Speech synth

[DL]

Hello Janina and all the others,

I have a few boxes now and a few problems. Does anybody of you know how 
to set the default language on a keynote gold sa by sending ascii 
commands over the serial line? There must be a command set, but I can't 
find it. Also, I am trying to make speak a Infovox 700. Unlike the 
others, sending it ascii text is not enough. Or does it use very strange 
serial parameters?

Thanks for your help,

David

Janina Sajka wrote:

>Hi, David:
>
>OK. I would do any combination of:
>
>1.)	Doubletalk units (including perhaps only the internal boards
>which you could breadboard) from the manufacturer:
>
>	http://www.rcsys.com
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>2.)	Finding used units via E-Bay (and similar) as previously
>suggested.
>
>3.)	Using software speech through multiple sound cards. Options
>include:
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>	http://www.cepstral.com
>	http://www.fonix.com/page.cfm?name=product_dectalk_rt_for_linux&ID=15
>
>I would suggest #3 may be the more interesting way to achieve what you
>want, because you could get a variety of voices (Festival/Flite,
>Mbrolla, JavaTTS) at no cost.
>
>Good luck!
>
>David Link writes:
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>
>>Dear Janina,
>>
>>I understand that very well. I would also be interested to buy units for 
>>a decent price (not the dectalk pricing :-). Any help is very welcome!
>>
>>Thanks, with best regards,
>>
>>David
>>
>>Janina Sajka wrote:
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>>>Actually, most of us who have equipment like this hold on to it for dear
>>>life. It's our interface to Linux, so we do our best to keep it working
>>>well.
>>>
>>>I know where you could buy units, but I think you're looking for
>>>donations?
>>>
>>>David Link writes:
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>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>for a concert project of FM Einheit (Hoerspielpreis der Kriegsblinden), 
>>>>Jamie Lidell and David Link we are searching for English 
>>>>speech-synthesizers, preferably as external module that can be driven 
>>>>over the serial interface. Do you have such hardware in your cellar that 
>>>>you could donate or sell to us? Do you have hints for us where to get 
>>>>them, especially in Europe? I have a DecTalk ISA card and the DoubleTalk 
>>>>evaluation board. Any help would be appreciated!
>>>>
>>>>Thanks, with best regards,
>>>>
>>>>David Link
>>>>
>>>>_______
>>>>
>>>>Hallo,
>>>>
>>>>fuer ein Konzertprojekt von FM Einheit (Hoerspielpreis der 
>>>>Kriegsblinden), Jamie Lidell und David Link suchen wir englisch 
>>>>sprachige Sprach-Synthesizer, bevorzugt als externes Modul, das ueber 
>>>>die serielle Schnittstelle angesteuert werden kann. Habt Ihr noch alte 
>>>>Geraete im Keller, die Ihr uns ueberlassen / verkaufen koenntet? Habt 
>>>>Ihr Hinweise auf solche Geraete? Europaeische Haendler? Ich habe bisher 
>>>>eine DecTalk ISA Karte und das DoubleTalk Board. Jede Hilfe ist 
>>>>willkommen!
>>>>
>>>>Vielen Dank und schoene Gruesse,
>>>>
>>>>David Link
>>>>___
>>>>David Link
>>>>Alpha60 technologies
>>>>Lütticher Str. 34
>>>>50674 Köln
>>>>T: ++49 .173 .244 81 57
>>>>E: david at khm.de
>>>>W: http://alpha60.de
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>Speakup mailing list
>>>>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>>>>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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>>-- 
>>___
>>David Link
>>Alpha60 technologies
>>Lütticher Str. 34
>>50674 Köln
>>T: ++49 .173 .244 81 57
>>E: david at khm.de
>>W: http://alpha60.de
>>
>>
>>
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>>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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