[nvda-addons] Re: Read variant

  • From: kenny <kennycheung0@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:14:45 -0400

Hi,
Where can i get this from?
> On Sep 30, 2014, at 7:31 AM, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> and if you let the read variant at its default it sounds very similar to the 
> keynote gold speech synthesizer found in the braille note.
> 
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> On 9/30/2014 12:31 AM, Johnny wrote:
>> hi What's up Josh, the read variant sounds pretty cool.  I think if you have 
>> the pitch to 50 and the inflection set to 36, it sort of has an inflection 
>> that sounds like eloquence. How about trying to make a variant that sounds 
>> like Paul Dectalk?
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Kennedy" <joshknnd1982@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 4:27 PM
>> Subject: [nvda-addons] Re: Read variant
>> 
>> 
>>> the file is attached. I'll attach and send it again.
>>> two files my Read variant, and the giant robot variant.
>>> 
>>> they go in the folder the c drive
>>> program files on 32bit
>>> or program files x86 on 64bit
>>> into nvda
>>> synth drivers
>>> espeak data
>>> voices
>>> !v
>>> 
>>> paste it in there restart nvda and choose Read from the variants combo
>>> box in voices dialog. also works in espeak sapi5.
>>> 
>>> On 9/29/2014 7:22 PM, Doug oliver wrote:
>>>> how do I install this file josh? I need to find the file
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Shaw" <heavenswrath01@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 4:57 PM
>>>> Subject: [nvda-addons] Re: Read variant
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hello. I've just installed the read variant that was created using
>>>> espeak. I have to say I'm rather impressed with it. It almost sounds
>>>> like the old keynote gold synthesizers, that were in the franklin
>>>> language master and the old braille note classics. Good work.
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nvda-addons-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:nvda-addons-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Josh Kennedy
>>>> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 2:33 PM
>>>> To: nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [nvda-addons] Read variant
>>>> 
>>>> ok attached is the Read variant and the giant-robot variant. Now I
>>>> have a problem. next I plan on modifying well actually copying tunes
>>>> s1 c1 e1 and q1 to the bottom of the intonation file and renaming them
>>>> to s5 c5 and so on. Then I plan on playing with the values to give us
>>>> a completely new espeak with different reading intonation.
>>>> Now here comes the problem. to use this I'll put a tunes statement in
>>>> my Read variant like this:
>>>> tunes s5 c5 e5 q5
>>>> 
>>>> Then the Read variant will use those tunes defined in the intonation
>>>> file. but for others to use them they will have to also install the
>>>> espeakedit the espeak editor application go in and go to the compile
>>>> menu take my intonation file put it in the right folder and compile
>>>> the modded intonation file to use the voice plus the new intonations
>>>> when reading clauses. It would be much simpler if new tunes could be
>>>> defined on a per voice basis in the variant files themselves. But as
>>>> of now I don't know how to do this. in edition I would like to play
>>>> with klatt values in such a way to modify how the klatt part of espeak
>>>> sounds. but again I'm not sure where this is done and once done how to
>>>> recompile to test my results. wish there was a way to make small
>>>> changes to klatt itself and quickly test my results. then when I'm
>>>> happy compile and share.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Josh
>>>> 
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