I have an idea: Stick with Keynote, but add the DECtalk Express driver so you can plug your external DECtalk in. This is also a compromise for the inflection mentioned. (the following will only work if you use a hardware DECtalk) [:dv pr 250] the inflection on the DECtalk speech synths can be adjusted, but only if it is hardware. [:dv pr 0] This is, as you can tell, rather useful. [:dv pr 120] E-mail me! [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit my web site! http://www.horspool.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
All E-mails from this E-mail address have been scanned for viruses on send. Matthew Frank Horspool does not except responsibility for viruses in this or any other message sent by this address. Also notice that if you happen to send any malicious code it will be blocked by Norton System Works ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Weinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 4:11 AM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Keynote Gold Speech Dear jonathan, I find Keynote Gold excellent in most cases. If I may offfer constructive criticism, at high speech rates, the decTALK for me is clearer. And I agree with you that this is subjective. Indeed, giving us, the end users, more voices and adjustments upon these voices, would allow each one of us to tailor the speech to our personal taste. I for instence, might be able to tweak Keynote Gold so I could understand it at higher speeds. One adjustment that I would like added, but do not see in any of the synthetic or sampled speech is an adjustment on speech inflection. I might turn it higher for fiction, and turn it lower for scientific journels. Keep up the good work. Sincerely, Jerry Weinger > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Jonathan Mosen ><[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List ><[email protected] >Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 >14:21:01 +1200 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] >Keynote Gold Speech >Hi Linda. I've changed the >subject line to reply to your >comments about >Keynote Gold speech. One >thing we can certainly say >about speech is that >just as beauty is supposedly >in the eye of the beholder, >good synthesised >speech is in the ear of the >listener. I've used Keynote >Gold speech for a >long time now and as a user >rather than a Pulse Data >employee, I consider >it the best speech there is. >I say this because it's >responsive, and the >most accurate I have heard. >If Keynote Gold mispronounces >something, >chances are very high that >it's a typo. >That said, yes we are >actively pursuing widening >the choice of speech >engines to suit people's >tastes. The voices you >mention for example are >digitised, rather than >synthesised speech. They use >tiny samples of human >speech to construct the >sounds you hear. They are >excellent at normal >reading speed when you're >listening to a long document, >but tend to be >less desirable at very fast >rates or when editing. So >the more choice we >can put in the hands of >customers, the better. Hope >this helps. >Jonathan Mosen >BrailleNote Product Marketing >Manager >Pulse Data International Ltd >DDI: +64-3-373-6192 >Fax: +64-3-384 4933 >Mobile: +64-21 466 736 >Email: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Internet: www.pulsedata.com >___ >To leave the BrailleNote >list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or >change your preferences, >visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
