[nvda-addons] Re: nvSpeechPlayer: Should we change the sound of the David Voice

  • From: Sharni-Lee Ward <sharni-lee.ward@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 05:56:43 +0930

There are four voices: Adam, Benjamin, Caleb (which is a whispering one), and 
David (which is very deep).

> From: bglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [nvda-addons] Re: nvSpeechPlayer: Should we change the sound of the 
> David Voice
> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 21:22:47 +0100
> 
> What is the david voice. I thought there were only two voices that actually 
> worked?
>  Brian
> 
> bglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent via blueyonder.
> Please address personal email to:-
> briang1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, putting 'Brian Gaff'
> in the display name field.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "brandon T" <brandongold98@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 5:40 PM
> Subject: [nvda-addons] Re: nvSpeechPlayer: Should we change the sound of the 
> David Voice
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > A quick follow-up to my message will help clarify things if you don't
> > mind please.
> > When I mentioned what settings should have been changed with the frame
> > settings, you should change them with the Adam voice. Then if there is
> > a way that this could work with the David voice, or if these settings
> > could be modified to work with the David voice, this would create a
> > nice change that I think users will like.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brandon
> >
> > On 6/10/14, brandon T <brandongold98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Right now I'm running a portable copy of NVDA on a very old revision
> >> of Speech Player so I can do some testing and experimentation. I was
> >> running this old version and decided to do some hard testing with the
> >> frame settings in the voice settings dialog.
> >>
> >> I think that the David voice needs to be changed a little in the
> >> latest revision. For those of us who have regularly used Eloquence, I
> >> have made almost an exact imitation of the voice Rocco. I think that
> >> this should be what David sounds like.
> >>
> >> Here are the settings:
> >> Frame.VoicePitch and Frame.EndVoicePitch sliders: 45
> >> Frame.CF1, Frame.CF2, Frame.CF3, Frame.CF4, Frame.CF5, Frame.CF6, all
> >> of these sliders should be set to 40.
> >>
> >> Now when you change the regular pitch of the voice using the pitch
> >> slider you can choose and make it sound more like Rocco.
> >>
> >> This may make it easier to understand the David voice.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Brandon
> >>
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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
                                          

Other related posts: