Re: [lojban] Lojban Text to Speech

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 jspickes@etrademail.com wrote:

>   I believe the dialog8k.wav you've discovered is the file to which I'm
> referring.  Yes, I'll agree that it could stand some improvement, but I'm
> impressed with its intelligibility at this early stage.  Even with my
> (extremely limited) lojban vocabulary, I was able to pick out parts of what
> it was saying.


I can pick out the occasional word but not enough to get any context.


>   With regards to the accent, the methods that had been previously discussed
> required that someone record their lojban speech in order for the TTS
> software to imitate them.  My assumption is that the TTS software in this
> case is constructing the speech from a sequence of sound bytes that someone
> recorded.  It appears that the person who recorded these snippets had a
> notable southern accent.  While this in no way diminishes the
> accomplishment, I did find it amusing.


If there is a way to use a Spanish or Italian accent, or any language with
cleaner vowels, it will probably sound better!



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