16k voices

[Sina Bahram]

Thanks

Take care,
Sina

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From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 9:04 PM
To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: 16k voices


Well, you might be grateful, and you might not be, depending on what
else goes down with all the changes involved.

I believe Dave Mielke posted on how to go about this on blinux some
weeks back--sometime this year. You might want to search that archive
for his post.

Sina Bahram writes:
> From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram at nc.rr.com>
> 
> *raises eyebrows* really now? I was under the apparent mistaken 
> impression that via voice was out of the question for redhat 9. does 
> anyone else have experience with this? Because I have had very good 
> exposure to via voice, and personally I have always been satisfied 
> with via voice's quality, understandability, and clarity. If anyone 
> can help me install via voice on redhat 9, I would be more than 
> greatful.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sina
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca 
> [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Chris
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 6:51 AM
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: 16k voices
> 
> 
> What about trying festival lite?  Or even viavoice.
> 
> now, granted, if you are on Redhat, then I understand viavoice to be a

> pain to install...  matt Campbell did it for me, but he practicly from

> what I understood, partially had to recompile the source to match the 
> kurnel in redhat 9.
> 
> 
> these are just a few options though that are free.
> 
> 
> Chris.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram at nc.rr.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:12 PM
> Subject: 16k voices
> 
> 
> > Hello, I read a few earlier posts on this and other lists about some
> > 16k voices availible for linux. I was wondering what would be 
> > availible, and if 16k voices are truly the highest quality availible

> > these days. I must say I am interested in software and not hardware 
> > solutions and synths. The main constraint being price right now; 
> > however, I would be open to any advice and information, but I would 
> > greatily appreciate to know about any 16k voices and which software 
> > speech packages can support them, and do it with ease and little 
> > difficulty?
> >
> > Thanks so much everyone,
> > Sina
> >
> >
> >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
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