I found a solution that might interest other listers. The voice profile dialog asks if you want the synthesizer to be used for "all contexts" of JAWS or specifically for the PC cursor, JAWS cursor, announcements, and so on. I had the setting at "all." No option appeared to set the tone. However, I experimented by changing the setting from "all contexts" to just the PC cursor. Then, and only then, an option appeared in the dialog enabling me to change the tone.
It looks like I can make the change stick in only one JAWS context at a time (not also the JAWS cursor, messages, etc.), but it's a start. Dennis, I remain interested in the Emic synthesizer, if it could ever be made to work with JAWS. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis Clark via Jfw Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 7:18 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Dennis Clark Subject: Re: Dectalk Express, response from Emic, synth incompatible with JAWS? Hello Adrian, Tech support is correct, that the chip described must be connected to a micro-computer such as the Arduino so that it is equipped to receive and process data from a USB connection, similar to your DEC-Talk unit, which I assume uses a 9 pin serial cable. I have now looked through the documentation they provide for their chip, and I don't see a command for changing the pitch of the chosen voice. I assumed that it had such a command, (and I still think it does), because in one of their demonstrations their chip is singing, which must require pitch changes. I am pasting below all the commands they have listed for the product. I will keep looking. table with 2 columns and 14 rows Emic 2 Command Set Sx Convert text-to-speech: x = message (1023 characters maximum) Dx Play demonstration message: x = 0 (Speaking), 1 (Singing), 2 (Spanish) X Stop playback (while message is playing) Z Pause/un-pause playback (while message is playing) Nx Select voice: x = 0 to 8 Vx Set audio volume (dB): x = -48 to 18 Wx Set speaking rate (words/minute): x = 75 to 600 Lx Select language: x = 0 (US English), 1 (Castilian Spanish), 2 (Latin Spanish) Px Select parser: x = 0 (DECtalk), 1 (Epson) R Revert to default text-to-speech settings C Print current text-to-speech settings I Print version information H Print list of available commands table end Command Details Sx: Convert text-to-speech Convert the text string passed by the host into synthesized speech. The text string is limited to 1023 characters and should terminate on a clause or sentence boundary as indicated by a full stop '.' or comma ',' punctuation mark. If the text is longer than the allowable limit, it will be truncated and may result in unintelligible speech output. Emic 2 expects characters that conform to the ISO-8859-1 Latin character set (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-1). See the Special Characters section, page 10, for details on entering accents, foreign characters, and symbols. The audio will be output from both the SP+/SP- speaker connection and 1/8" audio jack. The LED will remain RED while the text-to-speech message is being played. Terminal Example: :SHello! My name is Emic 2. Nice to meet you. <audio output> : BS2 Example: ' Send command and the text string to convert to speech SEROUT EMIC_TX, EmicBaud, ["S", "Hello! My name is Emic 2. Nice to meet you.", CR] ' Wait until the command is completed SERIN EMIC_RX, EmicBaud, [WAIT(":")] Dx: Play demonstration message Play one of Emic 2's built-in demonstration messages: 0: English Introduction 1: Singing "Daisy Bell" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bell) 2: Spanish Introduction Note that each demonstration message is fixed with specific voice, audio volume, speaking rate, language, and parser settings and cannot be modified by the user. All user-configured settings will be saved prior to demonstration playback and restored afterwards. See the Sample Text Strings section, page 11, for the actual text strings used for these demonstration messages. Terminal Example: :D0 <audio output> : BS2 Example: SEROUT EMIC_TX, EmicBaud, ["D0", CR] SERIN EMIC_RX, EmicBaud, [WAIT(":")] X: Stop playback (while message is playing) Immediately stop