From lojbanlists@wonderclown.com Fri Jan 04 12:26:15 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: randy@wonderclown.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 4 Jan 2002 20:26:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 73044 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2002 20:26:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 4 Jan 2002 20:26:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail7.nc.rr.com) (24.93.67.54) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Jan 2002 20:26:14 -0000 Received: from aerosol ([24.162.238.42]) by mail7.nc.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.687.68); Fri, 4 Jan 2002 15:24:50 -0500 Received: from rnortman by aerosol with local (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16MatW-000146-00; Fri, 04 Jan 2002 15:24:50 -0500 Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 15:24:49 -0500 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Cc: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban Text to Speech Message-ID: <20020104202449.GD1650@aerosol> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020104144822.00b41f00@pop.cais.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20020104144822.00b41f00@pop.cais.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: Randall Nortman Return-Path: randy@wonderclown.com From: "randl. nortmn." X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=91794573 X-Yahoo-Profile: uyndrklaun On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 02:57:17PM -0500, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: [...] > So where is the software you guys are > talking about and if it isn't a download, about how much does it cost and > where do you get it. [...] Short answer: There's still work to be done before the system we're talking about is usable, but when it's done, it will be freely available and relatively easy to install. (Assuming all parties release their bits into the public domain; this actually hasn't been discussed explicitly.) Long answer: There are several free TTS programs available for download. This one is the one we've been talking about (mostly): http://festvox.org/ However, it will not do Lojban TTS out of the box. Some programming is necessary. The original poster in this thread (goes by buzzwyrd) has already done the necessary programming, and recently posted the results. The programming for this particular package must be done in Scheme, no Java. (There are other Java TTS systems out there, but I'm not familiar with any of them.) This is good enough for a crude Lojban TTS system. What remains to be done in order to have a nice, high-quality TTS system is to record a lot (1000+) of samples of different Lojban phonemes, which is what our comrades in Brussels are working on. When this is done, one of the parties or another (myself if nobody else) will likely package the whole thing up nicely so you can get it up and running on your machine relatively easily. HTH mu'omi'e randl.