A new tts on Linux

[Jude DaShiell]

The next question is are these new voices going to be easier to set up 
and use than mbrolla?
One computer I can run kali on the other not.  The difference is I have 
a proper monitor data cable for only one computer and no cable for the 
second computer and kali makes no post-install accessibility provision 
for no monitor connected by default even if no monitor is detected 
during installation.  In that, kali resembles its relatives though so 
this is a wider problem than just kali.

On Thu, 3 Nov 2016, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote:

> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 17:49:59
> From: MENGUAL Jean-Philippe <mengualjeanphi at free.fr>
> Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: A new tts on Linux
> 
> Interesting feedback. I don't know what's for English, but for French
> mbrola has some "belgium" accent, sometimes hard to understand. And few
> prosody. So Kali is an improvement as more understandable. But maybe
> it's less true in English.
>
>
> Le 03/11/2016 ? 22:33, Devin Prater a ?crit :
>> It sounds a lot like MBROLA. Good, but it's been done before.
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/3/2016 3:13 PM, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Here are English samples:
>>> Rosalind :
>>> https://owncloud.hypra.fr/index.php/s/y3F1fkxSzl6bxm9/download
>>>
>>> Tom :
>>> https://owncloud.hypra.fr/index.php/s/lVG0hmXQyJOvGlh9/download
>>>
>>> They have no settings here, it's "raw". Orca can suit voices according
>>> to typical parameters in Preferences, and Kalinux.ini enables to set
>>> prosody.
>>>
>>> To have new languages, let's see 1st how the community sees this
>>> product. Given that the tts itself isn't free software, doing this would
>>> include to collaborate with university. Possible, but anyway (even if it
>>> becomes free software in some years)it has a cost (about 60000 euros per
>>> language). The technique used is not trivial: recording human voices on
>>> some significant text/sounds, then processing to create appropriate
>>> algorithms. It's a big work with skills in linguistic and signal
>>> processing, but if we have success with Kali, we'll be able to pay for
>>> additional languages indeed.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Le 03/11/2016 ? 16:51, Anders Holmberg a ?crit :
>>>> Hi!
>>>> What languages are included?
>>>> How can we help to bring other languages to that tts?
>>>> /A
>>>>> On 3 Nov 2016, at 11:32, Alex ARNAUD <alexarnaud at member.fsf.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear M. Peveto,
>>>>>
>>>>> The voices Tom and Rosalind are English voices.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards.
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Alex ARNAUD
>>>>> Visual-Impairment Project Manager
>>>>> Hypra - "Humanizing technology"
>>>>>
>>>>> Le 03/11/2016 ? 02:49, Mark Peveto a ?crit :
>>>>>> Does this have english voices?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark Peveto
>>>>>> Registered Linux user number 600552
>>>>>> Everything happens after coffee!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Nov 2016, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We are proud announcing release of Kali for GNU/Linux. It includes:
>>>>>>> - three French speaking voices: Patrick, Michel and Guillemette;
>>>>>>> - two French speaking voices: Tom and Rosalind.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kali is slight, understandable and fast, nearly natura-speaking.
>>>>>>> You can
>>>>>>> set usual parameters, and also prosody. With Orca, you can decide to
>>>>>>> affect a voice according to what you're reading: link, uppercase
>>>>>>> word,
>>>>>>> regular word.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried and felt as if I had a new screen reader! You can test a
>>>>>>> 45-minutes demonstration release on-demand. If you want to install it
>>>>>>> forever, xou can buy it for 85 euros. It is the balance between
>>>>>>> quality,
>>>>>>> wise cost, for a product manufactured by people who are casy to be
>>>>>>> contacted for any improvement, although the program is not free. Of
>>>>>>> course, Hypra provides the product with suitable speech-dispatcher
>>>>>>> module, which is being shipped upstream as a free program.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any feedback or test request is welcome. Here's samples:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> HYPRA, progressons ensemble
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> T?l.: 01 84 73 06 61
>>>>>>> Mail: contact at hypra.fr
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Site Web: http://hypra.fr
>>>>>>>
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> Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
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