have its
software upgraded via a PC and USB connection. The answer is that the
speech requires a certain amount of extra flash memory which isn't available
on other sets currently, however, they are looking at its wider application
across their product range.
Cheers now.
Ian
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