the currently playing text-to-speech message. This command is only valid while a message is playing. No carriage return (CR) or linefeed (LF) is required after the command byte is sent. Terminal Example: :D0 <audio output> X : BS2 Example: SEROUT EMIC_TX, EmicBaud, ["D0", CR] ' Begin playing demonstration message PAUSE 1000 ' Let the message play for a bit SEROUT EMIC_TX, EmicBaud, ["X"] ' Stop the playback SERIN EMIC_RX, EmicBaud, [WAIT(":")] ' Wait until the command is completed Z: Pause/unpause playback (while message is playing) Immediately pause or unpause the currently playing text-to-speech message. Emic 2 will respond with a "." indicating that the command has been processed successfully. While the playback is paused, the LED will remain RED. This command is only valid while a message is playing. No carriage return (CR) or linefeed (LF) is required after the command byte is sent. Terminal Example: :D0 <audio output> Z. <playback paused> Z. <audio output> : BS2 Example: SEROUT EMIC_TX, EmicBaud, ["D0", CR] ' Begin playing demonstration message PAUSE 1000 ' Let the message play for a bit SEROUT EMIC_TX, EmicBaud, ["Z"] ' Pause the playback SERIN EMIC_RX, EmicBaud, [WAIT(".")] ' Wait until the command has been processed Nx: Select voice Select the speaking voice: 0: Perfect Paul (Paulo) 1: Huge Harry (Francisco) 2: Beautiful Betty 3: Uppity Ursula 4: Doctor Dennis (Enrique) 5: Kit the Kid 6: Frail Frank 7: Rough Rita 8: Whispering Wendy (Beatriz) Each voice has a different baseline amplitude. As such, your volume settings may need to be adjusted to suit your particular application. This setting will remain in effect until another value is entered or Emic 2 is powered off. Upon power-up, the default value is 0 (Paul). Terminal Example: :N5 : BS2 Example: SEROUT EMIC_TX, EmicBaud, ["N5", CR] SERIN EMIC_RX, EmicBaud, [WAIT(":")] Vx: Set audio volume (dB) Set the audio output volume in decibels from -48 (softest) to 18 (loudest). This setting will remain in effect until another value is entered or Emic 2 is powered off. Upon power-up, the default value is 0. Terminal Example: :V-10 : BS2 Example: SEROUT EMIC_TX, EmicBaud, ["V-10", CR] SERIN EMIC_RX, EmicBaud, [WAIT(":")] Wx: Set speaking rate (words/minute) Set the speaking rate in words per minute from 75 (slowest) to 600 (fastest). This setting will remain in effect until another value is entered or Emic 2 is powered off. Upon power-up, the default value is 200. Terminal Example: :W150 : BS2 Example: SEROUT EMIC_TX, EmicBaud, ["W150", CR] SERIN EMIC_RX, EmicBaud, [WAIT(":")] Lx: Select language Select the language and/or dialect to be used for text-to-speech conversion: 0: US English 1: Castilian Spanish 2: Latin Spanish This setting will remain in effect until another value is entered or Emic 2 is powered off. Upon power-up, the default value is 0 (US English). Terminal Example: :L2 : BS2 Example: SEROUT EMIC_TX, EmicBaud, ["L2", CR] SERIN EMIC_RX, EmicBaud, [WAIT(":")] Px: Select parser Select the text parsing engine to be used during text-to-speech conversion: 0: DECtalk 1: Epson See the Parser Selection, page 9, for usage information and parser details. This setting will remain in effect until another value is entered or Emic 2 is powered off. Upon power-up, the default value is 1 (Epson). Terminal Example: :P0 : BS2 Example: SEROUT EMIC_TX, EmicBaud, ["P0", CR] SERIN EMIC_RX, EmicBaud, [WAIT(":")] R: Revert to default text-to-speech settings Resets the user-configurable text-to-speech settings to their default, power-up configuration: . Voice = 0 (Paul) . Volume = 0 dB . Rate = 200 words/minute . Language = 0 (US English) . Parser = 1 (Epson) list end Terminal Example: :R : BS2 Example: SEROUT EMIC_TX, EmicBaud, ["R", CR] SERIN EMIC_RX, EmicBaud, [WAIT(":")] C: Print current text-to-speech settings Displays the current values of the user-configurable text-to-speech settings. Terminal Example: :C Emic 2 Text-to-Speech Settings: Voice = 3 (Ursula) Volume = 0 dB Rate = 160 words/minute Language = 0 (US English) Parser = 0 (DECtalk) : I: Print version information Displays version information for the Emic 2 Text-to-Speech Module. This data is useful for troubleshooting and