To add to this, Dennis Klatt invented the Klat-Talk algorithm (which is available in the public domain) in the 1980's based on modeling waveforms of his own voice through a computer. DECTalk is derived from Klat-Talk, as is Macintalk on the Apple platform, though the two projects quickly branched off the original Klat-Talk code. This is why DECTalk and Macintalk sound so similar, yet different.
Steve -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+sclower=aisquared....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Chris Grabowski via Talk Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 8:57 AM To: Kevin Barry <krba...@gmail.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: RE: speech synthesizers You can, sort of, its name is Fred. -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Barry via Talk Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 4:15 AM To: CJ &AA MAY <chrisalis...@gmail.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: speech synthesizers As do I. There are many newer ones which say they are human sounding, they are not, and in my opinion they are not as clear as easy to understand as the venerable DecTalk I wish I could get it on my iPhone. On Wednesday, October 19, 2016, CJ &AA MAY via Talk < talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > I originally used Dectalk Express and despite the wide choice of much > more human voices, I still prefer to use Dectalk Access 32. > > Alison > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/ > options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/krbarry%40gmail.com. > For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/ > listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/ private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > -- Sent from Kevin's iPhone. _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/cgrabowski%40aisquared.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/sclower%40aisquared.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
