Re: [microsound] speech synthesis

[Hrvatski <sheket@xxxxxxxx>]

>I'm looking around for some text-to-speech software (preferrably Windows,
>preferrably free) that *doesn't* sound good. That is, most of the
>text-to-speech software I've played around with has produced too human-like
>sounds and hasn't had enough modulation/tampering possibilities.
>Basically, what I'm after is some speech synthesis program that allows the
>user to *really* fuck up the computer voice, yet produces legible speech.

The classic 'bad' computer speech has to be the SAM prog on the C64.
I have it as a disk image, if you can find a suitable emulator for yr platform
(Mac one would be Power64: http://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/~rlieger/Power64/ )
(PC one could be CCS64: http://www.computerbrains.com/ccs64/index.html )
you're welcome to download it at: http://www.tiac.net/users/sheket/TEMP/SAM.d64
Run the 'MENU' app to initialize speech (follow the prompts), then run the
'SAM DEMO'
program.

My favorite are the different vocal 'qualities' you can select

"This is the Elf Voice!" "This is the Little Old Lady Voice!"

.... -Våt

>Kind of that old speech program for the Atari ST...

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