[nvda-addons] rather strange experiment
- From: Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 22:40:39 -0400
Hi
ok 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 write
pitch 75 100
4. 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 60 105
This 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 90
And 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
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