debugging. . EMIC FW: Firmware version (major.minor) . S1V30120 HW and FW: Hardware and firmware version (major.minor.revision) of the Epson S1V30120 Voice Guidance IC used on-board Emic 2 list end Terminal Example: :I Parallax Emic 2 Text-to-Speech Module Designed by Grand Idea Studio [www.grandideastudio.com] Manufactured and distributed by Parallax [[email protected]] EMIC FW = 1.0 S1V30120 HW = 4.2 S1V30120 FW = 2.1.6 [0x2551_25] : H: Print list of available commands Lists all available commands for the Emic 2 Text-to-Speech Module. Terminal Example: :H Emic 2 Command List: Sx Convert text-to-speech: x = message (1023 byte maximum) Dx Play demonstration message: x = 0 (Speaking), 1 (Singing), 2 (Spanish) <more commands listed, but not shown in this example> : Parser Selection Emic 2 provides a choice of text parsing engines: Epson or DECtalk. Both will process incoming text strings and generate synthesized speech, but there are differences in control and customization of the resulting output. Each parser's specific functionality is incompatible with the other. Choosing which parser to use ultimately depends on what sort of speech output you desire for a particular text string. See the Sample Text String section, page 11, for examples that use specific features of the Epson and DECtalk parsers. Epson Parser The Epson parser is the default setting upon Emic 2 power-up. It allows on-the-fly, dynamic changes of emphasis, pitch, voice selection, and speaking rate to take place within a text using embedded mark-up control symbols: \/ Decrease pitch /\ Increase pitch >> Increase speaking rate << Decrease speaking rate __ Emphasize the next word ## Whisper the next word :-)x Select voice (x = 0-8) (See the "Nx" command, page 6, for corresponding voice names) DECtalk Parser The DECtalk parser is intended for advanced users and allows the finest control and customization of speech output by providing direct access to the internal parameters of the DECtalk 5.0.E1 text-to-speech synthesizer engine. Dynamic customization using the DECtalk parser requires the correct usage of specialized commands and their associated parameters. Incorrect usage of the DECtalk commands may result in improper or unintelligible speech output. Please refer to the Epson/Fonix DECtalk 5.0.E1 User Manual available on the Emic 2 product page (www.grandideastudio.com/portfolio/emic-2-text-to-speech-module/) for full command details and phonetic symbols. Only a subset of the DECtalk commands are supported by the Emic 2 Text-to-Speech Module: [:comma] Set the length of a comma pause (in milliseconds) [:dv] Customize voice parameters (save option not supported) [:mode] Set how text is processed/parsed (no e-mail parsing supported) [:name] Set the current speaking voice (numbers only: 0-8) [:period] Set the length of a period pause (in milliseconds) [:phoneme] Enable phonemic interpretation of subsequent text [:pitch] Modify the pitch of uppercase letters [:pronounce] Set the type of pronunciation for the subsequent word [:punct] Set how punctuation marks are handled [:rate] Set speaking rate [:say] Specify when speaking begins [:skip] Skip a selected part of text pre-processing [:sync] Makes a command synchronous to allow it to be processed before synthesis continues A large archive of songs intended for use with the DECtalk 4.40 or earlier text-to-speech synthesizer engine can be found at www.theflameofhope.co/SONGS.html. Some commands and/or phonemes used in those text strings may need to be modified in order to work properly with the newer DECtalk 5.0.E1 version implemented by Emic 2. Special Characters Emic 2 expects characters that conform to the ISO-8859-1 Latin character set (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-1). Along with standard alphanumeric characters, the character set also contains accents, symbols, and foreign characters (ranging from 0xA0 to 0xFF) that may not have specific keyboard keys assigned to them. Emic 2 provides an easy method to enter single-byte hexadecimal character codes from any host by using an escape sequence "\xhh" (where hh is two hex digits). For example, to use the letter ñ (n-tilde, which has a hexadecimal value of 