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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>In my experience cepstral has always had much nicer sounding
voices, but I haven&#8217;t tinkered too much with either. There is a reason one is
pay and one free though </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> I believe cepstral is still offering demo&#8217;s, I&#8217;d download each
and see which one gives you the performance you&#8217;re looking for. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Matt G<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>: <a href="http://www.voipphreak.ca"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.voipphreak.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>: <a href="http://www.ratemydialplan.com"><span
style='color:blue'>http://www.ratemydialplan.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>: <a href="http://www.asterisk-jobs.com"><span style='color:
blue'>http://www.asterisk-jobs.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eric Fort<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 02, 2008 3:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [asterisk-users] cepstral vs festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal>I'm about to begin working on an ivr project to do database
backed scheduling.&nbsp; I would like to use text to speech in some
places.&nbsp; What are the differences in using festival vs. Cepstral?&nbsp;
How are they similar, how are they different?&nbsp; Is one really better than
the other?&nbsp; How and Why?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Eric<o:p></o:p></p>

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