Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
2008/3/23, Rob Hillis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Maybe the Alison voice is better, but I've found Cepstral to be a bit too > mechanical. I'm using Ceptral Millie (since a UK accent is more acceptable > in Australia than an American one) > > The best TTS engine I've *ever* run in to was Nuance Realspeak (see > http://www.nuance.com/realspeak/) > could you integrate with asterisk ? how did you proceed , cheers though I don't believe it's cheap - last time I looked it was a couple of > hundred dollars per channel. The demo is back online after a long absence > (though you do need to register to use it) > > Francesco Peeters wrote: > > Steve Edwards wrote: > > > On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Thanks everyone for the reply. > > Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. > Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be > played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software > that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert > Text to Speech. > > I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the > sound quality of Festival somehow. > > > > Cepstral with Allison is only $30. > > I did a demo IVR for a potential client and it was hard to tell the TTS > bits from the human bits. If I took the time to learn Cepstral's markup > language I probably could have fooled myself :) > > Thanks in advance, > > > Are there any tools like these for Dutch language Asterisk installs?... > > > > ___ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
Maybe the Alison voice is better, but I've found Cepstral to be a bit too mechanical. I'm using Ceptral Millie (since a UK accent is more acceptable in Australia than an American one) The best TTS engine I've /ever/ run in to was Nuance Realspeak (see http://www.nuance.com/realspeak/) though I don't believe it's cheap - last time I looked it was a couple of hundred dollars per channel. The demo is back online after a long absence (though you do need to register to use it) Francesco Peeters wrote: Steve Edwards wrote: On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everyone for the reply. Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert Text to Speech. I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the sound quality of Festival somehow. Cepstral with Allison is only $30. I did a demo IVR for a potential client and it was hard to tell the TTS bits from the human bits. If I took the time to learn Cepstral's markup language I probably could have fooled myself :) Thanks in advance, Are there any tools like these for Dutch language Asterisk installs?... ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
Steve Edwards wrote: > On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> Thanks everyone for the reply. >> >> Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. >> Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be >> played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software >> that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert >> Text to Speech. >> >> I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve >> the sound quality of Festival somehow. >> > > Cepstral with Allison is only $30. > > I did a demo IVR for a potential client and it was hard to tell the TTS > bits from the human bits. If I took the time to learn Cepstral's markup > language I probably could have fooled myself :) > > Thanks in advance, Are there any tools like these for Dutch language Asterisk installs?... -- Francesco Peeters no sigs on this machine! :-o ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
Thanks a lot everyone, I will go ahead and try Cepstral. Regards, Sanjay. - Original Message - From: "Steve Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:54:50 AM (GMT+0530) Asia/Calcutta Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded. On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks everyone for the reply. > > Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. > Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be > played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software > that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert > Text to Speech. > > I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the > sound quality of Festival somehow. Cepstral with Allison is only $30. I did a demo IVR for a potential client and it was hard to tell the TTS bits from the human bits. If I took the time to learn Cepstral's markup language I probably could have fooled myself :) Thanks in advance, Steve Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks everyone for the reply. > > Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. > Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be > played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software > that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert > Text to Speech. > > I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the > sound quality of Festival somehow. Cepstral with Allison is only $30. I did a demo IVR for a potential client and it was hard to tell the TTS bits from the human bits. If I took the time to learn Cepstral's markup language I probably could have fooled myself :) Thanks in advance, Steve Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 03:03:38AM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks everyone for the reply. > Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. > Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be > played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software > that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert > Text to Speech. > I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the > sound quality of Festival somehow. What language do you want? There are UK English versions of the 1.2 release available from www.tel.net, I should have the 1.4 version up very soon. They were recorded by Jay Benham (links from the site). In terms of text-to-speech there are several solutions, have a look at www.talklets.com who run a text-to-speech (well accessibility, but TTS as part of it) software as a service solution. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/Mac stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks everyone for the reply. > > Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. > Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be > played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software > that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert > Text to Speech. > > I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the > sound quality of Festival somehow. Cepstrel is good, cheap, and now has an Allison (yes, THAT Allison) voice! Steve ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
On Tuesday 11 March 2008 16:33:38 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve > the sound quality of Festival somehow. No, but you could try Cepstral: http://www.cepstral.com/ -- Tilghman ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
Thanks everyone for the reply. Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech software that would be cost effective (most probably a open source) and would convert Text to Speech. I tried Fetival, but the quality of the sound is not good. Can we improve the sound quality of Festival somehow. Regards, Sanjay. - Original Message - From: "Ron Joffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 2:30:44 AM (GMT+0530) Asia/Calcutta Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded. On Tuesday 11 March 2008 16:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is the best alternative for getting the IVR and other prompts recorded > for Asterisk. We decided to record our own. We set up a recording studio, and that has worked out very well for us. Let me know if we can help. Ron ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
On Tuesday 11 March 2008 16:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is the best alternative for getting the IVR and other prompts recorded > for Asterisk. We decided to record our own. We set up a recording studio, and that has worked out very well for us. Let me know if we can help. Ron ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:21 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the best alternative for getting the IVR and other prompts recorded > for Asterisk. Because of the number of existing recordings, wouldn't Allison be the best and most cost-effective solution? ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.
At 15:21 3/11/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >What is the best alternative for getting the IVR and other prompts >recorded for Asterisk. > >Regards, >Sanjay. What have you tried so far? ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
