Re: [AI] Fwd: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey
Thanks a ton! I'm currently involved in a project which calls for efficient TTS for regional languages. Starting with Marathi and Hindi as our choice, we will have a good set of feedback for ESpeak developers. With such eager developers working on ESpeak, I am quite sure fixes will come in fast. By the way, I'm also looking to get involved into addressing basic touch-screen phone accessibility. Not in terms of reinventing the wheel but suplimenting whatever is out there to improve productivity using such devices. I'll follow this email with that as well. Regards, Siddhant -Original Message- From: Bhavya shah Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 11:05 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Fwd: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey Hi, Sidnc, Reece Dunn's e-mail address is mscl...@googlemail.com My apologies, now I realize remembering that Reece had sent out that survey to the list not from his own e-mail id. Anyways, there you go and you all ESpeak users are strongly encouraged to send in their responses to Reece. Thanks. On 12/11/15, sidnc1986_gmail wrote: May be you can share his email. In forwarded one, there's group email on behalf of the sender.. Regards, Siddhant -Original Message- From: Bhavya shah Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 2:49 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Fwd: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey 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 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 Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:05:32 + Subject: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey To: "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. D
Re: [AI] Fwd: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey
Hi, Sidnc, Reece Dunn's e-mail address is mscl...@googlemail.com My apologies, now I realize remembering that Reece had sent out that survey to the list not from his own e-mail id. Anyways, there you go and you all ESpeak users are strongly encouraged to send in their responses to Reece. Thanks. On 12/11/15, sidnc1986_gmail wrote: > May be you can share his email. In forwarded one, there's group email on > behalf of the sender.. > > Regards, > Siddhant > > -Original Message- > From: Bhavya shah > Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 2:49 PM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues > concerningthe disabled. > Subject: Re: [AI] Fwd: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey > > 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 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 >> Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:05:32 + >> Subject: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey >> To: "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, >
Re: [AI] Fwd: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey
May be you can share his email. In forwarded one, there's group email on behalf of the sender.. Regards, Siddhant -Original Message- From: Bhavya shah Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 2:49 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Fwd: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey 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 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 Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:05:32 + Subject: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey To: "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. Dunn -- To report violations of our ground rules or content guidelines, contact eyes-free+own...@googlegroups.com. -- https://goo.gl/rDveM8 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eyes-free" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to eyes-free+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to eyes-f...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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@a
Re: [AI] Fwd: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey
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 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 > Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:05:32 + > Subject: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey > To: "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. Dunn > > -- > To report violations of our ground rules or content guidelines, > contact eyes-free+own...@googlegroups.com. -- https://goo.gl/rDveM8 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "eyes-free" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to eyes-free+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to eyes-f...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > 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
Re: [AI] Fwd: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey
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 Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:05:32 + Subject: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey To: "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. Dunn -- To report violations of our ground rules or content guidelines, contact eyes-free+own...@googlegroups.com. -- https://goo.gl/rDveM8 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eyes-free" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to eyes-free+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to eyes-f...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile ph
[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 Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 20:05:32 + Subject: eSpeak Voice Quality Survey To: "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. Dunn -- To report violations of our ground rules or content guidelines, contact eyes-free+own...@googlegroups.com. -- https://goo.gl/rDveM8 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eyes-free" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to eyes-free+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to eyes-f...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
