[tmp] Re: Funny/strange issue with creating .talk clips
- From: Laz <lazmesa6@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 15:47:02 -0500
Oops. Lame is the wrong encoder. You should be using RbSpeex instead.
Lame only works on Archos players.
Laz
On 2/3/14, Jacob Kruger <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Don't think that side of it is corrupted as such - here's a small, normal
> MP3 test clip just generated using DSpeech:
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13327195/lee.mp3
>
> OTOH, copied lame.exe from DSpeech subfolder to both RBClip and voiceBox
> folders, and now while voiceBox seems to operate, while set default SAPI
> voice to also be scansoft lee, it's generating output, with no abnormal
> errors, using an eSpeak voice, but, RBClip, while not generating errors,
> still produces non-useful output .talk files.
>
> Maybe I'll try reinstalling the scansoft voices, and see if that makes a
> difference, but, bit strange that they work fine/operate for other uses,
> but, not specifically for .talk encoding, and, while didn't replace
> lame_enc.dll in RBClip folder, it seems to be same date/size as those in
> working instances.
>
> Stay well
>
>
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laz" <accessibleelectronics@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 08:34 PM
> Subject: [tmp] Re: Funny/strange issue with creating .talk clips
>
>
>> hi Jacob,
>>
>> I wonder if perhaps the SAPI5 voices became corrupted? I had an issue
>> some years back when I installed a SAPI5 voice, and it corrupted all
>> the SAPI5 voices on my computer making most of them unusable. I had to
>> uninstall all the SAPI5 voices and reinstall all but the one that
>> apparently caused the problem.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Laz
>>
>> On 2/3/14, Jacob Kruger <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Think this most likely has something to do with my PC not being 'happy',
>>> but, just wondering if anyone can think of quick/simple/easy workaround
>>> to
>>> try figure/sort out this issue?
>>>
>>> Anyway, this is on my windows7 64 bit PC, where it worked fine in past,
>>> but
>>> where recently, both RBClip, and voiceBox keep throwing up errors, and
>>> the
>>> .talk files they do create don't seem to be readable/usable on my sansa
>>> E260
>>> in any case - am guessing it's some or other form of incompatibility
>>> with
>>> encoders, or something, since, yes, this is my primary
>>> working/development/testing machine, so I install/uninstall lots of
>>> software
>>> on it, and have quite a few other bits of audio editing software, etc.
>>> on
>>> it, but anyway.
>>>
>>> Did also try reinstalling RBClip, recopying voiceBox from initial
>>> backup,
>>> off unit itself, etc., but, could also be due to some or other
>>> background
>>> issue with operating system itself - it's close to my version of a
>>> deadline
>>> to reload operating system from scratch, but anyway.
>>>
>>> In meantime, workaround is to actually use a virtual, VMWare instance of
>>> windows XP that I run on this machine for testing things to generate
>>> .talk
>>> clips from there, and that works, but, it means I am limited to choosing
>>> which voices to make use of, since that virtual machine has limitations
>>> on
>>> what can install in/on it as well.
>>>
>>> And, can't find any obvious error log items on primary operating system
>>> either, but anyway.
>>>
>>> Stay well
>>>
>>> Jacob Kruger
>>> Blind Biker
>>> Skype: BlindZA
>>> '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
>>>
>>
>>
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