0xF1), enter the text "\xF1" within your text string. On the Windows operating system, if the desired character is unavailable on your keyboard, you can insert the character directly by pressing a special key combination: Hold down the ALT key and enter the four digit decimal equivalent of the character in the numeric keypad section of the keyboard. For example, for the letter ñ (n-tilde), press ALT-0241. On the Mac OS X operating system, most of the special character codes in its default MacRoman character set are not compatible with the ISO-8859-1 character set. Thus, if you try to enter special characters directly from a keyboard using OS X, Emic 2 may return an error or speak characters you were not expecting. In this case, it is recommended to use the above-mentioned escape sequence. Other operating systems may also support direct insertion of special characters. Please refer to the specific operating system documentation for details. Sample Text Strings This section contains sample text strings that demonstrate varied variety of speech outputs from the Emic 2 Text-to-Speech Module. To use, first ensure that the correct parser is selected. Then, copy the desired text string and pass it to Emic 2 with the "S" command. Epson Parser All 9 voices in a single text string My Emic has a :-)0 voice :-)1 voice :-)2 voice :-)3 voice:-)4 voice :-)5 voice:-)6 voice :-)7 voice:-)8 voice. English Introduction (Built-in demonstration message #0) :-)0 Hello everyone. My name is Emic 2. I am the next generation text-to-speech module created by Grand Idea Studio. I can ##whisper ##very ##quietly. I can change to 1 of 9 voices. For example, from Paul :-)1 to Harry :-)4 to Dennis :-)8 to Wendy. :-)0 I can also /\/\ increase my pitch. /\/\ And increase my pitch again. >>>> Then speak faster >>>> and even faster >>>> and even faster again. <<<<<<<<<<<< \/\/\/\/ And then go back to normal. Spanish Introduction (Built-in demonstration message #2) (Language must be set to Castilian Spanish) :-)0 Hola. Me llamo Emic numero 2. Ahora puedo hablar espa\xF1ol! Soy la pr\xF3xima generacion de texto a voz modulo creado por Grand Idea Studio. Yo puedo ##susurrar ##en ##voz ##muy ##baja. Yo puedo cambiar a una de las nueve voces. Por ejemplo, de Paulo :-)1 a Francisco :-)4 a Enrique :-)8 a Beatriz. :-)0 Tambien puedo /\/\ aumentar mi tono. /\/\ y aumentar mi tono otra vez. >> Entonces hablar mas r\xE1pido. >> y aun mas r\xE1pido >> y aun mas r\xE1pido otra vez. <<<<<< \/\/\/\/ Y luego volver a la normalidad. DECtalk Parser Robotic monotone [:rate 200][:n0][:dv ap 90 pr 0] All your base are belong to us. Singing "Daisy Bell" (Built-in demonstration message #1), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bell [:phone arpa speak on][:rate 200][:n0][dey<650,22>ziy<600,19> dey<650,15>ziy<600,10> gih<200,12>v miy<200,14> yurr<200,15> ae<400,12>nsax<200,15>r duw<750,10> _<400,10>][:n0][ay<600,17>m hxae<500,22>f kr ey<650,19>ziy<600,15> ao<200,12>ll fao<200,14>r dhax<200,15> llah<400,17>v ao<200,19>v yu<750,17> _<400,17>][:n0][ih<200,19>t wow<200,20>nt biy<200,19> ax<200,17> stay<500,22>llih<200,19>sh mae<350,17>rih<400,15>jh<150,15>][:n0][ay<200,17> kae<400,19>nt ax<200,15>fow<400,12>rd ax<200,15> kae<350,12>rih<400,10>jh<150,10>][:n0][bah<200,10>t yu<500,15>d lluh<200,19>k swiy<400,17>t ah<200,10>p ao<500,15>n dhax<200,19> siy<200,17>t ao<200,17>v ah<200,19> bay<200,22>six<200,19>kel<200,15> bih<400,17>llt fao<200,10>r tuw<800,15>][:n0] Singing "Happy Birthday" [:phone arpa speak on][:rate 200][:n0][hxae<300,10>piy<300,10> brrrx<600,12>th<100>dey<600,10>tuw<600,15> yu<1200,14>_<300> hxae<300,10>piy<300,10> brrrx<600,12>th<100>dey<600,10> tuw<600,17>yu<1200,15>_<300> hxae<300,10>piy<300,10> brrrx<600,22>th<100>dey<600,19> dih<600,15>r eh<600,14>m<100,12>ih<350,12>k_<120>_<300> hxae<300,20>piy<300,20> brrrx<600,19>th<100>dey<600,15> tuw<600,17> yu<1200,15>][:n0] Singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" (The text exceeds the maximum allowable 1023 characters per message, so it must be split into two messages) [:phone arpa speak on][:rate 100][:n0][ow<200,18>ow<200,15> sey<400,11> kae<400,15>n yu<400,18>w siy<600,23> _<300> bay<350,27> dhah<50,25> dao<400,23>nz