Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmcel!stoller From: stoller@cbmcel.UUCP (Martin S. Stoller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga Speach (was Re: Complaints about Amiga OS 2.0) Keywords: speech 2.0 shell menu Message-ID: <144@cbmcel.UUCP> Date: 8 Jun 90 09:17:35 GMT References: <20526@snow-white.udel.EDU> <32420@auc.UUCP> <1990Jun7.083800.26414@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Reply-To: stoller@cbmcel.UUCP (Martin S. Stoller) Organization: PRIVATE THIS TIME (COMMODORE ELECTRONICS LIMITED) Lines: 32 In article <1990Jun7.083800.26414@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >While we're wishing, a good specification of how the system works and >how to modify it and tailorable sound source files (to allow one put >in phonemes that don't occur in English) would vastly improve the odds >of commercial products being developed around the Amiga's speech >Anything existing or planned in this direction? Specifically, is there, >for example, an IFF chunk for algebraically defined (or however one does >this) phonemes? >Kent, the man from xanth. > I know of several people here in Switzerland who (myself for instance) are playing with the idea of an intelligent LANGUAGE TRANSLATION DEVICE. The name is, I'm afraid, a bit missleading: we're working on a new translator.dev, which should be able to emualte (ei: sound like) a Swiss farmer or Swiss layer, which-ever comes easier. The device could be used for other, simpler languages, like English, Hebrew, and Chinese. Might take a while before it gets to a demo stage, 'cause we are all hard working and have a minimal of spare time >;-> The format may well be IFF, 'cause that's the best |:-$ -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Martin S. Stoller, Technical Support Assistant | | Commodore Electronics Limited (CEL), Switzerland | | 'We maveric maniacal programmers must be marvelous...' | | ...the deamomnd ring... | | See ya... Martin S. Stoller | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=