update needed on software synthesizers for linux

[Willem van der Walt]

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, krishnakant Mane wrote:
Hi,
Yes, you can use the old viavoice with the latest kernels, but it is not 
strait forward.
I have some files here which make the process a little more painless.
It was old rpms released in 1999.  I have been using it for a few months 
now and it works well.

I am using it with speakup through speech-dispatcher.
It is now called ttsynth.
<LI><a href="http://www.ttsynth.com/">Welcome To TTSynth buy viavoice runtime here</a>
<LI><a href="http://www.wizzardsoftware.com/ibm_tts_sdk.php">bulk ttsynth/viavoice buy here</a>
<LI><a href="http://www.ttsynth.com/sample.ogg">Listen to TTSynth explain itself through this link!</a>

Sorry for the html.
There is also a way to make this voice work in gnome with gnopernicus 
through the gnome-speech speech-dispatcher driver.
IMHO gnopernicus is not usable yet.
As far as I know, building new voices with the festival/festvox tools is 
not easy.
Freetts basicly gives you the same voices as flite.
HTH
Willem


> hi,  I am putting my questions against your answers.  look for *q*
> where I am putting my comments.
>
> On 10/02/06, Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt at csir.co.za> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> You can actually use IBM viavoice.
>> I am using an old unsupported version, but these days you can buy it
>> again.
> *q* please give more details on IBM viavoice,  what do u mean by older
> versions.  if I want to use that so called older version, can I use it
> with kernel 2.6.  Please specify.
>> Also go to www.llsti.org where there are some other free software
>> including Hindi.
>> HTH
>> Willem
> *q* I wont mind if I don't have any thing on hindi right now, but my
> main issue is quality of speach.  I want to know if I can create my
> own voices, do you have any info about festvox, I mean can I have
> better voices created or is it that I get the same tone with added
> voices.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, krishnakant Mane wrote:
>>
>>> well, actually my main question is about the software synths available
>>> under the gpl or lgpl.
>>> I want to know if there are better synths than flite,  I want better
>>> quality voices like IBM's viavoice or eloquence used by jaws for
>>> windows.
>>> or if there is a way we can use existing speach engines to generate
>>> better voice.  I heard about festvox but is it for just adding new
>>> voice with a diphone speach or can I improve the speaking quality like
>>> inflection and the pronounciations etc.
>>> if not then what are the better options.
>>> thanks,
>>> Krishnakant.
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Blinux-list mailing list
>>> Blinux-list at redhat.com
>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
>>>
>>
>> --
>> This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright, terms and conditions and
>> e-mail legal notice. Views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the
>> views of the CSIR.
>>
>> CSIR E-mail Legal Notice
>> http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_eMail_Legal_Notice.html
>>
>> CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions
>> http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_Copyright.html
>>
>> For electronic copies of the CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions and the
>> CSIR
>> Legal Notice send a blank message with REQUEST LEGAL in the subject line to
>> HelpDesk at csir.co.za.
>>
>>
>> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by
>> MailScanner,
>> and is believed to be clean.  MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for
>> their support.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Blinux-list mailing list
>> Blinux-list at redhat.com
>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Blinux-list mailing list
> Blinux-list at redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
>

-- 
This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright, terms and conditions and
e-mail legal notice. Views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the
views of the CSIR.
 
CSIR E-mail Legal Notice
http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_eMail_Legal_Notice.html 
 
CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions
http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_Copyright.html 
 
For electronic copies of the CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions and the CSIR
Legal Notice send a blank message with REQUEST LEGAL in the subject line to
HelpDesk at csir.co.za.


This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, 
and is believed to be clean.  MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support.