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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: using other TTS engines / voices for .talk files (Jaws / dectalk /eloquence)RE: using other TTS engines / voices for .talk files (Jaws / dectalk /eloquence)
From: Sahal Yacoob <sahaly_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:23:41 -0600 Hi Alex Thanks for the responce. I have had trouble finding sites to download quality SAPI voices from. The microsoft page which is supposed to have voices gives an error, and i'm weary of other sites because the voices come only in .exe format, and I don't know any of the company names well enough to trust a random .exe. Could you please direct me to where I could find some nice voices ? From: alexwallis646_at_googlemail.com To: rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se Subject: Re: using other TTS engines / voices for .talk files (Jaws / dectalk /eloquence) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:05:04 +0000 Hi. Thanks for rockbox, and especially the accessibility features. Is it possible to use the eloquence voice ? or to use JFW (Jaws for windows - I have version 9.0) to create the .wav files ? Hi. Unfortunately it is not possible to use eloquence voices that come with jaws to create the clips, because those voices are locked so they can only be used with jaws. You can only use sapi voices for creating the files, though there are many very good quality voices around. The only way you might be able to use eloquence voices to create a rockbox voice or talk clips, would be if you were to install the various eloquence sapi 4 voices. However many users including me have experienced problems using sapi 4 eloquence voices, in fact I eventually gave up, as although I eventually did get a voice to create, the sapi 4 eloquence doesn't sound like that included with jaws. Also, for some reason after a cygwin reinstall it stopped liking the sapi 4 eloquence. You can use the real speak solo voices that were shipped with older versions of jaws, but you will have to download these, as the new real speak direct voices they ship with jaws are now locked to it like eloquence is. I use some very good quality sapi 5 voices, that sound almost human, I don't like the real speak solo voices much. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_howitworks_012009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- List admin: http://cool.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rockbox FAQ: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GeneralFAQ Etiquette: http://www.rockbox.org/mail/etiquette.html Received on 2009-01-29 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |