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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: VoicesRe: Voices
From: <jimfidler_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:50:41 -0330 No problem, more than happy to pitch in. Now, what to do? I can be reached at: jimfidler+rockbox_at_gmail.com I look forward to hearing from you; who ever you are. <g> Cheers, Jim www.republicofavalonradio.com www.jimfidler.com At 04:57 PM 29/01/2006 -0800, you wrote: >Sounds GREAT, thanks. >----- Original Message ----- From: <jimfidler_at_gmail.com> >To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> >Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 4:36 PM >Subject: Re: Voices > > >>I'd be willing to do the edit work. >>I have a recording studio and spend quite a bit of time editing anyway; I >>really don't mind it at all. >> >>I also do a podcast: >>www.republicofavalonradio.com >> >>The feed is: >>http://feeds.feedburner.com/republicofavalonradio >> >>I could even do the voice bits if needed... >> >>Cheers, >>Jim >> >>www.republicofavalonradio.com >>www.jimfidler.com >> >> >> >>At 12:04 AM 30/01/2006 +0000, you wrote: >> >>>Ronald Teune wrote: >>> >>>>On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 01:45:53 +0100, <rockbox-request_at_cool.haxx.se> wrote: >>>> >>>>>usual voice prompts. I hired a female DJ to read my scripts into the >>>>>digitizer I'd set up in a PC. I think I paid her $50 for the session. >>>>> >>>>>That might be the way to resolve this voice problem once and for all. >>>>>Find someone with voice training to read all the prompts, one right >>>>>after another, and split them up with a sound editor. Might not even >>>>>have to pay him/her. >>>>> >>>>>John >>>> >>>> >>>>Christi did it: >>>>http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/VoiceFiles#Outdated_voice_files >>>>http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/pub/Main/VoiceFiles/ukspoken_1.0.zip >>>> >>>>It's from may 2004 however, so somewhat outdated :-) >>>>I guess it's quite much of a job speaking all these things. How about >>>>asking everyone on the list to speak one or two phrases? This way you'd >>>>hear some other voices every once in a while :-) >>> >>>Actually the killer is editing down the recording to seperate vice >>>files. I prefer to do a minimum of three takes of each phrase so I can >>>pick the best one. This then has to be manually picked out from the >>>recording and saved to a long filename. It's a highly repetative and >>>boring task. And then the things that need voicing change so often that >>>they quickly beome out of date. >>> >>>I'd be willing to do an up to date recording with my now much better >>>recording equipment if someone else were willing to take my raw sound >>>file and turn it into a voice file. Even reading five hundred odd >>>phrases into a mic is not an insignificant amount of effort. >>> >>>Christi >>> >> >>Roots Cellar Productions Inc. >>P.O. Box 5851 St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 5X3 >>Tel: 1--709--726-8663 Fax: 1--709--726-3299 >>"There are 3 types of people: those who know, those who don't and those >>who won't." > > Roots Cellar Productions Inc. P.O. Box 5851 St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 5X3 Tel: 1--709--726-8663 Fax: 1--709--726-3299 "There are 3 types of people: those who know, those who don't and those who won't." Received on 2006-01-30 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |