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Speech Technology / What voices can you recommend?

« on: May 07, 2009, 04:10:16 pm »

You said that one of the reasons you liked the Cepstral voices was the effects that can be added. What are the effects, and is this unique to Cepstral?

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Speech Technology / What voices can you recommend?

« on: May 06, 2009, 11:29:12 am »

You said that one of the reasons you liked the Cepstral voices was the effects that can be added. What are the effects, and is this unique to Cepstral?

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Speech Technology / What voices can you recommend?

« on: May 04, 2009, 12:25:06 pm »

Before I start spending on voices, I'd like to know which voices are the most realistic.

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Speech Technology / How do I insert timed pauses into Hal?

« on: May 04, 2009, 12:22:28 pm »

Answered my own question.

Just insert carriage returns (enter key). Each one provides a timed pause. The length of the timed pause is adjustable in options - advanced speech options for current voice - silence between sentences.

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Speech Technology / How do I insert timed pauses into Hal?

« on: May 03, 2009, 02:42:23 pm »

Hi

I need to insert dozens of timed pauses into the text that Hal will read. How do I do that? Are there control characters, which would allow you to insert instructions like {{Pause=1.5}} or pau=1500 ?

I've searched the forum. The question came up a few years ago, with the only answer to record an mp3 pause and stitch it into the mp3 output of Hal. Not a viable method with lots and lots of pauses needed.