Some suggestions and improvements #24
Description
Hi there. I wanted to point out some issues with the current builds of DECTalk. Would it be possible to revert the text processing to the way it was in versions like, say, 4.51 or 4.60? What I mean is that when reading word per word, I’ve noticed that certain words are not emphasized like they used to be. Maybe this could be reverted back with the text parser? For instance, the words, on, of, am, in, an, am, I’m, or, nor, but, with, from, and maybe there are other words as well. What happens right now is that it does not seem to put emphasis on them at all.
Also, the voices don’t quite sound right, and I know this has happened throughout all the different versions of DECTalk, but would it be possible to revert to these definitions? I actually took these from the Manual. Also, related to the voice Roms, would it be possible to improve them with the roms of any of these versions, like 3.0, 4.0, 4.1, or 4.61, 4.62, or 4.64? I feel like it could probably make the accent sound a little bit better. Also, would it be possible to adjust the way that phonemes blend with one another similar to the versions from digital? I noticed that the way some phonemes land and transition makes this version much different. It's especially noticeable when making it sing. As I said, here are the parameter definitions for each voice.
Paul: [:dv sx 1 hs 100 ap 122 pr 100 f4 3300 f5 3650 b4 260 b5 330 br 0 lx 0 la 0 sm 3 ri 70 nf 0 bf 18 hr 18 sr 32 as 100 qu 40 gv 65 gh 70 gn 74 gf 70 g1 68 g2 60 g3 48 g4 64 g5 86]
Betty: [:dv sx 0 ap 208 hs 100 f4 4450 f5 2500 b4 260 b5 2048 br 0 lx 80 sm 4 ri 40 nf 0 la 0 bf 0 hr 14 sr 20 as 35 qu 55 pr 140 gv 65 gh 70 gn 72 gf 72 g1 69 g2 65 g3 50 g4 56 g5 81]
Harry: [:dv ap 89 sx 1 hs 115 f4 3300 f5 3850 b4 200 b5 240 br 0 lx 0 sm 12 ri 86 nf 10 la 0 bf 9 hr 20 sr 30 as 100 qu 10 pr 80 gv 65 gh 70 gn 73 gf 70 g1 71 g2 60 g3 52 g4 64 g5 81]
Frank: [:dv sx 1 hs 90 ap 155 f4 3650 f5 4200 b4 280 b5 300 br 50 lx 50 sm 46 ri 40 nf 0 la 5 bf 9 hr 20 sr 22 as 65 qu 0 pr 90 gv 63 gh 68 gn 75 gf 68 g1 63 g2 58 g3 56 g4 66 g5 86]
Dennis: [:dv sx 1 hs 105 ap 110 f4 3200 f5 3600 b4 240 b5 280 br 38 lx 70 sm 100 ri 0 nf 10 la 0 bf 9 hr 20 sr 22 as 100 qu 50 pr 135 gv 63 gh 68 gn 76 gf 68 g1 75 g2 60 g3 52 g4 61 g5 84]
Ursula: [:dv sx 0 hs 95 f4 4500 f5 2500 b4 230 b5 2048 br 0 lx 50 sm 60 ri 100 nf 10 la 0 bf 8 hr 20 sr 32 as 100 qu 30 ap 240 pr 135 gv 65 gh 70 gn 74 gf 70 g1 67 g2 65 g3 51 g4 58 g5 80]
Rita: [:dv sx 0 hs 95 ap 106 f4 4000 f5 2500 b4 250 b5 2048 br 46 lx 0 sm 24 ri 20 nf 0 la 4 bf 0 hr 20 sr 32 as 65 qu 30 pr 80 gv 65 gh 70 gn 73 gf 72 g1 69 g2 72 g3 48 g4 54 g5 83]
Wendy: [:dv sx 0 hs 100 f4 4500 f5 2500 b4 400 b5 2048 br 55 lx 80 sm 100 ri 0 nf 10 la 0 bf 0 hr 20 sr 22 as 50 qu 10 ap 200 pr 175 gv 51 gh 68 gn 75 gf 70 g1 69 g2 62 g3 53 g4 55 g5 83]
Kit: [:dv sx 0 ap 306 hs 80 f4 2500 f5 2500 b4 2048 b5 2048 br 47 lx 75 sm 5 ri 40 nf 0 la 0 bf 0 hr 20 sr 22 as 65 qu 50 pr 210 gv 65 gh 70 gn 71 gf 72 g1 69 g2 69 g3 52 g4 50 g5 73]
As I've stated before, these parameter definitions are from the manual. Thank you.