question about DECtalk express voices and pitch

[Ameer Armaly]

The problem is that the "pitch" value is initialized before the "voice"
value, and the voice value modifies pitch.  When you type a capital letter,
it resets it back to the default pitch because it is returning from a
capital letter.
The fix is to take the line in speakup_dectlk.c dealing with pitch and put
it after, rather than before, voice.
Ameer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny at hittsjunk.net>
To: <speakup at speech.braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 9:05 PM
Subject: question about DECtalk express voices and pitch


> Hi.  I just started using a DECtalk express.  I notice a strange problem
> when I use any voice except 0 (Paul).  If I change to another voice, it
> seems to work.  However, the pitch will change if I do anything like
> spelling a word with a capital letter.
> For example:
> change to voice 4 (Betty).  She sounds ok, but not exactly like my
> software DECtalk.  If I change the pitch by spelling a word with a
> capital letter or use insert 2 then inssert 3 to mess with the pitch the
> voice changes.  After that point, changing the pitch has little
> effect.  Voice 0 (Paul is the only voice that doesn't have this problem.
> In the case of Betty, the pitch becomes to low and you can't get the
> voice back unless you echo 4 to /proc/speakup/voice.
> Does anyone else have this problem, and does anyone know a solution?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>           Kenny
>
>
>
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