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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: changes to voice filesRe: changes to voice files
From: Rich De Steno <ironrock_at_verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:09:46 -0400 The fast Eloquence is better anyway, clear and fast. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Powell" <rob_at_rinty.plus.com> To: "'Rockbox'" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:41 AM Subject: RE: changes to voice files > Nice one Jamie, I can confirm from discussions at the time on the list, that > indeed ATNT employ a company specifically to look for licence "breaches" of > this type. U Unfortunately they found us, not surprising as when you put > iriver or Archos into the search engine, after the sponsored links, comes > rockbox. I was in contact with someone at the time, who I thought might be > able to resolve the problem for us, however that trail went cold. At any > rate, it was going to cost the project about £1500 to get the requisite > licence for us to legally do what we're doing. > > Jamy's point is quite correct, very strictly speaking we're breaking the > terms of the ATNT licence agreement, though interestingly if we own a copy > of the voices ourselves, we're within our rites to use these files, though > of course that would be impossible to administer in a project like RB. The > sames probably true with the IBM voices, though apparently not with the MS > ones. > > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se [mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On > Behalf Of James Teh > Sent: 13 June 2006 02:09 > To: Rockbox > Subject: Re: changes to voice files > > alex wallis wrote: > > i've just been on the rockbox website to update rockbox and i see the > > speech files have changed according to it what exactly has been done > > to them? > The language files were restructured and reorganised somewhat, which broke > compatibility with the old voice files. > > > secondly what is this hovering thing all about some kind of option to > > only voice things while hovering i think. > This refers to the speaking of mp3 clips to voice file names and > directories. If you enable this, Rockbox will look for mp3 clips to speak > while as you move to files and directories. See the Rockbox wiki for more > info. > > > also is it me or is the speech buggy? several times while going thru > > the menus in different places using the read US english voice it jus > > suddenly went mad and started reading loads and loads of stuff not > > even in the menus all about battery type, then it started saying > > different units of time and then it began to recite the alphabet does > > anyone no if this is a bug with speech generally or the voice file in > particular. > Weird. This bug was fixed in April for me, so perhaps it has returned. > Are you running the latest daily/cvs build? > > > also could someone fill me in why have the naturally speaking voices > > been removed? i liked paul he was a nice clear voice. > > personally and i no everyones going to be shooting me down over this > > one but its my oppinion so ile state it. who cares if we officially > > aren't allowed to use the naturally speaking voices i mean who ran and > > told the manufacturer for starters. what they don't no can't hert them ... > It is very likely that no one "ran and told them". Everyone can access a web > site, everyone can use a search engine, and with a project the size of > Rockbox, there is a high chance of it being discovered. > > > and if we are questioning issues of legality here i'm sure that all > > the other manufacturers of voices would have something to say about > > there voices being used > The point is that they haven't said anything. AT&T has. Unfortunately, their > license does actually prevent such use of their voices. Rockbox has to > comply with such requests for several reasons, one of which being that the > Rockbox crew don't want to be seen as people connoting illegal activity. > > and in fact i bet if you asked them iriver would say that they wern't > > happy about there firmware being patched or people using that BDM > > wiggler thing to find out about the skimatics of the player. > That is why the patched firmware is not distributed directly by Rockbox. > If you patch the firmware, it is your responsibility. It is very likely that > Iriver know, but they haven't said a thing; possibly turning a "blind eye" > because there is no real reason for them to care. Besides, reverse > engineering is legal in many places, although the definition of reverse > engineering is a rather complex topic. > > Jamie > > -- > James Teh > Email: jamie_at_jantrid.net > WWW: http://www.jantrid.net/jamie/ > MSN Messenger: jamie_at_jantrid.net > Jabber: jteh_at_jabber.org > Yahoo: jcs_teh > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/361 - Release Date: 11/06/2006 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/361 - Release Date: 11/06/2006 > > > Received on 2006-06-14 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |