Thank you. Yes. I am planning on using the rockbox utility, not rb clip. It seems to have more options and voice options. Yes. I also listened to your podcasts about both programs. I am having a problem downloading the runtime thing. I click your link, then click download, then check the box for the x86 file and click next, then I get a page saying if your download does not start in 30 seconds click here. It did not start, so I clicked the click here link. It still did not start downloading.
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----- Original Message ----- From: Laz <lazmesa6@xxxxxxxxx To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 16:00:37 -0500 Subject: [tmp] Re: questions about .talk files Hi Jessica,I've stopped using SAPI5 voices so can only suggest you look up the few companies which still sell SAPI5 voices to individuals. Perhaps Acapela, Cereproc, or NeoSpeech. From memory though, I don't think the Acapela voices worked with RBClip for some reason, only the Rockbox Utility. Just make sure the voices are open and not tied in to just their programs. For the microsoft Speech Platform voices, I gave you the link for the best one of the lot, but you can follow the link I provided to see other available MSP11 voices. For the Mac however, I have no idea since I haven't used an Apple computer since the early 1990s and good voices didn't exist then, that I'm aware of anyway, as
I wasn't blind then. HTH, LazOn 1/18/15, Jessica Brown <justforlistmessages531@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ok. So, once I install the components, where can I get more voices for both Sapi 5 and microsoft speech platform? If I was using the Mac version, where would I get voices? Please go check out my website: http://blindnesseraserblog.wordpress.com which has lots of different info on a number of topics for blind and visually impaired people and which I have recently redone. Also please check out my low traffic mailing list: //freelists.org/list/erasingblindness where we can talk about anything related to blindness. Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: Laz <lazmesa6@xxxxxxxxx To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 15:21:50 -0500 Subject: [tmp] Re: questions about .talk files Hi Jessica, The voice that I set up to speak the menu items, folders, and files on your player is Zira Pro. The voice and talk files were created using the Rockbox Utility which is included in your player's Utilities folder. This is not a SAPI5 voice, so you can't use RBClip to create talk files with it unless you have Windows 8 or above on which Zira Pro is one of the available SAPI5 voices.The audio tutorial called "Voice and talk files creation with the Rockbox Utility.mp3" inside the Tutorials folder shows you how to
use the Rockbox Utility to create a different voice and to generate talk files for your folders and files, so you can have the same voice speak everything on your player. To use the Microsoft Speech Platform voices, you'll need to install two components from Microsoft on your computer:*Microsoft Speech Platform - Runtime (Version 11), x86. Note that
you must install the x86 version even if your system is 64 bit: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27225 * The file named MSSpeech_TTS_en-US_ZiraPro.msi. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27224 This page includes many files for both speech recognition and text-to- speech. Choose the files containing the TTS data for the desired languages/voices. For example, the file MSSpeech_TTS_en-US_ZiraPro.msi is a U.S. English voice. You don't need to install the MSSpeech_SR MSI files, as those aren't voices, but speech recognition files. The Rockbox Utility on the PC side of things supports two useful types of voices, SAPI5 and the Microsoft Speech Platform 11 voices.The voices on the Mac are different from those on the PC. You can download the Mac version of the Rockbox Utility by following this
link: http://download.rockbox.org/rbutil/macosx/RockboxUtility-v1.4.0.d mgApparently the setting was changed on your player regarding which
files to show. Here's how to change the setting back. 01. Navigate to files, don't click to enter it, instead hold down select until the menu pops up. 02. Navigate to show files and click select. 03. Navigate to supported and click select. 04. Click the left button until you return to the main menu. HTH, Laz On 1/18/15, Jessica Brown <justforlistmessages531@xxxxxxxxx wrote: Ok. I have Windows XP like you. Where can I here samples of and download more sapi 5 and microsoft speech platform voices? Can Rockbox use any other speech engines? Right now, I only have Microsoft Sam and he sounds like he has a bad cold and my .talk files are hard to hear. Also, My pc is falling apart, gets very hot even after using it for a short time, and sometimes shuts down in the middle of using it. I think it will soon quit all together. So everything on it is backed up to dropbox and or a hard drive and I bought a Mac. So can you please send me the download link for the Mac Rockbox utility? If I was using the Mac, what voices would I use for the .talk and .voice files? Would I have the same ones as in windows or would I be able to use the ones in VoiceOver or what? I also noticed that when going through my files, in-between each of my files, it says talk clip. In other words, it is reading out my files as well as the .talk files. Is there a way to get it to only read the actual files and not say the .talk files? Thank you. Please go check out my website: http://blindnesseraserblog.wordpress.com which has lots of different info on a number of topics for blind and visually impaired people and which I have recently redone. Also please check out my low traffic mailing list: //freelists.org/list/erasingblindness where we can talk about anything related to blindness. Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: Laz <lazmesa6@xxxxxxxxx To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 11:52:49 -0500 Subject: [tmp] Re: questions about .talk files Hi Jessica, RBClip uses the SAPI5 voices from your computer. When you wish to delete a file or folder, you can do so safely and without any ill effects on any other talk files. RBClip processes one folder at a time, but you can have all your folders inside one folder like inside the My Music folder and process the My Music folder. It'll do all the folders inside the My Music folder if you've set RBClip up as I suggested. I use Zira Pro which is a Microsoft Speech Platform 11 voice. Zira is also found in the SAPI5 voice choices in Windows 8 andabove. I don't use RBClip but instead use the Rockbox Utility to
create my talk files. The voice on my computer sounds like that because I was using Zira Pro as my screen reader's voice. HTH, Laz On 1/17/15, Jessica Brown <justforlistmessages531@xxxxxxxxx wrote: Does RB clip come with a voice or do I have to install 1? If I have to install 1, where do I get it from? If I make a .talk file for a file or folder on my player, then decide I do not want the folder or file associated with the .talk file I made anymore, Is it safe to just delete the files or folders I no longer want and there associated .talk files without harming the other talk fileson my player? Do I have to process 1 folder at a time, or can I do ctrl a at the folder list to process them all at once? Those ones anyone should be able to answer, now I have a few for Laz.
What is the name of the voice you used to make the .talk files for the files and folders that came on the player? When I make my.talk files, I want them to sound the same as the ones that are already there. I noticed you had the rate at 60 percent and the volume at 100 percent in your podcast. Is that also how you did it when you set up the .talk files on the players? As an aside,
I noticed your computer has the same voice as the players. How did you mannage that? Thank you. Please go check out my website: http://blindnesseraserblog.wordpress.com which has lots of different info on a number of topics for blind and visually impaired people and which I have recently redone. Also please check out my low traffic mailing list: //freelists.org/list/erasingblindness where we can talk about anything related to blindness. Thank you. -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: laz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: laz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr --Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones,
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