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# DECTalk software output module is based on the generic plugin for Speech# Dispatcher. It means there is no C code written explicitly for# this plugin, all the specifics are handled in this configuration# and we call a simple command line client to perform the actual# synthesis. Note that this is not an optimal solution, but# it's reported to work.## Please note that DECTalk software is currently *not* Free Software.# You might want to look at Festival instead.# GenericExecuteSynth is the shell command that should be# executed in order to say some message. This command must# stop saying the message on SIGKILL, otherwise it's useless.# You can use the variables $LANG, $VOICE, $PITCH and $RATE# which will be substituted for the appropriate value (you# can modify this value, see other parameters).# The command can be split into more lines, if necessary, using '\'.# NOTE1:# Users of previous versions of this configuration file need to rename their# DECTalk command-line program back to `say', since speech dispatcher no# longer installs a program with this name. Thus, the reason for# renaming the client in the first place is gone.# NOTE2:# DECTalk software version 4.61 is known to occasionally stop reading,# due to a buffering problem with the `say' program. So far, the only way# I know of to fix this is to upgrade from DECTalk 4.61 to DECTalk 5.GenericExecuteSynth \"echo \"[:n$VOICE][:ra $RATE][:dv ap $PITCH]\" >$TMPDIR/dtk-speak.txt \&& echo \'$DATA\' | fmt >>$TMPDIR/dtk-speak.txt && say -fi $TMPDIR/dtk-speak.txt"# GenericStripPunctChars is a list (enclosed in doublequotes) of# all the characters that should be replaced by whitespaces in# order not to be badly handled by the output module or misinterpreted# by shell.# We need to strip `[' and `]', as these are DECTalk's# command characters.GenericStripPunctChars "[]"# AddVoice specifies which $VOICE string should be assigned to# each language and symbolic voice name. All the voices you want# to use must be specified here.# NOTE:# There is a multilingual version of DECTalk software, however I# do not have it. Thus, only the US English voices are defined here.# If you know about the other languages, please let us know on# <speechd@freebsoft.org>AddVoice "en" "MALE1" "p"AddVoice "en" "MALE2" "h"AddVoice "en" "MALE3" "d"AddVoice "en" "FEMALE1" "b"AddVoice "en" "FEMALE2" "u"AddVoice "en" "FEMALE3" "w"AddVoice "en" "CHILD_MALE" "k"# These parameters set _rate_ and _pitch_ conversion. This is# part of the core of the definition of this generic output# module for this concrete synthesizer, it's not intended to# be modified by common users.# The resulting rate (or pitch) has the form:# (speechd_rate * GenericRateMultiply) + GenericRateAdd# while speechd_rate is a value between -100 (lowest) and +100 (highest)# You have to define some meaningful conversion for each synthesizer# NOTE:# Because DECTalk cannot accept float values, we must force them to be# integers.GenericRateForceInteger 1GenericPitchForceInteger 1GenericRateAdd 338GenericPitchAdd 225# (These values are multiplied by 100, because DotConf currently# doesn't support floats. So you can write 0.85 as 85 and so on.)GenericRateMultiply 262GenericPitchMultiply 175# Debug turns debugging on or off# See speechd.conf for information where debugging information is stored# Debug 0