Actually it is bad only when received on cell phones. Today I listened to
the same voices on a Cisco 7942 and they were great. I actually enjoyed
listening to them. Not bad on X-Lite either. Previously I was mostly
listening to them only through cell phones. So it means it is because of the
Do you recommend using wav files instead? Will there be any downside of
using wav?
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On Oct 24, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Zeeshan Zakaria zisha...@gmail.com wrote:
Do you recommend using wav files instead? Will there be any
I fiddled with the demo version of swift a year or so ago and I had better
sound quality if I used the non-8khz versions and had app_swift or asterisk
convert it for me (not sure, giving app_swift a regular version seemed to
JustWork(tm)
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Zeeshan Zakaria
Are you using app_swift or wav files?
On Oct 23, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Zeeshan Zakaria zisha...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello list,
I have been using Cepstral's 8KHz voices for my text-to-speech service for
some time now, and have been noticing that the voice quality is really poor,
doesn't
I am using app_swift.
As a side note, demo on their website also generates sounds which at places
sounds like robotic.
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On 2010-10-23 6:03 PM, Darren Sessions dmsessi...@gmail.com wrote:
Are you using app_swift or wav files?
Somewhat off-topic, but I'll mention briefly that it's a
multi-city service
and you can get more info at http://www.trafficondemand.ca/
I believe that
it's still considered beta for non-Toronto.
You have Kitchener/Waterloo! Yay
dials
Oh. No traffic. Boo-urns.
Hehe...working on it
On December 2, 2008 07:55:00 pm Erik (Caneris) wrote:
Nuance would say no :)
I'd say maybe. Call up +14164854854, it's a recent project we did for a
That's pretty cool! Is there any SIP or IAX access to this (aside from
dialing a POTS number) ?
-A.
John:
However, that doesn't mean that it shouldn't be implemented. This is
an area in which I think there is a disproportionate amount of non-
discussion, since many people who would use or be interested in MRCP
simply don't participate in the Asterisk project because it doesn't
meet their
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On December 2, 2008 07:55:00 pm Erik (Caneris) wrote:
Nuance would say no :)
I'd say maybe. Call up +14164854854, it's a recent project we did
On December 4, 2008 02:14:52 pm Erik (Caneris) wrote:
Thanks. Unfortunately no SIP/IAX access at this time, only by dialing one
of the TNs. However, I'll bring it up with the client and see if they'd
want us to configure that.
Definitely would be cool, you don't lose any ad revenue and I don't
On Dec 2, 2008, at 6:55 PM, Erik (Caneris) wrote:
Erik -
Have you found RealSpeak to be worth the cost?
Actually my last note was probably a bit misleading because in the
particular cases I mentioned RealSpeak, the platform wasn't Asterisk
and Cepstral wasn't even on the radar.
Which non-english language do you have in mind ?
Both should differ on this.
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In my experience cepstral has always had much nicer sounding voices, but I
haven't tinkered too much with either. There is a reason one is pay and one
free though J I believe cepstral is still offering demo's, I'd download each
and see which one gives you the performance you're looking for.
Festival is a free voice that sounds like a machine. Cepstral is a fee
based human voice ($30 USD per voice per CPU). They are similar in that
they both produce mechanically timed output. IMO, you should use festival
if this isn't a customer based interface. If it is a CBI, use cepstral and
if
Festival sucks. Cepstral sucks less. The End.
In my experience, it depends on the specific app, who's paying, and who's going
to be the victim, err...user listening to it. This is the difference between
domain/context specific phrases/words to pronounce vs. general stuff, a client
on a tight
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I'm about to begin working on an ivr project to do database backed
On Dec 2, 2008, at 9:41 AM, Erik (Caneris) wrote:
Festival sucks. Cepstral sucks less. The End.
In my experience, it depends on the specific app, who's paying, and
who's going to be the victim, err...user listening to it. This is
the difference between domain/context specific
John Todd wrote:
Erik -
Have you found RealSpeak to be worth the cost? Can Cepstral, with
the hourly $ spent on tuning, be made to be a reasonable substitute?
It's been a while since I did a head-to-head comparison between
Cepstral and (anything else) so I did a quick demo of the
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My results: The RealSpeak sample was more clear than the Cepstral.
