From: Jani Kinnunen <jkinnunen_at_pp.inet.fi>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:20:53 +0200

You're right. It can only be used to list all the SAPI 4 voices you have,
not to select them for use. I don't know if there's a way for selecting them
for use with VoiceBox, although I hope that there would be. Maybe someone
who knows better can inform we about this.

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?
>
> 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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
Received on 2006-01-18