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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
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>> 1. Hmm, OK. So the PC finally has text-to-speach capabilities, a
>> facility that the Amiga had 15 years ago. Interesting.
>
> never heard of Dr Sbaitso?
YES! Finally, someone else who remembers it! :)
What I find really funny is that many TTS systems you encounter today
still sound like Sbaitso :)
--
Chambers
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>> 1. Hmm, OK. So the PC finally has text-to-speach capabilities, a
>> facility that the Amiga had 15 years ago. Interesting.
>
> You can't be seriously claiming that you have never heard of any
> text-to-speech software for the PC before this.
Well, considering that the Amiga did it 15 years ago, and it wasn't
exactly a "new" idea then... it seems logical that such software must
exist for the PC somewhere. I've just never seen (heard?) it.
(Much like, logically, there must exist software for the PC that enables
you to typeset music property, but I've yet to find it. Unless you count
all those insane TeX extensions...)
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> >> 1. Hmm, OK. So the PC finally has text-to-speach capabilities, a
> >> facility that the Amiga had 15 years ago. Interesting.
> >
> > You can't be seriously claiming that you have never heard of any
> > text-to-speech software for the PC before this.
> Well, considering that the Amiga did it 15 years ago, and it wasn't
> exactly a "new" idea then... it seems logical that such software must
> exist for the PC somewhere. I've just never seen (heard?) it.
So because you have never heard about it, you assumed that it didn't exist?
--
- Warp
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Warp wrote:
>> Well, considering that the Amiga did it 15 years ago, and it wasn't
>> exactly a "new" idea then... it seems logical that such software must
>> exist for the PC somewhere. I've just never seen (heard?) it.
>
> So because you have never heard about it, you assumed that it didn't exist?
No. I said "it seems logical that such software _must exist_".
What I assumed is that since nobody I know has ever heard of it, it must
be reasonably uncommon.
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On 29-5-2009 9:55, Invisible wrote:
>>> 1. Hmm, OK. So the PC finally has text-to-speach capabilities, a
>>> facility that the Amiga had 15 years ago. Interesting.
>>
>> You can't be seriously claiming that you have never heard of any
>> text-to-speech software for the PC before this.
>
> Well, considering that the Amiga did it 15 years ago, and it wasn't
> exactly a "new" idea then... it seems logical that such software must
> exist for the PC somewhere. I've just never seen (heard?) it.
First one I heard was 'sam' on a C64.
> (Much like, logically, there must exist software for the PC that enables
> you to typeset music property, but I've yet to find it. Unless you count
> all those insane TeX extensions...)
What is wrong with (La)TeX? I mean other then you did not really try it
because it has a learning curve?
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>> (Much like, logically, there must exist software for the PC that
>> enables you to typeset music property, but I've yet to find it. Unless
>> you count all those insane TeX extensions...)
>
> What is wrong with (La)TeX? I mean other then you did not really try it
> because it has a learning curve?
TeX is very good for its intended purpose - typesetting text and
mathematics. And it *not* very good for anything else. (Most especially,
trying to typeset musical scores with it just simply *painful*.)
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Invisible wrote:
> exist for the PC somewhere. I've just never seen (heard?) it.
Open your control panel and go to "Speech" in XP or "Ease of access" in
Vista. It has been there for years and years and years, built in, in a menu
you probably look at daily. :-)
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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On Fri, 29 May 2009 17:33:51 +0200, andrel wrote:
> First one I heard was 'sam' on a C64.
That's what I was thinking of as well. :-)
Jim
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On Fri, 29 May 2009 16:53:44 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>>> (Much like, logically, there must exist software for the PC that
>>> enables you to typeset music property, but I've yet to find it. Unless
>>> you count all those insane TeX extensions...)
>>
>> What is wrong with (La)TeX? I mean other then you did not really try it
>> because it has a learning curve?
>
> TeX is very good for its intended purpose - typesetting text and
> mathematics. And it *not* very good for anything else. (Most especially,
> trying to typeset musical scores with it just simply *painful*.)
There are a few programs for Linux that do a good job with this -
Lilypond IIRC does a good job with it.
Jim
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>> exist for the PC somewhere. I've just never seen (heard?) it.
>
> Open your control panel and go to "Speech" in XP or "Ease of access" in
> Vista. It has been there for years and years and years, built in, in a
> menu you probably look at daily. :-)
Hmm. That explains why Ventrillo manages to do things like say "A user
has joined the channel". I presumed it was just a bad recording, and it
was Ventrillo-specific...
It sounds utterly *terrible* by the way. I'm probably imagining it, but
I'm sure the Amiga did it better.
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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