From: Hamish Mackenzie <hamish_at_mackenzieoz.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:54:17 +0400

Hi Jani

I see that this adds another tab in the speech area of control panel where
one can select the eloq voices but I dont see how it can be selected for use
with voicebox as it is still not an option to select in the text to speech
tab, any ideas?

Cheers

Hamish


Email or MSN : hamish_at_mackenzieoz.com

Skype : mishu70
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jani Kinnunen" <jkinnunen_at_pp.inet.fi>
To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: MP3 clip generation with Eloquence


> Search Google for "spchcpl.exe". The first link that appears is the one
> you want.
>
> Jani
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hamish Mackenzie" <hamish_at_mackenzieoz.com>
> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:33 PM
> Subject: Re: MP3 clip generation with Eloquence
>
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Any idea where this add on may be found?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Hamish
>>
>>
>> Email or MSN : hamish_at_mackenzieoz.com
>>
>> Skype : mishu70
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jani Kinnunen" <jkinnunen_at_pp.inet.fi>
>> To: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin_at_cableone.net>; "Rockbox"
>> <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: MP3 clip generation with Eloquence
>>
>>
>>>> I've never seen Via Voice in control panel either
>>>
>>> Right. The control panel's speech area doesn't show SAPI 4 voicesby
>>> default, but there's a SAPI 4 add-in available, which will add an
>>> additional tab called "Other" into the normal speech applet.
>>>
>>> Jani
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Scott Erichsen" <pianoman_at_scotterichsen.com>
>>>> To: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin_at_cableone.net>; "Rockbox"
>>>> <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 1:13 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: MP3 clip generation with Eloquence
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can You select IBM Via Voice as a default speech in control pannel? or
>>>> would
>>>> there be another way of doing it?
>>>> I notice there's a file up on the rockbox site that is a fast speaking
>>>> Read
>>>> from IBM Via Voice?
>>>> Scott
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin_at_cableone.net>
>>>> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 2:34 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: MP3 clip generation with Eloquence
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jonathon,
>>>>> I understand what you are saying, but the clip generating script is
>>>>> not a
>>>>> program, as such, it is just a script, sort of like a batch file.
>>>>> It can only use the default speech engine that you have selected in
>>>>> control
>>>>> panel.
>>>>> Glenn
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Jonathan Mosen" <jmosen_at_mosen.org>
>>>>> To: "'Glenn at home'" <GlennErvin_at_cableone.net>; "'Rockbox'"
>>>>> <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:25 PM
>>>>> Subject: RE: MP3 clip generation with Eloquence
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Glen, I can't comment on the speech settings in Control panel,
>>>>> however
>>>>> Eloquence SAPI version is visible to all SAPI 4-capable programmes.
>>>>> For
>>>>> example, I see it in Kurzweil 1000, Weather Aloud etc, so I know it's
>>>>> definitely SAPI.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jonathan Mosen
>>>>> Blog, podcast and radio show: http://www.MosenExplosion.com
>>>>> Ph: +1-925-566-9265.
>>>>> Mobile/SMS +1-806-252-6671
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Glenn at home [mailto:GlennErvin_at_cableone.net]
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, 15 January 2006 7:06 p.m.
>>>>> To: Rockbox
>>>>> Subject: Re: MP3 clip generation with Eloquence
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The thing is though, I have both W E and JFW installed, but I have not
>>>>> seen
>>>>> eloquence ever as an option in the speech settings in control panel.
>>>>> Glenn
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Jonathan Mosen" <jmosen_at_mosen.org>
>>>>> To: "'Glenn at home'" <GlennErvin_at_cableone.net>; "'Rockbox'"
>>>>> <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 6:30 PM
>>>>> Subject: RE: MP3 clip generation with Eloquence
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Glenn, the Window-eyes implementation of Eloquence is SAPI 4, but
>>>>> the
>>>>> JAWS one is not.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jonathan Mosen
>>>>> Blog, podcast and radio show: http://www.MosenExplosion.com
>>>>> Ph: +1-925-566-9265.
>>>>> Mobile/SMS +1-806-252-6671
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Glenn at home [mailto:GlennErvin_at_cableone.net]
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, 15 January 2006 1:49 p.m.
>>>>> To: Rockbox
>>>>> Subject: Re: MP3 clip generation with Eloquence
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think that the screen-readers make it available in control
>>>>> panel's
>>>>> speech area. Glenn
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Jonathan Mosen" <jmosen_at_mosen.org>
>>>>> To: "'Rockbox'" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 12:38 PM
>>>>> Subject: RE: MP3 clip generation with Eloquence
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Window-eyes also comes with Eloquence in SAPI form. It is possible
>>>>> that
>>>>> you
>>>>> can download the free Window-eyes demo and get Eloquence that way.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jonathan Mosen
>>>>> Blog, podcast and radio show: http://www.MosenExplosion.com
>>>>> Ph: +1-925-566-9265.
>>>>> Mobile/SMS +1-806-252-6671
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Jani Kinnunen [mailto:jkinnunen_at_pp.inet.fi]
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, 15 January 2006 11:31 a.m.
>>>>> To: Rockbox
>>>>> Subject: Re: MP3 clip generation with Eloquence
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Where can one get a hold of
>>>>>> the IBM voice OutLoud??
>>>>>
>>>>> At least OpenBook comes bundled with it. I think that it can also be
>>>>> purchased directly from IBM, for a very high price, of course...
>>>>>
>>>>> Jani
>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Jani Kinnunen" <jkinnunen_at_pp.inet.fi>
>>>>>> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:05 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: MP3 clip generation with Eloquence
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>A great idea but don't you need to have the Eloquents synth installed
>>>>>>>outside of the attached jfw synth?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, but that was only a thought. I also have IBM's ViaVoice Outloud,
>>>>>> so I could use that too. BTW, both Eloquence and ViaVoice sounds
>>>>>> almost the same, so it makes me thinking that Eloquence is a modified
>>>>>> version of ViaVoice. Probably someone else has noticed it too?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It would be awesome to have eliquents rather then ms Sam LOL!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's right!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jani
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "Jani Kinnunen" <jkinnunen_at_pp.inet.fi>
>>>>>>> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:27 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: MP3 clip generation with Eloquence
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hurray! I've just managed to create a Finnish voice file for Rockbox
>>>>>>> with the makevoices.vbs script. (Maybe someone remembers the SAPI4
>>>>>>> problem I
>>>>>>> had.) I did some Google'ing and I found that the SAPI4 setup program
>>>>>>> doesn't register the necessary DLL's which are needed for SAPI4 to
>>>>>>> work correctly. So I did some magic with the regsvr32 utility. Then
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> ran the listvoices_sapi4.vbs script, and FINALLY it shows me all the
>>>>>>> available SAPI4
>>>>>>> synths I have installed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now that SAPI4 is working, I have still one question: Is it possible
>>>>>>> to generate the file and folder name clips with the Eloquence
>>>>>>> synthesizer, or alternatively, with a SAPI4 compatible one? Such a
>>>>>>> script like the voicebox.wsf would do the job, but modified so that
>>>>>>> it would work with SAPI4 or Eloquence.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jani
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
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Received on 2006-01-18