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From: alan@hprnlin.rnd.hp (Alan Harrington)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: is there a better speech synthesizer than SAY?
Message-ID: <8940009@hprnlin.rnd.hp>
Date: 27 Jun 88 15:54:20 GMT
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Organization: HP Roseville Manufacturing Operation
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>   I'm looking for a speech synthesizer (PD or commercial) that
>can be configured to sound "more natural" than SAY.  What bothers me 
>is not SAY's inflection or pronunciation, but the quality of its audio.
>Can anybody enlighten me on how to avoid this (or why it can't be avoided?)

There is a program that will probably suit your needs.  Its called Smooth
Talker ("ported" from the Mac).  It sounds pretty good but tends to 'inflect'
a bit much for my liking.  It is worth a few good laughs though....


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