Re: Orca and Cepstral

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That's too bad too.  I really like their voices and would
love to
listen to Cepstral Callie all day long while running Orca
but she
falters too much.  Like I say, if I could get them to work
with ALSA
and perhaps a direct speech dispatcher module, maybe things
would be
better for her.

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 02:19:00AM -0600, John Greer wrote:
> Yep Cepstral voices do that too on Windows.  Most
likely it is just the way 
> Cepstral voices are.  I have never seen them be
responsive enough for 
> screen reader use.
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> From: "Steve Holmes" <steveholmesgrown.com>
> To: "Orca E-mail List" <orca-listgnome.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Orca and Cepstral
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> >I've used it some with speech dispatcher but notice
a lot of
> >hesitation and even momentary drop-outs both in
Orca and in speeckup
> >with speechd-up.  I have a fast enough machine with
plenty memory (2
> >GB) but still the sluggishness.  Anything I can
look for to make
> >Cepstral perform better? I suppose it's got to do
with using the
> >generic module.  Too bad I can't come up with a
direct module for
> >Cepstral like espeak.
> >
> >On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 05:42:27PM -0500, Kenny
Hitt wrote:
> >>Hi. Cepstral voices will work with ORca.  If
you run Debian or Ubuntu, 
> >>you just buy and install a voice,
> >>apt-get install gnome-speech-swift, switch ORca
to use your new voice, 
> >>and enjoy.
> >>Cepstral Swift is supported with
speech-dispatcher using the generic 
> >>module.  You can get a swift-generic.conf file
from:
> >>http://hittsj
unk.net/swift-generic.conf
> >>
> >>
> >>Hope this helps.
> >>          Kenny
> >>
> >>On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 01:34:14PM -0900,
Terrence van Ettinger wrote:
> >>> Hello, all,
> >>> Can anyone give me some pointers on (a)
whether Cepstral voices work 
> >>> with Orca, and
> >>> (b) how to do it?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Terrence
> >>
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