But by how much? I should probably test with more than just that one
phrase, but I can't say I'd prefer RealSpeak significantly over
Cepstral in this
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This has been an interesting discussion about cepstral. My question is
why it doesn't appear to be available for 1.6 yet? This thread has
piqued my interest in the product but a visit to Digium's website seems
to point to it being a product for
Jean-Denis Girard wrote:
The price of RealSpeak is not far from an order of magnitude higher
compared to Cepstral.
Only an order of magnitude? They've reduced it a lot then. :-)
Steve
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Have you found RealSpeak to be worth the cost?
Actually my last note was probably a bit misleading because in the particular
cases I mentioned RealSpeak, the platform wasn't Asterisk and Cepstral wasn't
even on the radar.
Can Cepstral, with
the hourly $ spent on tuning, be made
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Jean-Denis Girard wrote:
The price of RealSpeak is not far from an order of magnitude higher
compared to Cepstral.
Only an order of magnitude? They've reduced it a lot then. :-)
1 order of magnitude = x10
Then, shall we say 500$/simultaneous
what versions of asterisk on both systems ?
On 6/5/07, Mojo with Horan Company, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Have you tried something along the lines of:
System(swift blah blah blah -o blah.wav)
Playback(blah.wav)
It does have an inherent delay for the generation step but maybe swift
Thanks for the input - that's what we've ended up doing. I was concerned
at the impact on system performance, but it seems negligible.
I tested it with 30 simultaneous calls (1 calls in total) using sipp
and it didn't crash once.
Julian
Mojo with Horan Company, LLC wrote:
Have you
Have you tried something along the lines of:
System(swift blah blah blah -o blah.wav)
Playback(blah.wav)
It does have an inherent delay for the generation step but maybe swift
binary segfaults less? I've only used cepstral via swift binary, and it
has never segfaulted for me. My swift and
Kai-Uwe Jensen wrote:
There's also an app_swift available at http://www.loopfree.net/app_swift/
Thanks to all that responded. I've used app_swift as mentioned above and
it suits my needs.
Thanks again
Julian
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Oh man - the second I send this, I find the answer.
say-as type=currency12345.44/say-as
Sorry for the waste of bandwidth.
Julian
Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:
Does anyone have any idea on how to force cepstral to convert a number
to speech ?
I have noticed that sometimes it speaks the number
Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:
Does anyone have any idea on how to force cepstral to convert a number
to speech ?
I have noticed that sometimes it speaks the number correctly, and at
others it doesn't.
1) 787 is pronounced 7-8-7
2) 123 is pronounced one-hundred and twenty-three.
1) is wrong
Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:
Does anyone have any idea on how to force cepstral to convert a number
to speech ?
I have noticed that sometimes it speaks the number correctly, and at
others it doesn't.
1) 787 is pronounced 7-8-7
2) 123 is pronounced one-hundred and twenty-three.
You could
Lee Jenkins wrote:
Funny you should mention FastAGI. I am implementing a variation of my
DTSwift app through an Object Pascal based FastAGI scripting server now.
http://www.datatrakpos.com/pos/datatalk/images/asterpas.htm
The newer version just uses the System() AGI command to build the file
Best code comment ever, by the way:
here's a for loop
for i := 1 to iLen do
:-)
On 3/16/07, Lee Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Steve Prior wrote:
Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:
what input text ? To what application ?
I agree completely with the app_swift suggestion from loopfree as
Sean Bright wrote:
Best code comment ever, by the way:
here's a for loop
for i := 1 to iLen do
:-)
LOL, I know. The script was originally to show some of the standard
language features supported by the scripting engine. But then I started
writing all the db access and cepstral
Steve Prior wrote:
Lee Jenkins wrote:
Funny you should mention FastAGI. I am implementing a variation of my
DTSwift app through an Object Pascal based FastAGI scripting server now.
http://www.datatrakpos.com/pos/datatalk/images/asterpas.htm
The newer version just uses the System() AGI
Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:
what's the easiest way of using cepstral voices with asterisk ? On their
website, in the ssml page
(http://www.cepstral.com/cgi-bin/support?page=ssml), they say
Asterisk PBX
SSML can be used with Cepstral voices in Asterisk by simply embedding
the markup into the
There's also an app_swift available at http://www.loopfree.net/app_swift/
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Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:
what's the easiest way of using cepstral voices with asterisk ? On their
website, in the ssml page
(http://www.cepstral.com/cgi-bin/support?page=ssml), they say
Asterisk PBX
SSML can be used with Cepstral voices in Asterisk by simply embedding
the markup into the
Steve Prior wrote:
Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:
what input text ? To what application ?
