speechd modules

[Jacob Schmude]

Hi
        I've got software dectalk working with speech dispatcher. The approach 
I've taken is to utilize the generic 
module to call DECTalk's say command, with appropriate parameters for pitch, 
rate, and voice. Generally, I find this to 
work quite well, but a native C module would no doubt be better. However, I 
just don't have the time to do it at the 
moment, and programming for dectalk isn't the easiest thing in the world, 
especially for a beginner programmer like 
myself. I took the generic approach because I really needed good software 
speech rather quickly. I believe there's 
someone on the speakup list working on a Cepstral module as well, though I 
can't remember who it is at the moment.

On Sat, 15 May 2004, Tim Cross wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm thinking that in my spare time, I wouldn't mind adding some new
> output modules for speechd. In particular, I thought I might look at
> doing some modules for the software dectalk and possibly Cepstral's
> TTS engine. However, I thought before I begin to look at this, I'd see
> if anyone else was working on anything with these software synths as
> I'd prefer to work with someone rather than reinvent what they have
> already done.