Re: [gnuspeech-contact] Quickstart for the latest Gnuspeech?

[Advrk Aplmrkt]

Yes, it works now. But after hearing the defaults it sounds like lots
of tweaking to the configuration is need to make the voice sound more
real? Right now it sounds very funny, and not nearly as good as, say,
Siri. Let me know if you have any tips for optimising the voice.

Thanks for the instructions!

On 23/10/2015, Marcelo Y. Matuda <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> To synthesize a short text:
>
> ./gnuspeech_sa -c ../gnuspeechsa-0.1.5/data/en/ -p param.txt \
>    -o out.wav "This is a test."
>
> To synthesize from a text file:
>
> ./gnuspeech_sa -c ../gnuspeechsa-0.1.5/data/en/ -i input.txt \
>    -p param.txt -o out.wav
>
> To test another voice, change the parameter voice_name in
> ../gnuspeechsa-0.1.5/data/en/trm_control_model.config.
>
> You can change other parameters in that file, for example tempo and
> pitch_offset.
>
> Try this in voice_male.config:
> vocal_tract_length = 22.0
> reference_glottal_pitch = -20.0
>
> Regards,
> Marcelo
>
> On 10/21/2015 01:28 PM, David Hill wrote:
>> As a first step, check out what is written in Appendix D of the Monet
>> Manual concerning producing speech from gnuspeechsa.
>>
>> gnuspeechsa is a command-line program, and you should be able to produce
>> speech by entering an appropriate command, which will result in a sound
>> file in the location you specify which you can play. For example, if you
>> are in the directory into which gnuspeechsa has been compiled, the
>> command would be:
>>
>> ./gnuspeechsa -v -c ../../data/en -p trm_param_file.txt -o
>> do-you-happen.wav "Do you happen to know by chance what time it is?"
>>
>> (Note that the manual has unfortunately got a misprint for this command
>> example, by inserting a "\_" in gnuspeechsa.)
>>
>> There's a recording on YouTube of the resulting speech output that is
>> produced, repeated three times at:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUrODiSkWk8&feature=youtu.be
>>
>> I have also passed a copy of your email to the contributor responsible
>> for gnuspeechsa. He has had to drop  participation in GNU project for
>> now, in order to take time out for other things, but may be able to make
>> some helpful comments which I can pass on to you.
>>
>> In GNU/Linux applications users may use Gnuspeechsa for output from an
>> application by using Speech-dispatcher:
>>
>> YELAVICH, LUKE , JAN BUCHAL, TOMAS CERHA, HYNEK HANKE, MILAN ZAMAZAL,
>> C.M. BRANNON, WILLIAM HUBBS, ANDREI KHOLODNY (undated). Speech
>> Dispatcher, http://devel.freebsoft.org/speechd, accessed 2015-07-24.
>>
>> Yes, the release manuals are quite technical, but the technology
>> underlying synthetic speech is not simple. You can learn a lot by
>> studying the background matyerial in the manuals, as well as some of the
>> papers that are linked.
>>
>> Happy hacking!
>>
>> david
>> --------
>> David Hill
>> address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuspeech/
>> http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnuspeech
>> https://savannah.gnu.org/users/davidhill
>> --------
>> Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest
>> treasures  (Tao Te Ching #67)
>> ---------
>>
>>
>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 5:58 49AM, Advrk Aplmrkt wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I just read about the latest release of Gnuspeech, and am eager to
>>> take it for a spin. I'm not a speech synthesis researcher, I just like
>>> to easily do text to speech with Free Software.
>>>
>>> I found the Gnuspeech Monet Manual 0.9 and the Gnuspeech TRAcT Manual
>>> 0.9, but they look very dense and technical. I've got gnuspeech-sa
>>> compiled and installed on my Fedora Linux system, but I have no idea
>>> how to run it by feeding it either a .txt file or just direct input of
>>> text from the command line. It seems to ask for some sort of
>>> configuration file?
>>>
>>> What should I do to just get it to start speaking text? Is there a
>>> quickstart guide or tutorial? Or maybe some preset "voices" I can pick
>>> from? Thanks!!