I agree completely with the app_swift suggestion from loopfree as Kai
suggested. It provides the app_Swift which you can use from within a
dialplan. In fact, if you're getting fancy by using a fastAGI
Thanks Paul.
I think it was nagging because the phpagi code looks to see if there is
already a wav file before creating a new one. Since I had old ones with the
nagging, it didn't create new ones. The problem I am having now is that it
won't play it at all, just beeps.
Thanks!
On 1/12/07,
blackwater dev wrote:
I'm using trixbox and the asterisk agi. I downloaded a cepstral voice
and worked with it until I got the code to do what I wanted. I then
registered the voice today to get rid of the 'this voice is not yet
registered, stuff yet it still does that.
Any ideas on how to
On Wednesday August 16 2006 7:01 pm, Don wrote:
Has anyone used Cepstral for text to speech before? I am testing the demo
and it seems to take about 20 seconds for the speech to start... On a
3.4Ghz 2GB machine...
Thanks,
Don
Don,
I have been using Cepstral for about a year now and it has
app...
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On Wednesday August 16 2006 7:01 pm, Don wrote:
Has anyone used Cepstral for text to speech before? I am testing
Hi,
You can call an agi script to convert the text file to wave format.
Example:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/swift.agi
Kevin
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Hi Wolfgang
I've had the same issue.
I don't think agi per se is the problem but rather the way you are
calling the swift excutable.
i.e.
swift this is a test
gets rewritten as
swift this is a test
Hope this makes sense.
FYI, here's how I do it in fastagi/java:
--
String toSay = some text
On Monday 11 Jul 2005 05:02, Michael Stearne wrote:
On 7/10/05, Jim Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks William and John, I'll look again for that download. Comments
below...
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FWIW? I bought that
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 09:19 +0100, Bob Goddard wrote:
Compared to Rhetorical (http://www.rhetorical.com/cgi-bin/demo.cgi),
the ATT system sounds awful.
Yes it does sound considerably better, but what do I know I have a
hearing loss. Anyway, have you managed to integrate this with asterisk
Compared to Rhetorical (http://www.rhetorical.com/cgi-bin/demo.cgi),
the ATT system sounds awful.
You're 100% correct!
My mistake, I was thinking of rhetorical when I said ATT. I'm not
familiar with ATT at all - my bad!
Thanks for correcting this and reminding me of rhetorical.
what I can't find is how to buy or get Swift? If I understand
correctly, swift is the actual program that makes the speech?
IIRC, you can download everything you need to make the thing talk,
including a voice like David. It works exactly like it will when you
buy a license except there is some
what I can't find is how to buy or get Swift? If I understand
correctly, swift is the actual program that makes the speech?
IIRC, you can download everything you need to make the thing talk,
including a voice like David. It works exactly like it will when you
buy a license except there
I have been reading about Cepstral, their voices and the Digium partner
agreement with them. I see where they sell the voices and the licenses for
them, but what I can't find is how to buy or get Swift? If I understand
correctly, swift is the actual program that makes the speech?
Thanks William and John, I'll look again for that download. Comments
below...
--On Sunday, July 10, 2005 1:50 PM +0200 Wilson Pickett
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FWIW? I bought that voice and I find it amusing, but not ready for
prime time. I had it read articles from a publication and it was
On 7/10/05, Jim Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks William and John, I'll look again for that download. Comments
below...
--On Sunday, July 10, 2005 1:50 PM +0200 Wilson Pickett
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FWIW? I bought that voice and I find it amusing, but not ready for
prime time.
You will be able to purchase Cepstral voices from Digium just like you
dor for G729 already. I would guess it's 1 way to show the power of
asterisk by putting all the TTS orders thru a company such as Digium.
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On Monday January 24 2005 3:29 pm, John Middleton wrote:
Hi, I've looked at the Wiki for this, have seen the Swift.agi
details, but has anyone got a current script for Cepstral and an
example of integraton in * please?
