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From: jpcampb@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Joe Campbell)
Subject: Re: SpeechManager
Message-ID: <1993Sep5.131406.7960@afterlife.ncsc.mil>
Organization: The Great Beyond
References: <1993Sep3.152843.16684@worldbank.org> <1993Sep5.035610.16169@afterlife.ncsc.mil>
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1993 13:14:06 GMT
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In article <1993Sep5.035610.16169@afterlife.ncsc.mil>,
Joe Campbell <jpcampb@afterlife.ncsc.mil> wrote:
>In article <1993Sep3.152843.16684@worldbank.org>,
>Sean Cease <scease@worldbank.org> wrote:
>>I wondering if someone could tell me where I can find this package it supposedly runs on the MAC.
>>Any help is appreaciated
>>sean
>>
>
>I got mine via ftp to ftp.apple.com under /dts/mac/sys.soft/speech.
>You'll also need an application if you want to convert text to speech.
>I suggest Fortune 1.1 available via ftp to sumex-aim.stanford.edu in
>the info-mac archives.

I'd like to add that /dts/mac/sys.soft/speech/macintalk-pro.hqx takes
a little over, hold onto your disks, 6 MB!  (Perhaps another site will
put up a compressed version.)  As for some applications, the ones I've
been playing with follow.

IMHO, from the text-to-speech systems I've heard, the full-up
Speech Manager, aka Gala Tea, (and possibly with the help of the new
Sound Manager 3.0) sounds the best and its pronunciation is among
the best (Belcore's Orator might do better with proper nouns).  Do
you agree?  Has anyone done formal testing of TTS systems that
includes the Speech Manager?

Joe

Listing of Speech Manager aware applications

Here are some of the Speech Manager aware applications that I know of
(there are more on the Apple Developer CD-ROMs).   If I've missed some,
please feel free to add to the list and also let me know if you disagree 
with my "Comments."
 
If anyone has a Speech Manager aware app that allows graphical
specification of pitch and rate trajectories, I'd love to hear about it.
 
Application        Source            Comments
_______________   ________  _________________________________________________ 
Fortune 1.1       info-mac  Like a talking UNIX fortune command - slick
Tex-Edit 1.8.5    info-mac  Talking word processor, McSink like, modeming
Speecher 1.2      info-mac  Customizable word substitution
So To Speak 1.0b5 info-mac  Two voice conversation (also see Fortune's About)
Speaker 1.0 (8/19)info-mac  Simple text file editor, speaks on <CR>, macros 
VoiceDemo 1.0     info-mac  Bare bones phrase talker
Welcome!v1.3.1      AOL     A talking Welcome to Macintosh startup
Speech Rhythms      AOL     A cool text file for one of the above apps:
 
ss  cc cc tt  cc cc cc cc cc cc cc   
ss  cc cc tt  cc cc ra ra ra,,,
 
Here are a few rhythms I came up with.  Drop me a line and let me know how you ll ll ll ll ll like them.
Ken Lacovara,,,
 
Bossa Nova,
xx   xx   xx    xx  xx     xx   xx   xx    xx  xx     xx   xx   xx    xx  xx     xx   xx   xx    xx  xx     
 
Conga,
xx     xx     xx    xx       xx     xx     xx    xx       xx     xx     xx    xx       xx     xx     xx    xx       
 
Jazz,
xx   xx  xx xx    xx  xx xx    xx  xx xx  xx xx  xx xx    xx  xx xx    xx  xx xx    xx  xx xx  xx xx  xx xx
 
Rock,
tt      xx  tt      tt   xx  tt      tt   xx  tt   tt   tt   xx     tt      xx  tt      tt   xx  tt      tt   xx  tt   tt   tt   xx
 
Military,
cc cc cc cc cc    cc cc cc cc cc    cc cc cc cc cc    cc    cc    cc cc cc cc cc    cc    cc  cc  cc  cc  cc    cc    cc    
,,,,,
That's ebedee ebedee ebedee ebedee all folks!
pp   pp  pp  pp   pp      pp   pp
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