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  • Speak and Pies

    From Tim Hill@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 4 11:19:05 2022
    When I was installing the latest Raspian on a Pi the other day it told me (literally, it spoke) how to activate the screen reader.

    Imagine my shock that it sounded exactly the same as Speak on RISC OS and
    I was confused at first as I thought Pluto had a new feature. Perhaps
    this illustrates the danger of routing six devices though a mixer to one amplifier!

    Now, I realise that the phonemes used to construct words may be common
    across both platforms, so they may be bound to sound the same, but of
    course I wondered if there was some other link?

    The 'chipmunk' thread elsewhere in this parish made me realise that,
    equipped with both OSes, it may be a good idea not to use the standard
    voice on RISC OS to avoid any confusion or, like Daleks, perhaps our
    devices should flash a couple of LEDs when they speak so we know which of
    them is speaking.

    --

    Tim Hill
    Webmaster, https://timil.com

    websites : php : RISC OS

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  • From Stuart@21:1/5 to Tim Hill on Fri Feb 4 15:10:55 2022
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Tim Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Imagine my shock that it sounded exactly the same as Speak on RISC OS and
    I was confused at first as I thought Pluto had a new feature. Perhaps
    this illustrates the danger of routing six devices though a mixer to one amplifier!

    Now, I realise that the phonemes used to construct words may be common
    across both platforms, so they may be bound to sound the same, but of
    course I wondered if there was some other link?

    Same author

    http://espeak.sourceforge.net/

    --
    Stuart Winsor

    Tools With A Mission
    sending tools across the world
    http://www.twam.co.uk/

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  • From Chris Newman@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 4 15:45:25 2022
    In article <[email protected]>, Tim Hill <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    it may be a good idea not to use the standard voice on RISC OS to avoid > any confusion

    What is the Standard RISC OS Voice. AccessingeSpeakfrom Pluto gives me a
    list of 13 voices.

    --
    Chris Newman

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  • From Theo@21:1/5 to Stuart on Fri Feb 4 16:13:54 2022
    Stuart <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Tim Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Now, I realise that the phonemes used to construct words may be common across both platforms, so they may be bound to sound the same, but of course I wondered if there was some other link?

    Same author

    http://espeak.sourceforge.net/

    Who also wrote Pluto.

    Theo

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  • From Tim Hill@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Feb 4 17:11:53 2022
    In article <[email protected]>, Chris Newman
    <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>, Tim Hill
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    it may be a good idea not to use the standard voice on RISC OS to
    avoid > any confusion

    What is the Standard RISC OS Voice. AccessingeSpeakfrom Pluto gives me
    a list of 13 voices.

    The default one. Zero.

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  • From Tim Hill@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Feb 4 17:08:22 2022
    In article <[email protected]>, Stuart
    <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>, Tim Hill
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Imagine my shock that it sounded exactly the same as Speak on RISC OS
    and I was confused at first as I thought Pluto had a new feature.
    Perhaps this illustrates the danger of routing six devices though a
    mixer to one amplifier!

    Now, I realise that the phonemes used to construct words may be
    common across both platforms, so they may be bound to sound the same,
    but of course I wondered if there was some other link?

    Same author

    http://espeak.sourceforge.net/

    That explains a lot!!

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  • From Stuart@21:1/5 to Theo on Fri Feb 4 20:47:57 2022
    In article <I7i*[email protected]>,
    Theo <[email protected]> wrote:
    Stuart <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Tim Hill <[email protected]> wrote:

    Now, I realise that the phonemes used to construct words may be common across both platforms, so they may be bound to sound the same, but of course I wondered if there was some other link?

    Same author

    http://espeak.sourceforge.net/

    Who also wrote Pluto.

    Indeed he did, which is why it is (or cetainly was) supplied with !Pluto

    --
    Stuart Winsor

    Tools With A Mission
    sending tools across the world
    http://www.twam.co.uk/

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  • From Paul Stewart@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 4 21:26:24 2022
    When I noticed this subject, for some reason I though of bubble and squeak
    pies as in the the kind baked in an oven lol



    --
    Paul Stewart
    Sent from A9home running RISC OS 4.42

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  • From Chris Newman@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 4 22:31:19 2022
    In article <[email protected]>, Tim Hill <[email protected]>
    wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>, Chris Newman <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>, Tim Hill
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    it may be a good idea not to use the standard voice on RISC OS to
    avoid > any confusion

    What is the Standard RISC OS Voice. AccessingeSpeakfrom Pluto gives me
    a list of 13 voices.

    The default one. Zero.

    My zero says (None). Duh! Seems silly.

    --
    Chris Newman

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to Chris Newman on Sat Feb 5 08:40:41 2022
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Chris Newman <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>, Tim Hill <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>, Chris Newman <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>, Tim Hill
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    it may be a good idea not to use the standard voice on RISC OS to
    avoid > any confusion

    What is the Standard RISC OS Voice. AccessingeSpeakfrom Pluto gives
    me a list of 13 voices.

    The default one. Zero.

    My zero says (None). Duh! Seems silly.

    But it does speak...

    My question is... Why would you want a silly Croak voice in the list?

    Now that is silly! :-(

    Dave

    --

    Dave Triffid

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