[tmp] Re: questions about .talk files
- From: Laz <lazmesa6@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 18:26:11 -0500
Hi Jessica,
Must be a problem on your end, as I just successfully downloaded it.
Perhaps your antivirus program? Maybe they no longer allow it to be
downloaded to XP since they no longer support it?
Laz
On 1/18/15, Jessica Brown <justforlistmessages531@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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 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,
>
> Laz
>
> On 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
> mg
>
> Apparently 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
> and
> above. 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
> files
> on 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.
>
>
>
>
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