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Zabaware Forums => Speech Technology => Topic started by: ender on July 18, 2007, 02:29:20 am
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I've been scanning the forum about the various TTS voices available and many of the posts are a couple of years old and I was looking for a more recent view of things ... I've been scanning around the net, and it appears that AT&T Natural Voices are no longer available to us regular folks ... the same goes for the Acapela and RealSpeech voices ... so all that seems to be left is Neospeech & Cepstral... ?
I purchased TextAloud from NextUp and got one of their Acapela voices ... and it appears that they've made it so that voice can ONLY be used in their products ...
Sooo ... I am looking to see if anyone has any updated information thats different from this ... is there some secret website out there that sells Acapela or AT&T voices that hal can use (for less than $250+ )? Or are we really just limited to Cepstral and Neospeech voices ...
Thanks,
Ender
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Eightteen natural AT&T voices are available here for prices between $21 and $37.
http://www.computervoices.ca/
You must buy the clipboard reader to buy a voice.
The reader cost $22.
However you can download the reader 30 days free trial (demo).
The voices can also be downloaded as demos to help you decide if you want to purchase.
Be warned when you buy that a voice is about a 600 MB download.
One of the US English voices is Lauren. She has a sweet voice like valleygirl.
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Good find there Duskrider.[:D]
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Excellent. Thank you. I better jump on that quick ... you never know, in a month they could make it so the voices only work with their software!
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I was just looking over the site and discovered they don't have a sample of AT&T Lauren voice.
Laurens voice can be heard here along with the other AT&T voices: http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
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Sorry, missed the reference to nextup in the first para.[B)]
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Cool. [;)]
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Has anyone had trouble with these people? I purchased the clipboard reader and audrey voice and they never got back to me ... their site lead me to believe they'd send the download link via email in 24 hours of purchase... but they just never contacted me ... I've tried sending them 4 emails since I purchased the product a week ago, and they aren't responding ... not good.
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The site appears to be down.
Hopefully it's temporary.
But I agree - don't look good.
Was there a phone number on the site ?
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they got back to me just a little while ago ... they refunded my money and simply said they were sorry for the mixup. Nothing else. no idea. Maybe they are going out of business or something.
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talked to the guy again. This time he was a little more communicative. He said that he's taking the site down permanently and no longer selling any of his products. So there goes that way to get AT&T voices. I'll let you know if I find another method that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
Still wish I could find a way to get the acapela voices ... those are really nice.
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I want to refer to "Ender"
I'm looking for good TTS.
As "Ender" I've checked T.Aloud, Now I have found new revolutionary programe, much more cheapper then the other one.
..With great voice of Jennifer with US English Accent....
It's called "EXpressivo".
I'm curious how will you find Expressivo?:)
DEMO:
http://say.expressivo.com/?lang=en
on-line:
http://www.expressivo.com/download_area/
Awaiting for yuor opinion:)
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quote:
Originally posted by Maroco82
I'm curious how will you find Expressivo?:)
Awaiting for yuor opinion:)
This appears to be a very nicely-developed TTS voice. Is it SAPI 4/5 compliant? If I buy the reader, will UltraHal be able to access the Expressivo TTS engine?
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Thanks Maroco82, I like Jennifer's voice very much.
I guess that, after saving the created mp3 from the Temporary Internet Files folder, it's easy to convert it to a wav, and then to an ogg (with lip-sync) with People Putty.
Maybe I'm a cheater. Maybe I'm not the only one. I hope that interesting link'll not be broken soon too? [:D]
For people needing a Text Reader, interesting.
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From an e-mail reply concerning the Jennifer voice:
"Hello,
Voice included in Expressivo is not a SAPI voice.
If you want SAPI 4 i SAPI 5 voices our product - IVONA is exactly what
you need. At the moment only polish voices are available, but english
version should be available very soon. For more info visit
www.ivosoftware.com
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Regards,
Krzysztof Piasecki
IVO Software"
Of course I've bought the reader, which works very nicely and the voice is second to none that I've heard, but i was hoping for SAPI compatibility, considering the reader can use the SAPI voices already on YOUR machine...
Ahh... the cost of tuition is never free...
Be well