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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Problems making voice with cygwinRe: Problems making voice with cygwin
From: Jim Noseworthy <jim.noseworthy_at_rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:10:38 -0300 Hello: Just to clarify a matter: RBUtilqt.exe is now accessible. The problem is that there are some problems in the generation of SAPI 5 voice files. Cheers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hussein Patwa" <hspatwa_at_talktalk.net> To: "'Rockbox'" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 7:41 PM Subject: RE: Problems making voice with cygwin >> Subject: Re: Problems making voice with cygwin >> >> Problems making voice with cygwinHi Hussein, >> >> I can't help with your Cygwin problem, but have you tried >> using RbUtil to build voices? >> http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WebSearch?topic=Roc >> kboxUtility >> for details, or >> http://download.rockbox.org/rbutil/win32/rbutilqt-v1.0.4.zip >> for the Windows binary. > > Hello, > > I have finally managed to create a voice file using my own SAPI voice and > which has been confirmed as fully functional on four different platforms > to > date. Please bear with me - I know this list is archived and also Google > indexed so I'm going to give my findings in case it helps others in the > future. > > I think it depends highly on which voice you use. A Cepstral voice I was > trying previously would never generate. However, since I switched to > Loquendo this morning, no problems. Both were SAPI5 compliant voices. > > The rockbox utility is not accessible by screen readers, therefore Cygwin > is > my only viable alternative as will be the case for many partially sighted > users (unless one has sighted assistance or whishes to indulge in > eyestrain > and headaches). I know cygwin is not natively discussed on this list, > however please let me cover a couple of points that are relevant. > > It is often necessary to increase the memory allocation for cygwin. I had > to do this, as I was constantly receiving allocation errors which did not > occur with more basic housekeeping tasks. The cygwin command for this is: > regtool -i set /HKLM/Software/Cygnus\ Solutions/Cygwin/heap_chunk_in_mb > 1024 > > 1024 should suffice for most systems, although you can increase it. There > have been reports of values higher than 2048 failing to substantiate. > Execute the command from within cygwin, then restart cygwin to take > effect. > > I have found the voice generation is sometimes erratic. It's best to run > it > at least a couple of times to ensure your output file is the same size. > Generation is sometimes incomplete with no error messages to indicate as > such. > > There have been reports on this list about voices being 'incomplete' in > their coverage of targets' relating to unspoken menu items, property > values > and the speech output of file/directory name characters. No solution or > reason for this has been given, and being someone who isn't fond of loose > ends, I've been trying to find a fix. I've been unsuccessful in finding a > conclusive solution so far. The above points have worked for me thus > far - > if I find out anything else which could be causing the fault, I'll be sure > to let you know. > > Thanks for bearing with me, and thanks for your help and advice thus far. > > Cheers, > > H. > > Kind Regards and Best Wishes > > Hussein Patwa > Tel: 01224 783228 > Mobile: 0789 47 595 62 > Web: www.patwanet.co.uk > > Find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/p/Hussein_Patwa/510013486 > Received on 2008-04-01 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |