Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices Also, I recently found an interview for one of the men behind one of the Loquendo voices on YouTube Its not an English voice, rather, its the man behind Loquendo Jorge. Ill see if I can find it again.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=168619#p168619 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices Well, its been a while since this topic was here but I thought I bring ths up again because I wantd to see if anyone thought of the talk box, sonovox or electrolarynx to be a speech synthesiser that was never disussed in the Klat recording.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=168110#p168110 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices from whatb I heard, the voice jerk face might be that of seth mac farlane.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=160122#p160122 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices did you hear that susan bennut revelaed herself as the voice of scansoft Samantha? Also I think the cepstral keven voice on voice forge is based on keven lenso, founder of cepstral and also creator of the festival synthesizer. I heard roomers that one of the doubletalk voices might have been made by james erl jones (voice of darth vader) and the dr. dennus voice was named after dectalks creator, dennus klat. the speak n spells voice is that of larry brantingham, a chip designer.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=160099#p160099 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: The people behind TTS voices Tessa is a south African actress.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=160105#p160105 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices To the person that wonders why we know so much about Vocaliser, my guess is that theyre just incredibly popular, not just on iPhones but Siri did probably play a big part. IE, Karen Jacobson already did voices for GPSs... so someone was bound to notice that Siri sounded similar. Ditto for John Brigs, whom interestingly enough Apple had later asked not to talk about the fact that he voiced Siri. No surprise there, they sure like to keep their secrets. The fact that the voices have different names is probably also partially caused by the privacy issue.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=154400#p154400 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: The people behind TTS voices Added an ATNT Mike video, I am not sure about the voice actor behind it though.RobURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=154300#p154300 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices how do you know that was A t and t mike? the way the guys inflection kind of snapped onto a pitch sounded like he had been auto tuned though. hmm ...URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=154329#p154329 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices Glad I could find this topic. I hope Im not too late to the party. I would like to find out who was the voice behind the rest of the Vocalizer/RealSpeak Solo voices. We know Tom, Samantha, Karen, and Daniel. I dont know the rest.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=154352#p154352 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices FBC you have a great voice I think you really should do it. Cereproc has that sort of facility. FBC I wrote to the ATKV maybe they could use you as a voice actor if you wrote to the, but any more information on that and you should write me off list.And as far as scansoft voices, can someone help me find the voice behind scansoft ellen?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=154356#p154356 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices I wonder who created the Cepstral voices? Hmm this is getting more interesting. Still there are more synthesis options available than what was described in the Klatt recording. One is the electrolarynx and Bell Labs came out with a reed tube that you could use to talk with if you had to breathe through an opening called a stom. Also, it would be neat to see a replicated voder so I could learn how to operte it.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=154366#p154366 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices ivona site has a recording of the real people behind their voices, but the real names arent provided.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=154373#p154373 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices i really really find this very interesting. i also wish i could find out, how to record voices, and convert them to speech, reason i ask this is, i feel passionate about helping others who does not have a voice. and if it means, adding mine out there. id love to do it. i have been told by numerous people i have a good sounding voice. and even though i deny it, most all the time. id love to take all the time needed to create such an opertunity to record my voice. and thus helping to make TTSs better. i got the time, i, have the patience, and the willingness. now, only to find the experts to help me set this in motion. there was a ap. that could take your voice and make a MS sapi five out of it. but sadly i lost that link. he sighs. but my surch continues.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=153542#p153542 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices This is very very exciting I have been wating to find such a list myself but I have not had the time to find the real people behind the concatentative version. I wonder why they do not name the voice after the perso though?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=153419#p153419 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices This is very very exciting I have been wating to find such a list myself but I have not had the time to find the real people behind the concatentative version. I wonder why they do not name the voice after the perso though?@Raygrote, you never gave us the link to the video on the Acapella voices.And I wonder if Apple will ever change its mannerism if they change CEOs? I think privacy and freedom of speech are constantly at ods with one another because we cannot equally temper like tuning a piano. It is all interesting though and I have been reading more on the actors on Wikipedia and such to see what else they have done. I wonder who did the male Siri voice? If you listen to the new iOS sevens Siri voices they sound a lot more nautral.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=153419#p153419 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices Hi.The only thing I remember was a series of clips from the Eloquence synth and the real voice behind. It sounded like a very old recording which was brought in the radio much sooner. Im sorry, I dont remember more from the recording, since it was back in 2002 I heard it, I think.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=153148#p153148 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices Hmm that sounds interesting. Do you remember him specifically saying that he helped make an Eloquence voice? If so, that would be interesting... Id like to learn more about how that synth was made. I know on the Dectalk list one of the people who was involved in the research that led to Eloquence was discussing Dectalk with us. I forget the names of the people that were mentioned on that list but the person I was talking to seemed very interested in speech synthesis and is probably still looking for ideas to improve it.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=152964#p152964 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices Hi.[[wow]], thanks much for creating this cool topic. Its very difficult to find the people behind those voices. I have searched a bit, but cant find any.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=152637#p152637 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices Hi,I have to agree with you Chris. The real Samanthas voice is much nicer. Im guessing a lot of these actors, when recording TTS voices, spoke in a very controled, flat manner. In a sense, thats a good thing. But it leaves for less interesting, less atractive _expression_ (and by attractive, I dont mean sexy). I love Toms voice though, the real one and the synth are both very good. Daniel isnt bad either.As for Eloquence, I believe that all voices were created from male and female models for each language. I remember using an old Supernova where you could adjust Eloquence settings and if I remember right, when creating a custom voice, you could only choose male or female as the voice type, and from there youd have to adjust peramitors. I know Dectalk works this way... just one male and one female model with many peramitors. Any other voices were just made by modifying the peramitors of the models... for example, Paul is the model of Dennis Klat and Harry is Paul with lower pitch and lower head size. Doctor Dennis is Paul with lower pitch, slightly lower head size and more breathiness... you get the picture. And there are others, some are more simple or complicated than others.Id be very, very interested to have more for concatonative synths... for example Acapela, Ivona, and Att (like Mike and Crystal, and others).Cepstral William is the voice of the guy who heads Cepstral, though the two sound nothing alike... Im guessing he wasnt using his normal voice when recording William. I like his normal voice better... the recording was on an old ABC Main Menu archive, which has been down for a few years now. The quality isnt great... its hard to believe that the two are the same person.And a few years back, I heard the actor who did Acapela Ryan on a commercial, or at least someone who sounded a lot like him. Damn I wish I could get another sample of that. I lik e Ryans voice, it would be awesome to hear the real person. And of course anything else related to this topic is very interesting, so keep it up! Hmm maybe just edit the first post of the topic when you get more info?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=152599#p152599 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices Thanks for creating this topic! I dont have much time right now as Im going to an activity and have to do the dishes beforehand. Or perhaps Ill just skip todays activity since its so crappy outside. But anyway, Im wondering who did the voice of Eloquence. Or should that be voices since there are about 8 Eloquence voices? Also, Im wondering who is behind the Neospeech voices, especially Julie. She is so hot! I remember hearing a sample of that voice once where she said something about a sex kitten. Who did the Microsoft voices, both old and new? Or for that matter, who did all the other TTS voices that are currently out there?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=152385#p152385 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices Is it just me, or do they sound nothing alike? samantha andd siri?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=152106#p152106 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: [Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
Re: The people behind TTS voices Hi.Hmmm, I take back what I said about Samantha in the other topic.She doesnt sound bad.I wonder though, why does the tts voice sound so crappy?Oh well.Anyway, does anyone have the people behind vocalizer Ava and Mac Alex? If Alex is indeed a human recorded voice, I want to know who did AlexURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=152062#p152062 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: The people behind TTS voices Well, we know its human because its concatenative. At one point Apple were doing a test drive to find out which voice people liked best, publishing a movie file (no link, sorry) in which various people said weird things like passages from text or system error messages, but well probably never find out which people were behind those. I also dont remember hearing any voice that sounded like Alex, but that could just be Apple, being clever. Anyway, Apple arent going to publish it, obviously.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=152063#p152063 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
[Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
The people behind TTS voices Hi all,Inspired by a recent topic, I decided to start this one, where my hope is to build a list of TTS voices and the people behind them. Here is the list. If you have ones that I did not list, please do not hesitate to post, and Ill add it to the list. Ive also included usually a youtube link where you can hear the real person.Vocalizer Samantha: Susan Bennett http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6boqUfzUD8Vocalizer Daniel: John Briggs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVesGzomefcVocalizer Karen: Karen Jacobsen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTIg5PvLcR0Vocalizer Tom: Tom Glynn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcNGfOM7fv4Hopefully many more to come!RobURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=151921#p151921 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: The people behind TTS voices Interesting that apart from Daniel, theyve all been musical stars. This should probably explain why I hate them. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=151927#p151927 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
[Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
The people behind TTS voices Hi all,Inspired by a recent topic, I decided to start this one, where my hope is to build a list of TTS voices and the people behind them. Here is the list. If you have ones that I did not list, please do not hesitate to post, and Ill add it to the list. Ive also included usually a youtube link where you can hear the real person.Vocalizer Samantha: Susan Bennett http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6boqUfzUD8Vocalizer Daniel: John Briggs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVesGzomefcVocalizer Karen: Karen Jacobsen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTIg5PvLcR0Vocalizer Tom: Tom Glynn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcNGfOM7fv4Dectalk: Dennis Klatt http://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=097K1uMIPyQHopefully many more to come!RobURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=151921#p151921 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
[Audiogames-reflector] The people behind TTS voices
The people behind TTS voices Hi all,Inspired by a recent topic, I decided to start this one, where my hope is to build a list of TTS voices and the people behind them. Here is the list. If you have ones that I did not list, please do not hesitate to post, and Ill add it to the list. Ive also included usually a youtube link where you can hear the real person.Vocalizer Samantha: Susan Bennett http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6boqUfzUD8Vocalizer Daniel: John Briggs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVesGzomefcVocalizer Karen: Karen Jacobsen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTIg5PvLcR0Vocalizer Tom: Tom Glynn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcNGfOM7fv4Dectalk: Largely based on the work of Dennis Klatt, using his, his daughters voice sam ples http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=097K1uMIPyQHopefully many more to come!RobURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=151921#p151921 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
