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YeTr2

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« on: January 29, 2004, 04:57:32 am »
anyone know of where to get some decent voices that sound atleast close to being real?
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2004, 12:10:27 pm »
Try AT&T Natural Voices


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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2004, 03:49:40 pm »
If only my computer were fast enough to run them.  I'm 50 Mhz short! [:(]
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« Reply #3 on: 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*
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« Reply #4 on: 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.


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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2004, 05:32:55 pm »
Shareaza=better price

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« Reply #6 on: 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
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« Reply #7 on: 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
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« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2004, 02:31:07 am »
You can find freeware downloads of both TTS engines and Hal-compatible characters at The Agentry.
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« Reply #9 on: 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.
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« Reply #10 on: 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...


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« Reply #11 on: 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.
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