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From: petrack@vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: Synthesised singing
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In <minow-050194092817@17.255.3.251> minow@apple.com (Martin Minow) writes:
>DECtalk has a built-in singing voice - to hear it sing "Strangers in the
>Night" is an experience that, for those who have heard it, will not soon
>be forgotten.
>

I love unforgettable experiences, and I didn't know that DECTalk could sing. Is there some
place from which I could download the audio file of "Strangers in the night?"
Could someone possibly e-mail it to me? I can take almost any format, including raw PCM.
(But NOT *proprietary* compression schemes (like NeXT's) please!)

While we're on the subject, please let me ask again if anyone has a recent example of SPASM
singing. Someone very kindly pointed me to the ccrma-ftp site, where there is a copy of
"Bicycle Built for Two." But it turns out that this is a very old example, and the quality
is terrible. I would be sooooo happy to be able to hear the Gregorian chant example. Yes, I
have written to Perry Cook, but have yet to get an example. 

While we're on the subject, it would be WONDERFUL if some kind researcher with a few
extra megabytes would be able to keep an archive of examples of speech and singing
synthesis. It is extrememly hard for me to be able to listen to things that are mentioned in
the literature. It does nobody any good if the only examples are several years old.

Thank you

Scott Petrack                                   seen at shutdown of AIX 3.2:                         
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