Voices

YeTr2 · January 29, 2004, 04:57:32 AM

anyone know of where to get some decent voices that sound atleast close to being real?

sadatvalentine · January 29, 2004, 12:10:27 PM

Try AT&T Natural Voices

Peace [:)] Sadat

Ryuhoshi · January 29, 2004, 03:49:40 PM

If only my computer were fast enough to run them. I'm 50 Mhz short! [:(]

YeTr2 · January 30, 2004, 06:54:25 AM

i probably should have mentioned that i would have perfered them to be freeware

*pets his dual athalon 2.0ghz*

vonsmith · January 30, 2004, 10:40:35 AM

The AT&T voices do sound pretty good. They are a bit expensive for a hobbyist. The basic engine is about $35 with a couple of voices. Additional voices are about $35 each. That means $70 for me to get the engine + the voice I want. I've been holding off my purchase because of the price. If anyone knows a cheaper way to get good voices please let me know.

=vonsmith=

jblackmd · January 30, 2004, 05:32:55 PM

Shareaza=better price

:)

bbsnooks · January 30, 2004, 07:27:38 PM

are you saying that on shareaza .. that there is a place to download tha voices?? plz confirm. with what to search for... ie the name of the voice ?
thanks deb

YeTr2 · January 30, 2004, 11:43:43 PM

he mights as well have said kazaa or napster or morpheous...
porn n virus fer all...

i've been searching, but so far all i can find is a voice that is ment to speak in chinese... would be great if it could also use the english database thou. sounds pretty good

KnyteTrypper · January 31, 2004, 02:31:07 AM

You can find freeware downloads of both TTS engines and Hal-compatible characters at The Agentry.

jblackmd · January 31, 2004, 07:46:54 AM

quote:
Originally posted by bbsnooks

are you saying that on shareaza .. that there is a place to download tha voices?? plz confirm. with what to search for... ie the name of the voice ?
thanks deb

Search under AT&T Labs Natural Voices.

vonsmith · February 01, 2004, 01:30:39 PM

This discussion is interesting and all that but...

What I was really asking about was a legit way of getting better voices. P2P is a wonderful technology, but I don't mind paying a reasonable price in reference to how I would use the voices. I'm hoping that someone may eventually create third party voices that are compatible with AT&T Natural Voices and are cheaper. Or maybe I could find an inexpensive TTS program that has the voice engine and some voices included? Or maybe there is an academically priced software that has AT&T Natural Voices built in or ?

That's my 2 cents anyhow...

=vonsmith=

jblackmd · February 01, 2004, 02:25:10 PM

I hear what you are saying. There just aren't any good free voices out there. They all sound horrible compared to the AT&T natural voices, which I think are over priced to say the least. I know that isn't a good reason to go P2P, but there you have it. Hal sounds absolutely great with the crystal voice.