Actually, dectalk is the one speech engine I would not want. I'm fine with
doubletalk, but if it had to be something else, I'd take eloquence. Just
goes to show that speech is a personal thing.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hill" <hillco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 7:40 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Software speech on Bookport
Now dectalk seems possible to me. The cpu in my dec express is some
sort of 486, if my memory serves me. I've never seen eloquence or any
of the software speech work well on anything that slow.
On Sun, 23 Oct 2005 13:10:42 -0500, you wrote:
>Well, DoubleTalk is far from being my favorite speech synth, and when I
see Dectalk and some of the other really good voices that are available on
some of the Pocket PC and cell phone speech products that are coming out I
really wonder why we couldn't have something more responsive and easier to
understand on BookPort. But, with all the wonderful things that BookPort
has going for it I can certainly manage to deal with DoubleTalk, at least
for the present. The fact is, I am not that wild about Eloquence either.
But, if Dectalk speech can be made small enough to be used in the limited
memory of a cell phone I would think it could be adapted to work in a
Bookport too. But, it would probably increase the price of the BookPort
by
at least $100 to put Dectalk speech in the Bookport.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "tom hawkins" <tjhawk1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 7:09 AM
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Software speech on Bookport
>
>
>: Hi all, have you heard the voice that comes with amipro by scansoft
called
>: Jane! I think its the best I've heard. A female voice bit of a
British or
>: Ausi accent and clear as a bell! A real pleasure to listen to.
>: Tom Hawkins----- Original Message -----
>: From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>: To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>: Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 2:29 PM
>: Subject: [bookport] Re: Software speech on Bookport
>:
>:
>: > It just goes to show you that opinions are like noses, everybody has
one.
>: > <Smile> My favorite synth for reading books, especially long and
involved
>: > ones, is, hands down, the DoubleTalk. I feel that Eloquence or
>other
>: > software synths are fine for work or short reads, but when it comes
to
>: > reading books, the DoubleTalk gets my vote. This is, of course,
nothing
>: > but my own opinion.
>: >
>: >
>: > -----Original Message-----
>: > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>: > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chris Hill
>: > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:18 PM
>: > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>: > Subject: [bookport] Re: Software speech on Bookport
>: >
>: >
>: > I guess it is all what you're used to. Remember, better speech will
>: > require more power.
>: >
>: > On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:08:17 +0100, you wrote:
>: >
>: >>Just another idea. I find the Bookport's internal synthesizer quite
>: >>acceptable for short texts, but it does become a bit monotonous when
>: >>reading for long periods. Is there any potential in the future for
>: >>having a software speech synthesizer built into the Bookport's
>: >>firmware? A multilingual synthesizer such as Eloquence would be
ideal.
>: >>
>: >>John
>: >>
>: >>
>: >>
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