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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: VoicesRe: Voices
From: Grant Hardy <granthardy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:51:05 -0800 Lol, I'm no admin, I just liked the sound of your idea. ----- Original Message ----- From: <jimfidler_at_gmail.com> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 5:20 PM Subject: Re: Voices > 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It's from may 2004 however, so somewhat outdated :-) 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 |