rr<400,15>ll iy<400,17> llay<600,18>t _<300> wah<200>t sow<200> praw<600,27>dlliy<200,25> wiy<400,23> hxey<400,22>eld _<300> ae<300,20>t dhah<100,22> tway<400,23> llay<400>ts llae<400,18>st glliy<400,15>m iy<200,11>nx _<300> hxuw<300,18>z brao<100,15>d stray<400,11>ps ae<400,15>nd bray<400,18>t stah<600,23>rz _<300> thruw<300,27> dhah<100,25> peh<400,23> rrel<400,15> ah<400,17>s fay<600,18>t _<300> ow<200,18>r dhah<200,18> rrae<600,27>mpah<200,25>rts wiy<400,23> waa<600,22>cht wrr<300,20> sow<100,22> gae<400,23>llah<400>ent lliy<400,18> striy<400,15>miy<200,11>nx _<300>][:n0] [:phone arpa speak on][:rate 100][:n0][ae<300,27>nd dhah<100> raa<400> keh<400,28>ts r eh<400,30>d glley<700>r _<300> dhah<100,28> baa<400,27>mz brr<400,25>stih<400,27>nx ih<400,28>n ey<600>r _<300> gey<400>v pruw<600,27>f thruw<200,25> dhah<400,23> nay<900,22>t dhae<300,20>d aw<100,22>rr fllae<400,23>g wah<400,15> stih<400,17>ll dheh<600,18>r _<300> ow<400> sey<400,23> dah<400>z dhae<200,23>ae<200,22>t stah<400,20>r spae<400>ngel<400>d bae<400,25>nrr<200,28>rr<200,27> yxeh<200,25>eh<200,23>t wey<800,23>ey<150,25>ey<150,23>ey<1200,22>v _<900> fow<300,18>rdhah<300> llae<900,23>ae<400,25>nd ah<300,27>v dhah<300,28> friy<1000,30>iy<1000,35> _<900> ae<300,23>nd dhah<300,25> hxow<1000,27>m _<600> ah<300,28>v dhah<1000,25> brrey<1500,23>v _<900>][:n0] Certain characters are not spoken The following characters are not spoken by Emic 2 during a text-to-speech conversion. If you'd like any of these specific characters to be spoken, simply use the text equivalent in your text string (For example, "less than" instead of "<"). table with 7 columns and 12 rows Character ISO-8859-1 Hex Code Description Character ISO-8859-1 Hex Code Description ( 0x28 Left parenthesis ® 0xAE Registered sign < 0x3C Less than ¯ 0xAF Macron [ 0x5B Left square bracket ´ 0xB4 Acute accent { 0x7B Left curly bracket ¸ 0xB8 Cedilla | 0x7C Vertical bar º 0xBA Masculine ordinal indicator NBSP 0xA0 No-break space Ð 0xD0 Latin capital letter eth ¤ 0xA4 Currency sign × 0xD7 Multiplication sign ¦ 0xA6 Broken bar Þ 0xDE Latin capital letter thorn ¨ 0xA8 Dieresis ÷ 0xF7 Division sign ¬ 0xAC Not sign þ 0xFE Latin small letter thorn SHY 0xAD Soft hyphen ÿ 0xFF Latin small letter y with dieresis table end Electrical Characteristics At VCC = +5.0V and TA = 25ºC unless otherwise noted table with 7 columns and 9 rows Parameter Symbol Test Conditions Specification Unit Min. Typ. Max. Supply Voltage VCC --- 3.6 5.0 5.5 V Supply Current, Idle IIDLE --- --- 30 --- mA Supply Current, Active ICC Demo #0, RL = 8 ? Volume = -38 dB Volume = 0 dB Volume = +18 dB --- --- --- --- --- --- 46 65 220 mA SP+/SP- Continuous Average Output Power PO RL = 8 ? --- --- 300 mW Audio Jack Impedance JL No load --- 10 --- ? Audio Jack Peak-to-Peak Output Voltage JVPP Demo #0, No load Volume = -38 dB Volume = 0 dB Volume = +18 dB --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.85 1.75 4.1 V Audio Jack Peak Output Voltage JVPK Demo #0, No load Volume = -38 dB Volume = 0 dB Volume = +18 dB --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.4 1.0 2.5 V table end Absolute Maximum Ratings table with 2 columns and 5 rows Condition Value Operating Temperature -20ºC to +70ºC (-4ºF to +158ºF) Storage Temperature -55ºC to +125ºC (-67ºF to +257ºF) Supply Voltage (VCC) +6.0V Ground Voltage (VSS) 0V table end NOTICE: Stresses above those listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings may cause permanent damage to the device. This is a stress rating only and functional operation of the device at those or any other conditions above those indicated in the listings of this specification is not implied. Exposure to maximum rating conditions for extended periods may affect device reliability. Open Source Files and Example Code The following engineering materials are released as open source under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/), allowing free distribution and reuse provided that proper attribution is given to the original author. The materials are posted on the Emic 2 product page; search "30016" at www.parallax.com: ? Product Manual (this document) ? Schematic ? Bill-of-Materials ? Assembly Drawing ? Example Code for BASIC Stamp 2, Propeller P8X32A, and Arduino list end Additional Resources ? Grand Idea Studio's Emic 2 Text-to-Speech Module web page: www.grandideastudio.com/portfolio/emic-2-text-to-speech-module/ ? Demonstration videos: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsyTdiI7kVn8OfqhbGNipdiN_kQq5JZcC list end Revision History Version 1.2 . Fixed incorrect "Print version information" command description (from "V" to "I") . Modified some command descriptions to include examples of communication with a host microcontroller . Added note to "X" and "Z" commands that no CR/LF byte is required . Added note to Usage section regarding slow microcontrollers and possible missing of ":" response . Added Additional Resources to Open Source Files and Example Code section . Minor formatting and layout changes list end Version 1.1 . Updated note below Connections diagram; page 2 . Added pin 6 (SP+) to Connections table; page 2 list end ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Spratt via Jfw" <[email protected]> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> Cc: "Adrian Spratt" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 3:23 PM Subject: RE: Dectalk Express, response from Emic, synth incompatible with JAWS? > Hi, Dennis and listers. > > First, can you by any chance suggest how I might incorporate this command > string into my system? > > Second, I wrote to the manufacturer of Emic, the company which produces > the synthesizer you alerted me to. Unfortunately, they believe the synth > won't work with JAWS. I wonder if you, or anyone else on the list, can > think how the problem might be overcome. Here's the text of the company > rep's response: > > I am not familiar with JAWS readers however from what I've on Youtube and > Google I don't believe it does. Mainly because the Emic text-to-speech > module requires serial communication from a device such as a micro > controller either a Basic Stamp, Propeller or an Arduino. It has to be > triggered in a very specific way which is why you need a microcontroller. > > https://www.parallax.com/sites/default/files/downloads/30016-Emic-2-Text-To-Speech-Documentation-v1.2.pdf > > https://www.parallax.com/product/30016 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis Clark > via Jfw > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 8:38 AM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Dennis Clark > Subject: Re: Dectalk Express, pitch higher in JAWS 17 > > Hi Adrian, > Seems weird, but perhaps Jaws is sending a command string to the DEC talk > when Jaws loads. I'm posting a link below which will take you to a page > which discusses, demonstrates and has some documentation for a current > text > to speech chip which is sort of the current DEC talk. There is a DEC talk > manual on the page which should give command strings for the chip which > may > still be valid for your DEC talk. The link is: > > http://www.grandideastudio.com/portfolio/emic-2-text-to-speech-module/ > > I will keep pondering this one, and let you know if I think of anything. > best, > Dennis > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adrian Spratt via Jfw" <[email protected]> > To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> > Cc: "Adrian Spratt" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 4:29 AM > Subject: Dectalk Express, pitch higher in JAWS 17 > > >> I'm trying to figure out how to restore the pitch of my preferred voice, >> Paul, in JAWS 17. It is much higher than in previous versions of JAWS. I >> don't know why this should be, since I wouldn't have thought JAWS had >> anything to do with pitch. I find no pitch control in the JAWS voice >> menus, other than for uppercase letters. I'm unaware of any pitch control >> in Dectalk Express itself. >> >> I've experimented with the other voice options on my version of Dectalk >> Express, but I can't stand any of them. also, I've set the speed setting >> to exactly the same rate as I've had it before. >> >> This is obscure for most JAWS users, but does anyone have any ideas? >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20151113/3be3d3e8/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
