Re: [orca-list] orca+voxin says backquote pf zero

[John G Heim <jheim math wisc edu>]

We should see if we can get IBM to release the source code. I am sure 
some people reading this will say, "Yeah, right. But you never know. IBM 
is actually really into linux.


On 11/30/2016 12:27 AM, Janina Sajka via orca-list wrote:
> ibmtts is a tangle of intellectual property not wholey owned by any
> individual entity.
>
> kendell clark writes:
> > hi
> >
> > That's it's abbreviations dictionary, which you can turn off in the settings
> > in /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/ibmtts.conf. To be honest, I'd recommend
> > people either use espeak, yes I know it's robotic and all, but it doesn't
> > have these problems. On the other hand, chrys 87 is talking about reverse
> > engineering and open sourcing ibmtts, if he can figure out how it processes
> > text. If that happens I'll be the first to back it and recommend it's use,
> > but right now i just can't recommend it. That being said, your problem is a
> > problem with  eloquence, ibmtts, whatever, not orca. I think that problem is
> > caused by voxin's punctuation filter, but I don't know anything more than
> > that. I'm guessing purely because pf equals punctuation filter, I don't have
> > any proof.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > KENDELL Clark
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/29/2016 1:24 AM, Janina Sajka via orca-list wrote:
> > > I don't have voxin and I'm not familiar with its particular build, or
> > > its backend business arrangements. I would expect it relies on ibmtts,
> > > so may be addressable via the api that was released a decade ago:
> > >
> > > http://ibmtts-sdk.sourceforge.net/
> > >
> > > Regretably, there are builtin pronunciations that grow ever more amusing
> > > with time in this engine. I say amusing with tongue in cheek, as they're
> > > actually quite annoying in reality. Some of my favorites:
> > >
> > > dem becomes Deutsche Marks
> > > bsd becomes Bahamian Dollars.
> > > cd becomes Candellas
> > >
> > > Hope the above pointer helps, John!
> > >
> > > Janina
> > >
> > > John G Heim writes:
> > > > I recently configured orca to speak via IBM TTS voxin. BBut it frequently
> > > > starts a phrase by saying backquote p f zero. Sometimes it says backquote p
> > > > f one. Is there any way to get it to stop doing that?
> > > > --
> > > > --
> > > > John G. Heim; jheim math wisc edu; sip://jheim sip linphone org
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