[Asterisk-Users] English vs American voice files

[Bill Seddon]

<< AT&T plugin is quite good>

I've listened to them all and to me, the Rhetorical stuff stands out.
Probably why they think it should always be sold.  Maybe if more people
badgered them...

Well, boyo, I can't do a welsh accent.  

But I used to live down't pit sor if tha wants a good Yorkshire accent let
mi knorr. Al si thee.

Bill Seddon


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I thought about the TTS route. MS have a fairly good set that allows other
peoples engines to be added. The AT&T plugin is quite good.

Perhaps I'll start there and post a few for you all to try.

Still no Taff speakers :-{


Bill Seddon said:
> I agree!  Rhetorical (www.rhetorical.com) have a really good
> Text-to-speech
> system (good in the sense that its voice rendition is quite good).  Much
> better than Festival or Cephstral (IMHO).  The advantage of a good TTS is
> that it is possible to have control over exactly what's said, it can be
> changed easily and the voice talents never tire.
>
> Anyway, wanting to see if they would permit me to create a set of "voice"
> file using their system (you can do it from their web page) I've
> corresponded with them.  However they want me to buy a licence.  Shame.  I
> thought it would be some business development for them
>
> Failing that, it would be good to get a set of files in a modern Southern
> England voice, alongside Scottish and Irish voices.
>
> Bill Seddon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Mark
> Phillips
> Sent: September 17, 2004 12:06 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] English vs American voice files
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Does anyone have any "English" voice files rather than "American" voice
> files.  I know that Digium and Alison Smith have worked hard to provide a
> library of sounds etc but this doesn't work for my UK client.
>
> Ideally I'm looking for female files but I'll settle for male ones.
>
> If not then I'd be happy to start one (I used to be a radio announcer in a
> past life). They would obviously be done on a request basis initially. At
> some point the library would become usefull to someone other than the file
> requestors.
>
> Could some clever wag that deals with the language bits of * create some
> other "languages" like British, Aussie, SouthAfrican. I'd also be looking
> for Welsh too (anyone here speak Taff?) How about Georgie (I'm kidding
> about that one).
>
> All these modes of English are more than just a dialect. My 7 or so years
> as an Ex-Pat in the US have taught me that American really is a valid
> language. Whilst most of us English speakers can cope with American we'd
> be a bit suprised when calling a VM system in Slough, Cooperpedy or
> Pretoria only to be spoken to in American.
>
> Am I just ranting here or does someone get my point?
>


-- 
Mark Phillips, G7LTT/KC2ENI
Randolph, NJ
http://www.g7ltt.com/
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