Re: [orca-list] Gnuspeech

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

How does that footprint compare with espeak and /or other synth voices?
I was first surprised how the accent did not sound like a native English speaker, but then even more 
surprised that after a half a minute I actually 
found the voice quite understandable and reasonably pleasant. 




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  Tony Baechler wrote:
Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 01:46:30AM -0700

> Yes, it was mentioned on the Orca list.  I've been playing with it and
> created some demo mp3 files here:
>
> http://classicradio.us/iso/
>
> If that link doesn't work, try here instead:
>
> http://classicradio.us/gnuspeech/
>
> I plan to move the demos into their own directory and will add demos of the
> other voices.  I'll also use a different piece of sample text.  For a large
> body of text using the default male voice, listen to gnuspeech_gpl.mp3. It's
> the full GPL and should give you a good idea of the overall speech quality
> and inflection.  While I have certainly heard nicer sounding speech, two
> things I really like about it are its very small footprint and it doesn't
> mispronounce most English words, unlike most other synthesizers.
>
> On 10/23/2015 6:07 AM, Mallard wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > My son discovered this project the other day, and suggested I should point
> > you people to it.
> >
> > Has anyone heard of it, and is anyone thinking of helping with it?
> >
> > ADJ3798-KD
> >
> > Ciao,
> > Ollie
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