Speech synth

[Janina Sajka]

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

2.)	Finding used units via E-Bay (and similar) as previously
suggested.

3.)	Using software speech through multiple sound cards. Options
include:

	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:
> 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:
> 
> >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:
> > 
> >
> >>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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> >>   
> >>
> >
> > 
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> ___
> 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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				Janina Sajka, Chair
				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

janina at freestandards.org	Phone: +1 202.494.7040