From: Rocker <rocker_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:11:26 -0600

Steven wrote:
I don't believe the 1.4 megabyte file limit is strictly required for a voice
file, but if you plan on distributing it to other
Rockbox users, especially those still using Archos players, you will
definitely want to watch the file size. The Nano has enough RAM to hold the
larger
voice file, but i doubt a player such as the Archos Jukebox could accomplish
the same feit.

You are right on dude! The 1.4 file size limitation pertains to the Archos
units which, excluding the 8MB mod on the FMR, ran 2 megs of ram thus
needing the 500 plus K for the rockbox firmware. Other players like the
IPOD's and IRivers have much more memory available.

Keep on rocking...rocker



----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Clower" <steve_at_steve-audio.net>
To: "'Rockbox'" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 3:43 PM
Subject: RE: Make voice script


Hamish,



While you could go about recreating the definition list, you might find it
much easier to run the VB script from a command prompt instead. To do so:

1. Hit the Windows key and hit R to bring up the 'run" dialog.

2. Type "cmd" and press enter.

3. Issue a "cd" command and change to the directory in which the
"MakeVoices" script resides.

 For example, "cd c:\makevoices"

4. Type "cscript MakeVoices.vbs" followed by the enter key to start the
script. Rather than a message box popping up every time the script has
something to say, the output will scroll through the command window with no
need for you to constantly press an OK button.

5. When the script is finished, type "exit" followed by the enter key to
close the command window.



At this point, you can sit back and wait for the script to execute, and
within a couple of minutes you should find your new voice file ready for use
in the "MakeVoices" directory. I don't believe the 1.4 megabyte file limit
is strictly required for a voice file, but if you plan on distributing it to
other Rockbox users, especially those still using Archos players, you will
definitely want to watch the file size. The Nano has enough RAM to hold the
larger voice file, but i doubt a player such as the Archos Jukebox could
accomplish the same feit.



Hope this helps.

Steve



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From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se [mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On
Behalf Of Hamish Mackenzie

Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 3:34 PM

To: Rockbox

Subject: Make voice script



Hi All



Before I start let me point out that I am in no way clued up with VB
scripting but I went ahead and tried to create a new voice file using an
Australian English TTS I have on my system that is scansoft lee. I have
managed to do this to a certain extent following instructions found on the
rockbox wiki. I manage to insert the following line into the script to tell
it to use scansoft lee



MakeVoiceFile "english", "ScanSoft Lee_Full_22kHz", SPSF_22kHz16BitMono,
170, "-V 6 -B 64 --resample 12 --scale 0.6 --vbr-new -t -S"

When I run the script i get the following box popping up several hundred
times





Windows Script Host

Warning - unknown Voice "ScanSoft Lee_Full_22kHz". Pronunciation may be
wrong (VoiceReplaceStrings)

OK



If I hit okay all the time eventually the new voice file is created. I see
on the wiki page that there is info showing how to fix this problem but due
to my lack of knowledge of the subject matter I am not quite sure what it is
I need to do to stop this problem coming up. The wiki has the following to
say



Adjusting pronunciation



If you test your voice file, you will most probably notice that some words
are pronounced wrong. There is a mechanism provided in the script to adjust
these

words. You may have noticed (if not building one of the voices already known
to the script), that it emits a warning that the voice is unknown. This is

because you did not yet define a replacement table for such adjustments.



In order to create and use such a list, you need to edit two places within
the script. First, add a function that creates such a list for your voice.
The

replacement list definition functions are located towards the end of the
script. In order to start with an empty list, simply duplicate the very last
function

Gen_default and rename it. My observation is that all voices for one
language of a specific engine tend to need the same adjustments, e.g. all
German AT&T

voices can share the same function, so the suggested function name is
ATT_de_de in this case. If you rename the function, you also need to rename
the return

variable name within the function to read the same.



Now you need to connect this function to the voice. Add a line to the
InitReplaceLists subroutine. Refer to the lines that are already there to
see how

to do this.



If you try to build again, you should no longer get the warning about the
voice being unknown. You can now add entries to the replacement list. The
replacement

list uses regular expressions, refer to the other lists how to do this.
Adjust and rebuild until everything sounds as intended.



If someone could let me know how to do this in fairly plain english I would
really appreciate it as my current means of creating the voice file is
rather cumbersome with lots of pressing of the okay button.



Also is the file size limit of 1.4 mb still the max? Or can I use a larger
file size than this I am using a Nano if that makes any difference.



thanks and keep up the great work guys rockbox is fantastic.



Cheers



Hamish
Received on 2006-10-09