I'm a * and linux newbie, so please be gentle ;-)
Thanks
John
I just
On Monday January 24 2005 3:29 pm, John Middleton wrote:
Hi, I've looked at the Wiki for this, have seen the Swift.agi
details, but has anyone got a current script for Cepstral and an
example of integraton in * please?
I'm a * and linux newbie, so please be gentle ;-)
Thanks
John
I just
Quoting John Middleton [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi, I've looked at the Wiki for this, have seen the Swift.agi details,
but has anyone got a current script for Cepstral and an example of
integraton in * please?
It's been a while since I've fiddled around with it, but it should work like
this:
I have successfully used Cepstral voices with asterisk. I have had better
luck with integrating in by invoking Cepstral through at the command line
(rather than using the Festival command from within asterisk), then just use
the outputted file from your asterisk script. I have all of this
I have successfully used Cepstral voices with asterisk. I have had better
luck with integrating in by invoking Cepstral through at the command line
(rather than using the Festival command from within asterisk), then just use
the outputted file from your asterisk script. I have all of this
You should familiarize yourself with the Wiki.
http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Cepstral
Take a gander at the See also's.
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 20:57:36 -0600, Bruce Yount
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Was hoping someone could point me in the right direction for getting
the linux version
On 09/09/2004 at 18:48 Josh Roberson wrote:
I wrote cepstral regarding this at the beginning of the week, thought it
might be relevant to post the reply:
Thanks for contacting us. Our Linux package is off the site right now
because we are releasing a new version, 3.02, next week. This is an
On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 13:59:20 -0600, TELUX [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How do you get Cepstral working, they only offer windows versions. do I
have to complie it to linux?
http://www.cepstral.com
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On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 14:59, TELUX wrote:
How do you get Cepstral working, they only offer windows versions. do I
have to complie it to linux?
http://www.cepstral.com
They have a linux version for purchase on their web site.
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On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 14:59, TELUX wrote:
How do you get Cepstral working, they only offer windows versions. do I
have to complie it to linux?
http://www.cepstral.com
They have a linux version for purchase on their
Quoting Jerry Geis [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Cepstral offers Linux versions.
Just contact them.
http://www.cepstral.com/cgi-bin/downloads?page=voices
Note that you can not download any Linux versions from that page.
They changed something a while back. Released a new TTS engine for Windows and
I wrote cepstral regarding this at the beginning of the week, thought it
might be relevant to post the reply:
Thanks for contacting us. Our Linux package is off the site right now
because we are releasing a new version, 3.02, next week. This is an
incremental release. The major update of this
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I wrote cepstral regarding this at the beginning of the week, thought it
might be relevant to post the reply:
Thanks for contacting us. Our Linux package is off the site right now
because we are releasing a new version, 3.02
Your website is refusing connections at the moment. Or more properly I
should say I get Connection refused when I try to access the Cepstral
link you posted earlier today to the Asterisk-users list.
FYI.
Thx.
B.
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Feedback for the list. I compiled Andy's code. Installation went well
(except for me misspellng something in the dialplan) with no problems.
The Application works great. Will run down Brian's and give it a try too.
Hope you can do us a HOWTO.
Cepstral would be a major
Andy's code and my code are the same code basically. I cleaned up a few
things and added the noanswer option. Other than that Andy did all of the
hard work.
bkw
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Brian Capouch wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Feedback for the list. I compiled Andy's code. Installation
Hi Brian,
Andy's code and my code are the same code basically. I cleaned up a few
things and added the noanswer option. Other than that Andy did all of the
hard work.
is cepstral a special tts-api, or does this mean, we can use every
windows(tm)
tts-engine on the market...? Even ATT Natural
No it uses the linux theta libs and header files.
bkw
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Andreas Anderson wrote:
Hi Brian,
Andy's code and my code are the same code basically. I cleaned up a few
things and added the noanswer option. Other than that Andy did all of the
hard work.
is cepstral a special
http://asterisk.bkw.org/other/cepstral.tar.gz
bkw
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Brian Capouch wrote:
I'm prolly showing my ignorance here, but where *is* this code?
I've done a search at the bugs site and it came up dry. It's not in the
CVS contrib tree.
Don't know where else to look.
Thx.
B.
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