Hi, Sidnc, You may want to send in your response to Reece Dunn himself, who is not present on Access India. Let me know if you require his e-mail address (should be present in the initial forwarded mail) or would like me to forward your survey response on your behalf. Thanks.
On 12/11/15, sidnc1986_gmail <sidnc1...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1. What language(s) are you using? > English, Hindi (for Marathi) > 2. How well do the pronunciations match your expectations of that voice > Vowels in Hindi/Marathi must be named > In English vowels have theirtheir own names separate from pronunciation. > E.g. "I" has name "eye" but pronunciation as "e" in "sit" or "eye" in > "rise". Similarly, vowels in Hindi/Marathi are spoken out by espeak using > pronunciation and not names. E.g. there's a vowel that is pronounced as "aa" > > but has name "kaanaa" in Marathi. > > Regards, > Siddhant > (including accent if supported)? > > 3. How natural does the prosody sound? That is, how natural are the pitch, > stress, sound length, etc.? > > 4. How natural do the individual sounds (e.g. a "b" or the a in "cat") > sound like? Are there any sounds that are particularly unnatural sounding? > How understandable are they? NOTE: This is not about the audio quality. > > 5. How natural is the actual audio sound produced by eSpeak? > > 6. Any other comments/thoughts about the voices? > > Thanks, > Reece H. Dunn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bhavya shah > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 10:49 PM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues > concerningthe disabled. ; keyboardusers > Subject: [AI] Fwd: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey > > Please respond to Reece Dunn privately... > There has also been some disturbing news and substantiated theories > about the cause of inactivity of the ESpeak project in the last seven > months, most likely its lead developer, Jonnathan Dummington's death. > I may forward the original mail which shared this theory and places > from where he had acquired the information, but in short, the ESpeak > project is probably going to change into the hands of some other > worthy community contributors. > Thanks. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: 'Reece Dunn' via eyes-free <eyes-f...@googlegroups.com> > Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:05:32 +0000 > Subject: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey > To: "eyes-f...@googlegroups.com" <eyes-f...@googlegroups.com> > > Hi All, > > I would like those interested to answer some questions about the voice > quality within eSpeak to get an idea of what needs to be improved. > > When answering these, I would appreciate instead of answering "poor", > "rubbish", etc. trying to articulate what and why you answered in a given > way, for example "the female voices sound like higher pitch versions of the > male voice, so don't sound like they are being spoken by a woman". > > 1. What language(s) are you using? > > 2. How well do the pronunciations match your expectations of that voice > (including accent if supported)? > > 3. How natural does the prosody sound? That is, how natural are the pitch, > stress, sound length, etc.? > > 4. How natural do the individual sounds (e.g. a "b" or the a in "cat") > sound like? Are there any sounds that are particularly unnatural sounding? > How understandable are they? NOTE: This is not about the audio quality. > > 5. How natural is the actual audio sound produced by eSpeak? > > 6. Any other comments/thoughts about the voices? > > Thanks, > Reece H. 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AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Warm Regards Bhavya Shah Using NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access) free and open source screen reader for Microsoft Windows To download a copy of the free screen reader NVDA, please visit http://www.nvaccess.org/ Using Google Talkback on Motorolla G second generation Lollipop 5.0.2 Reach me through the following means: Mobile: +91 7506221750 E-mail id: bhavya.shah...@gmail.com Skype id : bhavya.09 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. 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