[sdiy] Phonetic Speech generation

[J G Wong]

I have an echo 2 pc and 2 crickets(Mac)  available as well as a longcard
dectalk. I probably have some others (get in touch) all of these devices
are digital and you can get really good results with simple programming
strings. The early phoneme chips are useless until assembled into a
synth configuration and without code . The most common and useful ones
are access devices for the Blind.  At the moment SSIL device drivers are
popular so hardware synths are available cheap, but , the cheaper the
crappier. I use an outboard Dectalk DTC01 and a program called vocal
eyes and a dec utitily in a dos window.  Cheap and efective Pink Floyd
and Radiohead used this device with the default voice( Perfect Paul)

What you are looking for is the tables with the command strings for the
synths.which are chip sets with a preamp really.  the tables are pretty
easily available on the net from blind users depending on the device.

I work around this stuff all day so contact me for coherent info (unlike
this screed)

G. Wong

Glue Sniff wrote:
> 
> --- Dave Krooshof <krooshof at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > >( yes, beleive it or not this is part of a synth
> > project I'm cooking )
> > Believe it or not, that's what got me into synths.
> > It took years before I considered electronic sounds
> > that only talk
> > electrish as expressive (mainly due to an interface
> > issue, it seems)
> > Nowadays I'm so much into electronic sounds, that
> > when I hear
> > a police sirene and a truck in reverse gear, I get
> > so taken away,
> > that I open my microwave door and switch it on, dial
> > a phone number
> > I know will be occupied, and click with my mouse on
> > places I shouldn't.
> > Sinus kicks ass.
> >
> > OK, back to your question.
> >
> > >Has anyone run across schemetics or discussions on
> > *old* phonetic speech
> > >generation circuits?  Too many of what I've found
> > are based on chips that
> > >havent been made in years and all the newer stuff
> > is digital and doesnt
> > >have the sound I want.  Even hints pointing at
> > older textbooks would be
> > >good.
> >
> > http://www.koncon.nl/220/SOmain.html
> > see -> publications
> >
> > 1.
> > VOLTAGE CONTROL Diagrams and Circuitry (G.M.Koenig),
> > 1974
> >
> > 2.
> > Stan TEMPELAARS
> > Signal Processing, Speech and Music (in English)
> > Swets & Zeitlinger, 1996
> > ISBN 90-265-1481-6
> > Cloth - NLG 155.00 / US$ 91.00
> >
> > Both available via the Royal Conservatory in The
> > Hague
> > Follow the koncon link for instructions.
> >
> > Koenig was one of the most talented technicians of
> > Stochhausen.
> > I used his VOSIMS a lot, exellent stuff.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > ----- >^v< ---------------------------------------
> > Dave Krooshof http://www.xs4all.nl/~krooshof
> > geluidstechnicus @ http://www.ahk.nl/the
> > webmaster: http://www.popronde.nl
> > -------------------------------------- >^v< -----
> >
> >
>       I have a Votrax SC-01 speech synthisizer, (I
> think thats the right#) that I bought at a local
> thrift store. I realy have not found any thing
> consructive to do with it yet.   anyway,  old speech
> synthisizers are not hard to find and are pretty
> cheap, (unless you are talking about a speak and
> spell)  I use to have a bookmark that listed a bunch
> of speech synthisizers but I seem to have thrown it
> away.(sorry)  Atari had a few that went to their
> computers as well.   you should do a search using
> "votrax" or speech synthisizer.     keep an eye out,
> speech synths periodicaly show up on ebay and usualy
> go for about 20$ us  (unless they are speak and spells
> which are realy expensive).   If all you want is the
> artificial speech sound, you might already own
> somthing that does that.  Every Macintosh computer
> since 1984 has the capability to speak.  these days
> its part of the program "simple text"(the standard
> ASCII prog that come with it) you just type what you
> want it to say, than say speak all , or (comand J)
> there is a huge list of voices it can use, from high
> quality ones with english accents to low quality
> classic ones (like speak and spell)
> good luck....     and if you come across anything cool
> to do with a Votrax sc-01, or you want mine, email me
> or post to the sdiy list.      bye.
> 
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