Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site loral.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc6!loral!engle From: engle@loral.UUCP (Jack Engle) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: How good is speech synth. on C64? Message-ID: <718@loral.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 16:21:17 EST Article-I.D.: loral.718 Posted: Mon Dec 17 16:21:17 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 19-Dec-84 00:44:43 EST References: <1717@zehntel.UUCP> Organization: Loral Instrumentation, San Diego Lines: 23 > Actually, SID *can* produce very good speech. I base my judgement on a > product called S.A.M (Software Automatic Mouth). It uses allophones, or > you can just type in regular English and SAM will make some assumptions. > You can also control inflection. It's amazing how inflection can improve > the quality of speech -- no more 'monotone'. Questions even sound like > questions. > > I was impressed with it, especially since it is 100% software. I think > it sells for about $45 or so, depending on where you look. Most of the > mail order houses carry it. > > > > Dave Funk > Zehntel, Inc. > 2625 Shadelands Drive > Walnut Creek, CA 92598 > (415) 932-6900 x309 > > ....!decvax!sytek!zehntel!dave > ...."zehntel!dave"@BERKELEY *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***