Voice Synthesis+Sampling (was: Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk speaks Italian!)

[Matthew Rubenstein]

	Is anyone matching these voice samples to synthesized voices in
Festival, so arbitrary parameters can be plugged into "voice strings"
without sounding so ugly they're unintelligible? Festival's Dracula
accent doesn't even work plugged into English voice samples.


On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 19:49 +0100, Stuart wrote:
> Westany, the Asterisk voice experts, announce their first Italian voice for
> the Asterisk PBX. Liona, an Italian female voice, is the latest addition to
> Westany¹s growing catalogue of proven, meticulously-crafted Œvoice prompt¹
> suites for Asterisk, Freepbx, trixbox, Bicomsystems and Amp.
>  
> Produced by our qualified, experienced sound staff to our own exacting
> standards of excellence, Liona is voiced by a native-speaking,
> professionally trained voice artist.
>  
> There¹s simply no substitute for knowledge and experience.
>  
> Liona includes all the standard voice prompts you¹ll need to run your
> Asterisk PBX. Including Voice Menus, Call Queues, Call transfers, Call
> Parking, Voice Mail, Error messages, Numbers (digits), letters and
> Phonetics.
>  
> Westany voice prompt suites provide everything you need in one box.
>  
> Call us on +44 (0) 800 066 4864, or go to http://www.westany.com/italian and
> find out more.
>  
> First-class voices at no-frills prices from Westany, the Asterisk voice
> experts.
> 
> Regards
> Stuart
> 
> 
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