Ask HN: review my text-to-speech project (not endorsed by Obama, however)(speak.alexle.net)
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Ask HN: review my text-to-speech project (not endorsed by Obama, however)
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Sounds like he's saying "I'm a bomber."
I typed "zach is awesome" unfortunately it pronounced my name with a "ch" sound instead of a "ck" sound.
Would there be anyway for you to write a script that would grab phonetic symbols for common names from a baby names website, or what have you?
Would there be anyway for you to write a script that would grab phonetic symbols for common names from a baby names website, or what have you?
the speech engine I'm using is espeak.sourceforge.net. There are other voices that I can choose from but I haven't messed around with it too much. Quality-wise, compared to Oddcast.com's TTS, espeak is a free alternative so it's understandably with lower sound quality.
DecTalk (yes I go back to the original DEC box you could hang off a telephone line) but without any consideration of punctuation. Interesting though.
this is a first iteration, or rather a proof of concept. I use it as a learning project to get more efficient with Apple (I'm a PC guy), so what's more fun and challenging than making Obama talk, south-park style?