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Questions tagged [speech]

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How to install more voices to Windows Speech?

I downloaded another TTS pack from Microsoft Speech Platform - Runtime Languages (Version 11), but in the speech properties this pack doesn't show up. The image bellow lists all packs installed, which came by default in my Windows 8…
BrunoLM
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Is there any TTS (Text To Speech) engine for Cantonese?

I am looking for TTS (Text To Speech) engine for Cantonese.
ITFan
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De-esser for Windows 8 audio output?

Lately I've been watching a lot of lectures online, but a good amount of them hurt my ears because of how sharp the professor pronounces any words containing "s". This is a very recognized problem for musicians and such, and sound engineers often…
Ponkadoodle
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High quality (commercial) Text to English speech software?

I'm working on a software project and I am researching text-to-speech products to use. Does anyone know what are the current state of the art text-to-speech systems? Ideally the speech should be indistinguishable from a native American or English…
bodacydo
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Speed Up Rate of Text To Speech via Terminal

I used to have my TTS custom set to read things back nice and fast, works better for me as I'm basically ADD & mildy dyslexic. Now I'm not much of an expert, but I've just hunted as best I can… tracking back to what I must have posted in Terminal…
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/dev/dsp missing in debian and cannot hear festival utterance

Tried to make an utterance in festival and it seems /dev/dsp/ is missing in the debian. How to add this? festival> (SayText "Hello") Linux: can't open /dev/dsp #
pirateknight
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Windows 7 Speech Recognition and IE 10

I'm using Windows 7 Speech Recognition with IE 10, and when I say "show numbers" it does not number all the items on my page - only 3 or 4 at most, usually the address bar, minimize, expand and close buttons, but not any of the actual content of the…
anne
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Voice packs in Speech settings in Windows 10 - Removing greyed out packages or is it safe to do so?

See setting attached in Windows 10. Is this possible to remove via PowerShell in admin or is it safe to do so? If it's ok to do so, how to remove them when they're greyed out?
Ste
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Speech options not working on One Note Immersive Reader

I installed the One Note Learning Tool for my son who has special needs but the only voices available to me are “Microsoft David” and “Microsoft Zira” which are difficult for him to understand due to the accent. I have tried downloading…
Amitabh Trehan
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Windows speech recognition and Dragon NaturallySpeaking , dictating into two separate text Windows?

So there are these two programs Windows speech recognition and Dragon NaturallySpeaking. In order to test the accuracy of these two programs and compare them side-by-side I want to run them both at the same time speaking to a microphone and then…
ms. mann
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Why does the eSpeak pronunciation sound off even though I specify the language?

I'm trying to use the command line version of eSpeak: http://espeak.sourceforge.net/ It is possible to change the voices, but the language pronunciation remains American English. For example: espeak.exe -v es "como estas?" Why does it sound like an…
Berry Tsakala
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Using MathPlayer on Linux without Internet Explorer

There is a plugin for Internet Explorer called MathPlayer which is a text-to-speech plug-in for mathematical expressions. It can read mathematical expressions aloud. However, I'm not using Internet Explorer, since I'm on Linux. Is it possible to use…
Anderson Green
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Speaker diarization for 3+ speakers using Azure

Does Azure's batch transcription support speaker diarization for more than 2 speakers? I checked their Rest API documentation and didn't find anything relevant. Are there other ways to do this using Azure cognitive services?
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Audacity: Batch "silience" where non-voice loud sounds exist

I was watching a speech video on YouTube, but the speech volume was too low, whilst the sound effects were not. So I thought I would download it, amplify the speech and remove the sound effects. I opened it in Audacity, and amplified the whole audio…
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Cannot download English (Canada) speech package in Windows 10

I have been trying to get Cortana to work in Windows 10 for quite some time with no success. I tried following Microsoft's instructions: Set the region to Canada ✓ Set the language to English (Canada) ✓ Set the speech to English (Canada) ✕ This…
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