What should Festival do better? (was: Speech Dispatcher 0.5ReleaseCandidate 1 available)

[Igor Gueths]

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Yes. Only problem is you have to buy it from Fonix.
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 01:17:36PM -0700, ace wrote:
> Is it possible to use a software DECTalk under Linux?
> 
> At 09:00 AM 7/4/04, you wrote:
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> >Hey Ace, what you may be looking for is the software Dectalk.
> >On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 01:23:22AM -0700, ace wrote:
> >> I just heard a wav file of Festival's voice. IT sounds OK; it's
> >> understandable, but could use some inflection.
> >>
> >> At 08:34 PM 7/3/04, you wrote:
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> >> >The big thing festival needs to do better is pronunciation. The
> >> >entonations in particular and some word pronunciations are not good.
> >> >- ---
> >> >Joseph C. Lininger
> >> >jbahm at pcdesk.net
> >> >note, the following is used for automated processing. Please leave in 
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> >> >if quoting me in a reply.
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> >> >- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Ervin at Home"
> >> ><GlennErvin at cableone.net>
> >> >To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> ><speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> >> >Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:32 AM
> >> >Subject: Re: What should Festival do better? (was: Speech Dispatcher
> >> >0.5ReleaseCandidate 1 available)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>As far as hardware synths, I am not comfortable using a computer 
> >without a
> >> >>hardware synth.  Even if for some reason I might prefer the software
> >> >>synth,
> >> >>we can only rely on a hardware synth if we are going to do any 
> >tweaking to
> >> >>our system which might effect the audio output.
> >> >>Glenn
> >> >>
> >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Hynek Hanke" <hanke at volny.cz>
> >> >>To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
> >> >><speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> >> >>Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:51 AM
> >> >>Subject: What should Festival do better? (was: Speech Dispatcher 0.5
> >> >>ReleaseCandidate 1 available)
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 08:25:25AM -0700, Hart Larry wrote:
> >> >>>Well, Hynek, so far the only speech I am really happy with are dectalk
> >> >>>and
> >> >>>eliquence--thanks
> >> >>
> >> >>What's the problem with Festival? I mean, what should Festival do 
> >better
> >> >>so that you could use it instead of Dectalk or Eloquence? Or the other
> >> >>hardware synthesizers.
> >> >>
> >> >>Of course, this is also a question for others.
> >> >>
> >> >>Regards,
> >> >>Hynek
> >> >>
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> >> Robby
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> Robby
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