try this espeak variant its attached. I still need answers on how do change voice head size and how to change intonation in variant files. if that can be done.
On 9/28/2014 4:00 AM, Brian's Mail list account BY wrote:
As has been said though, you are assuming we want an Eloquence sound alike. Ideally we want a configurable voice that can be tweaked to sound the best of anyone. I have never used Eloquence as a default voice in anything. I have used it when forced to but I find it very nasal and has a lisp. I'm not criticising it at all, its just the way I hear it. In other messages you mention making it American, but there is also a British sounding eloquence. I cannot understand the American one. I suggest that the Speech player, above all else needs more configurability, not just set pieces.I may download the try build later on, but I do tend to find the Klat method a bit grainy compared to espeak.Brian bglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal email to:- briang1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field.----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Kennedy" <joshknnd1982@xxxxxxxxx>To: <nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 3:40 AM Subject: [nvda-addons] rather strange experimentHiok I did a rather strange experiment. I set espeak to edward, and inflection to 0 and rate to 0 with rate boost checked so it would speak slowly. Next, I listened to the pitch of eloquence and then I matched espeak's and nv speech player's pitch to that of what I was hearing with eloquence inflection set to 0. So with that down, here is what has to be done, after me testing espeak eloquence and nv speech player to make espeak sound better since we are focusing on integrating speech player into espeak with klatt5 edward. to make it sound more like eloquence do the following.1. in the word dialog the o in dialog should be stressed a bit more. 2. lower the head size just a little bit, not too much just a little.3. inflection pitch values have to be changed. in most espeak voice files for example there is a bass pitch like you would writepitch 75 1004. to match espeak's bass pitch with that of eloquence pitch slider must be at 78.Now from my observations what I have seen is the following. lets say I change nvda's inflection I increase it what I see happening is this. lets say the following commands represent me changing the inflection in the slider in the dialog box.pitch 75 75 pitch 75 80 pitch 75 90 pitch 75 140 and so on. Notice I am not changing the first value at all.Now here is how based on what I have tested and observed here is how both eloquence and speech player appear to be doing their inflection changes. or something like it.pitch 75 75 pitch 73 80 pitch 70 84 pitch 65 95 pitch 60 105This is just a sloppy rough example. Although in reality I think what happens in eloquence and speech player pitch changes it a case of plus and minus an equal amount or range of numbers. Lets say I'm increasing inflection. lets say each move of the slider gives a pitch increase of +3. what currently happens is the second number changes but the first value is always staying the same. I know because I set eloquence and espeak and speech player to very very slow and listened carefully to each of them in turn. eloquence and speech player do this...plus 3 minus 3 plus 5 minus 5 plus 10 minus 10 or in espeak pitch command.... pitch 75 75 pitch 70 80 pitch 65 85 pitch 60 90And so on. So if you can get klatt5 edward lower the head size a little and change how NVDA does its inflection I think you'll have it. Also james and developers I'm willing to test when you get my small changes implemented and I'll provide feedback.Josh ---------------------------------------------------------------- NVDA add-ons Central: A list for discussing NVDA add-ons To post a message, send an email to nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.To unsubscribe, send an email with the subject line of "unsubscribe" (without quotes) to nvda-addons-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.If you have questions for list moderators, please send a message to nvda-addons-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.Community addons can be found here: http://addons.nvda-project.org---------------------------------------------------------------- NVDA add-ons Central: A list for discussing NVDA add-ons To post a message, send an email to nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.To unsubscribe, send an email with the subject line of "unsubscribe" (without quotes) to nvda-addons-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.If you have questions for list moderators, please send a message to nvda-addons-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.Community addons can be found here: http://addons.nvda-project.org
language variant name Eloquence klatt 4 pitch 45 135
