Thanks for sending me detailed answers to my questions and the audio
sample. I would indeed be interested in getting more samples of
sentences, etc. Would it make sense to checkin some demo audio files
into the cvs repository?
I guess I wasn't clear when I was asking about the NEXTstep software.
I read in the docs that you need NEXTstep to run the full suite of
gnuspeech software. What I'm wondering is whether it is still
possible to acquire NEXTstep at all and if so, where, and what kind
of hardware is necessary to run it? (e.g. does it run on Mac OS/X, is
it possible to install it on a Mac, or does it require an Intel
machine, etc.).
- Is it still possible to get the software/hardware necessary to
run the full suite of gnuspeech (i.e. NEXTstep?)?
Yes, it is on the savannah site, in the repository. The original
Developer kit and in-house tools software are there. You will need
a password to install and run the Developer kit, and you will find
a bunch of valid passwords in the file "serial-nos.txt" also
attached (you need a "Developer" serial number for the Developer
kit -- 2nd half). [Hm! I checked the repository and, for some
obscure reason, the equivalent file "gnuspeech/gnuspeech/trillium/
priv/SerialNumbers/file" has been truncated. I'll have to fix that
right away.] I probably should re-organise the repository to make
it much more clear what is available, and add some of the oddments
that run on the NeXT, like dictionary editing tools and information
on the dictionary entry formats. The dictionary in the User and
Developer kits is encoded, but there is no longer any reason to do
this.
You should find the package for the most recent release of the NeXT
3.x Developer kit (release is 2.01) in "gnuspeech/gnuspeech/
trillium/TextToSpeechKit/Release2.01/Dev" in the repository.
The Mac OS/X stuff is in the directory "current" rather than
"gnuspeech".
As I say, feel free to bug me with any questions, requests or
whatever.
Let me know if any other repository stuff appears to be damaged.
david
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