From jcrossco@bellsouth.net Thu Jan 03 10:23:18 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: jcrossco@bellsouth.net X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 3 Jan 2002 18:23:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 84570 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2002 18:23:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m6.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 3 Jan 2002 18:23:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n5.groups.yahoo.com) (216.115.96.55) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Jan 2002 18:23:18 -0000 Received: from [216.115.96.89] by n5.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Jan 2002 18:23:17 -0000 Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 18:23:13 -0000 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Lojban Text to Speech Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <66522672-0018-11D6-A890-000393074A5A@urbanium.tv> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Length: 1045 X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster From: "buzzwyrd" X-Originating-IP: 24.98.21.225 X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=83886082 X-Yahoo-Profile: buzzwyrd X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 12748 coi mi'e djek (alias buzzwyrd) I posted a link on the lojban-beginners Yahoo site a couple of days ago that may interest those who want to get involved in a TTS project. The link points to a translation of a sample dialog from Terry Winograd's SHRDLU (Blocks World) AI system. I have added a link to a wav file that I generated from the Lojban text. It was made with CMU's Festvox TTS system. It's by no means perfect, but it does seem to help me to hear spoken lojban, even if it is a little gravelly. Go to http://home.bellsouth.net/personalpages/PWP-mihedjek Then click on the {bliku munje} link. I'm desperate for feedback :^) and I'd be happy to post the files if there's an interest. There's plenty of work to do to make it really good--this was just a trial foray for me, since I don't have anyone around here to speak Lojban with. (Like the guy in Bladerunner said: I make friends. I *make* them.) Oh, and believe me, if you want to record all the diphones, I hope you've got a leather larynx. -Jack