[nvda] Re: SpeechHub: A new cross platform TTS server

Ok forget what I said about having a problem where I get no speech
after leaving 5 minutes or more.
I had to restart NVDA and go to the prefferences and choose another
synthesizer other than speech hub to get speech back. Sorry Isaac. And
yes I was using SAPI5 with my Neospeech Paul voice. Usually SAPI5
voices don't time out but it did.

On 2/7/12, Chela Robles <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Then I hear variants for the ESpeak voices Max an Quincy and all of
> the ESpeak family.
>
> On 2/7/12, Chela Robles <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Ok no problems on my end as far as speech stopping but I don't see
>> festival voices, the Mary voices are male and one female voices right?
>> Well I have it as is it came with the installer, however I don't see
>> festival as a speech option under the SpeechHub voice options, nor the
>> regular nvda menu under synths, though I installed both pico and
>> festival according to the instructions given in the speech synth wiki.
>> I do however see two picos under the SpeechHub but the voices are
>> American and no UK voices present as far as what I hear. I mean, I
>> hear the UK option, but still hear American female voice.
>>
>> On 2/7/12, Mary Ellen Sanchez <maryesanchez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Yes I use nvda and it is working well and I also have the festival
>>> voices
>>> and espeak as well. I want the mary voice though.  But everything is
>>> working
>>> well. so what other voices does this speech hub have that I don't have
>>> other
>>> than the open mary one.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nvda-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nvda-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Chela Robles
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 12:30 PM
>>> To: nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [nvda] Re: SpeechHub: A new cross platform TTS server
>>>
>>> I think it is weird that the piko voices won't change and I see the
>>> variants
>>> for ESpeak on there and I don't see festival listed if I'm spelling it
>>> right, never heard that one before, but the Mary ones sound like sort of
>>> natural sounding I guess the girl voice is cool, just don't know who
>>> they
>>> are because they spell everything out like several people say here on
>>> this
>>> list, I'll return to my computer in around 15 minutes and let you know
>>> whether my SAPI5 Neospeech voice from the SpeechHub synth choice speech
>>> stops and starts if I press any keys then will report back to see if
>>> what
>>> Isaac says is supposed to be happening when someone steps away for a few
>>> minutes and yes NVDA always runs on my end.
>>>
>>> On 2/7/12, shaun everiss <sm.everiss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Well, did that then went to java.com
>>>> recomended java 6 update 30
>>>> java.net has java7 on it but java.net seems to be a developer site,
>>>> java.com has the runtimes users use.
>>>> With this in mind and the fact I only have to click 3 links for what I
>>>> need I will stay with the recomended version for now.
>>>> Ofcause once java.com gets updated whenever the dev version goes
>>>> consumer, who knows.
>>>>
>>>> At 06:12 a.m. 8/02/2012 +1300, shaun everiss wrote:
>>>>>hmmm I'll kill java6 on here and see
>>>>>At 09:30 a.m. 7/02/2012 +0000, you wrote:
>>>>>>Well that is strange as I was offered all the new Javas up to the
>>>>>>current one of java 7.2.
>>>>>>I think what may be going on is that java  6 seems not to be capable
>>>>>>of telling you the java 7 updates. but if you install 7, itt does.
>>>>>>Probably something to do with when Oracle took over and altered the
>>>>>>web site adress perhaps?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Brian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>bgaff@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>Brian Gaff's other account.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "shaun everiss"
>>>>>><sm.everiss@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 1:45 AM
>>>>>>Subject: [nvda] Re: SpeechHub: A new cross platform TTS server
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Well it would bbe good to have a place to get all the engines from
>>>>>>>that are free that is.
>>>>>>>I noticed you mentioned java7 on the java.com site all pcs I have
>>>>>>>have java 6.3 and it assures me that I am running the latest, out of
>>>>>>>interest what is java 7, i've not ever been offered it, I have java
>>>>>>>6 standard on all systems as far as I know.
>>>>>>>At 08:01 p.m. 6/02/2012 +0000, you wrote:
>>>>>>>>Once we finish the testing, we intend to develop a utility to
>>>>>>>>enable users to add engines and voices.  At the testing phase, we
>>>>>>>>wanted to have a simple installation package for people to use.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Regards
>>>>>>>>Isaac
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On 06/02/2012 13:21, Kakarla Nageswaraiah wrote:
>>>>>>>>>Please include Open Mary Telugu to the speech hub.
>>>>>>>>>Thanks and regards.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On 2/6/12, Bill Cox<waywardgeek@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>We are pleased to announce SpeechHub the first cross platform TTS
>>>>>>>>>>server for the vision impaired community.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>A TTS server receives text from talking applications such as NVDA
>>>>>>>>>>and converts it to speech.  SpeechHub is available as a plug-in
>>>>>>>>>>for NVDA which enables it to use the synthesizers supported by
>>>>>>>>>>SpeechHub. When you installed SpeechHub, a number of synthesizers
>>>>>>>>>>are installed and the NVDA plug-in is configured automatically;
>>>>>>>>>>simply quit NVDA and restart it again, select SpeechHub as the
>>>>>>>>>>synthesizer and  select the voice you want.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>At present the installation of SpeechHub supports  the following
>>>>>>>>>>synthesizers:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>- Mary TTS (known also as Open Mary), 4 English voices are
>>>>>>>>>> installed.
>>>>>>>>>>- Pico TTS 6 languages are installed
>>>>>>>>>>- eSpeak, all languages and most voices.
>>>>>>>>>>- SAPI5, major languages, synthesizers installed on your computer.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>We will provide more synthesizer support and voices in a variety
>>>>>>>>>>of languages in future versions.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Sonic support for high speed is built in for most synthesizers.
>>>>>>>>>>SpeechHub is highly responsive and for reliability engines are
>>>>>>>>>>monitored and restarted automatically if necessary.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>The installer is currently hosted on a fairly low bandwidth
>>>>>>>>>>server, so your download may be fairly slow, especially if there
>>>>>>>>>>is anyone else downloading at the same time.  You can find more
>>>>>>>>>>information including instructions on download and installation
>>>>>>>>>> here:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>http://www.speechhub.org
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>This version is still in alpha, we have tested it extensively
>>>>>>>>>>with help from the community and we believe it works well.
>>>>>>>>>>Nevertheless, use at your own risk.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Assuming people are courteous and the moderator does not mind we
>>>>>>>>>>will hang around this list and reply to questions.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>Bill Cox and Isaac Porat
>>>>>>>>>>SpeechHub developers
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>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> --
>> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
>> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be
>> sophisticated,
>> but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
>> then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie
>> in
>> the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality
>> of
>> the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
>> --
>> Chela Robles
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>> WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxxxx
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>
>
> --
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> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
> but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
> then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
> the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
> the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
> --
> Chela Robles
> E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx
> WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxxxx
> E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
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> I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn more
> and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
> Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
> the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
> you're a robot at:
> http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
> --
>


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"To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
--
Chela Robles
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