[gnuspeech-contact] Re: Membership request for group Articulatory Speech Synthesis

[Rafa³ Pietruch]

Hi David,

Thank you for your e-mail, and I'm sorry for confusing. Of course I was looking 
for sources, that I can use for some of my experiments, e.g. acoustic tube 
modeling.

First I was looking for the code at: /sources/gnuspeech/gnuspeech/current, 
unfortunately without success and I read somewhere that I need to be a group 
member to use CVS.
Finally, after reading your e-mail I found it at /sources/gnuspeech/current :)

I found your project very interesting for my field of study.
I'm incorporating audio-video processing algorithms for analysis and 
enhancement of laryngectomees speech.
If I have any question about your project I will contact you with pleasure.

Best regards
Rafal

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> David Hill <address@hidden> napisał(a):
> Hi Rafal,
> 
> As administrator of the gnuspeech project, I received your request  
> for membership of the group.  You may not realise that it is not  
> necessary to be a group member in order to download everything in the  
> project CVS repository.  Group membership is intended for those who  
> are actively involved in developing/maintaining the code and  
> developing new modules, so that they can update the repository.
> 
> For obvious reasons, we cannot simply allow new people we do not know  
> to have the ability to change what is in the repository since we have  
> no knowledge of their skills, abilities, goals, and experience.  If  
> you do work on existing code and make improvements/additions, or if  
> you come up with new modules related to what exists, or to the aims  
> of the project then, after an assessment of your work, we would be in  
> a position to admit you as a group member with repository change  
> privileges.
> 
> I greatly appreciate your interest in the work, and we are always  
> short of good people to contribute to the considerable task of  
> further development.
> 
> I don't know how much of the web site you have explored but you  
> should at least check out:
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuspeech/
> 
> (which is linked from the main page at: http://savannah.gnu.org/ 
> projects/gnuspeech as the first item under "Quick Overview.)
> 
> It explains the structure and status of the project.  Under the third  
> heading "Development Tools" you will find "- Browse Sources  
> Repository" with which you can find current Macintosh Objective-C  
> sources, as well as archival material from the NeXT implementation  
> (the "TextToSpeech Kit" which was a fully functional commercially  
> available real-time articulatory speech synthesis package for the  
> NeXT.  With the demise of NeXT and its takeover by Apple, we put all  
> the software and development tools into the gnuspeech project under a  
> GPL so that it may be used freely under the terms of that licence by  
> anyone).  We are currently developing a version that will compile and  
> run under GNU/Linux GnuStep and on the Macintosh under OS X, using  
> conditional compilation.  So far the main language development tool  
> "Monet" has been ported to the Macintosh and the port of  
> "Synthesizer" -- which provides an interactive means of using the  
> basic tube model that emulates the vocal tract for study and database  
> development is 80% complete.  "Monet" does allow arbitrary text to be  
> spoken, using the inappropriately-named "Gnuspeech" pre-processor to  
> convert the text to the input format required by "Monet".
> 
> After "Synthesiser" is completed, the two most important tools for  
> new language development ("Monet" and "Synthesizer" will be available  
> at least for the Macintosh under OS X.  The GnuStep version is more  
> of a problem as the audio output facilities for GnuStep are non- 
> existent, other than using basic IOCTL.  There is no equivalent of  
> Core Audio, though Greg Casamento -- the GnuStep project leader has  
> promised that such facilities will be added, but is too busy to  
> undertake the work himself.
> 
> There is more information in the first URL I gave you above, and I  
> would be very happy to provide help if you need it.  Please keep in  
> touch and let me know how your own research is going.  Perhaps in the  
> near future, you will become more closely involved in the gnuspeech  
> work, and hopefully you will be able to join us as a full project  
> member, once we have got to know you and your work.
> 
> Do you have access to a Macintosh running OS X 10.4 or 10.5?  You can  
> download Monet, and the pre-processor Gnuspeech from the repository ,  
> compile it and run it (there will be some small changes needed to  
> deal with the ongoing updates to 10.4 and 10.5).  I could also send  
> you a .tar file of the current 0.8 version of "Synthesizer" so you  
> can get a feel for it.  It compiles and runs under 10.4.11/Xcode  
> 2.4.1/SDK 4 all the way to 10.5.4/Xcode 3.1/SDK5).  Alternatively, if  
> you have access to a NeXT computer, you can get the entire developer  
> TextToSpeech kit and simply run it.  There's a set of the required  
> passwords under the "private" directory in the repository.
> 
> I look forward to hearing from you and wish you well with your PhD  
> thesis.
> 
> All good wishes.
> 
> david
> 
> --------
> 
> On Sep 5, 2008, at 10:30 AM, Rafal wrote:
> 
> >
> >     
> > Rafal requested membership to the group Articulatory Speech Synthesis
> > at Savannah
> >
> > User Details:
> > -------------
> > Name:   Rafal
> > Login:   rpietruc
> > Email:   address@hidden
> >
> > Project Details:
> > ----------------
> > Name:   Articulatory Speech Synthesis
> > Unix Name: gnuspeech
> > Main Page:        https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnuspeech
> >
> > Message from user:
> > ------------------
> >
> > I'm preparing PhD thesis on Warsaw Univ of Technology on speech  
> > analysis, I'm
> > interested in open S/W for background work and I'm searching for  
> > useful tools
> > to not implement everthing by myself.
> >
> >          Rafal Pietruch
> >
> >
> > Note:
> > -----
> > You receive this email because you are registered as an  
> > administrator of this
> > project and the system has been configured to send emails to  
> > administrators
> > when new users register.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Please login and go to the page
> > https://savannah.gnu.org/project/admin/useradmin.php?group=gnuspeech
> > and approve or discard this membership request.
> >
> >
> >  -- the Savannah team
> >     
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> >   http://savannah.gnu.org/
> >
> 
> 
> 

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