Re: Is there a project that is jovie successor? (fwd)
Nickolay Shmyrev <[email protected]> Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:46:57 +0300
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--Apple-Mail=_78FF5A69-9646-45A7-B298-5049F753F586 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_B228F5E8-7A2B-4BA9-ABDA-1E91B9077404" --Apple-Mail=_B228F5E8-7A2B-4BA9-ABDA-1E91B9077404 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hello guys. You need to checkout this modern technology one day: https://github.com/rhasspy/larynx <https://github.com/rhasspy/larynx> > 29 =D0=BE=D0=BA=D1=82. 2021 =D0=B3., =D0=B2 20:12, Gustav Degreef = <[email protected]> =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB(=D0=B0): >=20 > No problem about not replying sooner. That West Indies voice is = exactly what I hear also. It is output at the same time the regular = espeak English voice, so the output is incomprehensible . I had said = Scottish sounding, but you are more correct. >=20 > No I was not able to get the "hello_speak example" to work. I can't = get the program to build. I have been trying to figure out why my test = opensuse 15.3 system does not have the problem of the duplicate voices = and the 15.3 system which I need for work does have the problem. It = seems that when I was able to install Jovie on the 15.3 test system it = was because it came from an unsupported repo which installed some Qt5 = Frameworks packages, but I can't figure out which ones. And now that I = look again that unsupported repo no longer has Jovie available. Not = sure where to go from here. >=20 > Jeremy, thank you for all your patient efforts and for undertaking to = improve the situation. I will keep an eye out for the improved Kmouth. = Gustav >=20 > On 10/29/21 5:48 PM, Jeremy Whiting wrote: >> Gustav, >>=20 >> Sorry, I didn't respond yesterday. The espeak.log you sent looks like = espeak is getting text fine from kmouth and okular. I'm betting that = since kmouth and okular do not tell QtSpeech which voice to use it's = using some default that isn't ideal. Were you ever able to get = hello_speak example to work? With it you can select each voice that = QtSpeech knows about and probably see what default it's using for a = given language. Here when I open it on my opensuse 15.2 vm it starts = with English, but has some west indies voice as the default which = pronounces everything strangely. If I change it to another english voice = it all sounds the same as spd-say. >>=20 >> So it won't be in the next release since feature freeze will be soon = or has already happened, but I'll get voice selection in at least = okular's settings window where you can already select between flite and = speechd. And do likewise for KMouth with the other improvements I'll do = to KMouth. I think once you're able to select a voice (and language) in = those just like in hello_speak it should be pretty straight forward to = make it sound the way you want. >>=20 >> BR, >> Jeremy --Apple-Mail=_B228F5E8-7A2B-4BA9-ABDA-1E91B9077404 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D"">Hello guys.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">You need to checkout this modern technology one = day:</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://github.com/rhasspy/larynx" = class=3D"">https://github.com/rhasspy/larynx</a></div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">29 = =D0=BE=D0=BA=D1=82. 2021 =D0=B3., =D0=B2 20:12, Gustav Degreef <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>> = =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB(=D0=B0):</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; = display: inline !important;" class=3D"">No problem about not replying = sooner. That West Indies voice is exactly what I hear = also. It is output at the same time the regular espeak English = voice, so the output is incomprehensible . I had said Scottish = sounding, but you are more correct.</span><br style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=3D""><br = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline = !important;" class=3D"">No I was not able to get the "hello_speak = example" to work. I can't get the program to build. I have been = trying to figure out why my test opensuse 15.3 system does not have the = problem of the duplicate voices and the 15.3 system which I need for = work does have the problem. It seems that when I was able to = install Jovie on the 15.3 test system it was because it came from an = unsupported repo which installed some Qt5 Frameworks packages, but I = can't figure out which ones. And now that I look again that = unsupported repo no longer has Jovie available. Not sure where to = go from here.</span><br style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=3D""><br style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; = display: inline !important;" class=3D"">Jeremy, thank you for all your = patient efforts and for undertaking to improve the situation. I = will keep an eye out for the improved Kmouth. Gustav</span><br = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=3D""><br= style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline = !important;" class=3D"">On 10/29/21 5:48 PM, Jeremy Whiting = wrote:</span><br style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" = class=3D"">Gustav,<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Sorry, I didn't respond = yesterday. The espeak.log you sent looks like espeak is getting text = fine from kmouth and okular. I'm betting that since kmouth and okular do = not tell QtSpeech which voice to use it's using some default that isn't = ideal. Were you ever able to get hello_speak example to work? With it = you can select each voice that QtSpeech knows about and probably see = what default it's using for a given language. Here when I open it on my = opensuse 15.2 vm it starts with English, but has some west indies voice = as the default which pronounces everything strangely. If I change it to = another english voice it all sounds the same as spd-say.<br class=3D""><br= class=3D"">So it won't be in the next release since feature freeze will = be soon or has already happened, but I'll get voice selection in at = least okular's settings window where you can already select between = flite and speechd. And do likewise for KMouth with the other = improvements I'll do to KMouth. I think once you're able to select a = voice (and language) in those just like in hello_speak it should be = pretty straight forward to make it sound the way you want.<br = class=3D""><br class=3D"">BR,<br class=3D"">Jeremy<br = class=3D""></blockquote></div></blockquote><br = class=3D""></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_B228F5E8-7A2B-4BA9-ABDA-1E91B9077404-- --Apple-Mail=_78FF5A69-9646-45A7-B298-5049F753F586 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iEYEARECAAYFAmF8M5MACgkQLCDh4YwOt9n/JgCeJTL6DpWYPkQfLOFx+qYInAqD WroAn0ApVz8YPuHyiHURXQ0E52bQsAWL =HsOl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_78FF5A69-9646-45A7-B298-5049F753F586--