So neospeech julie sometimes pronounces certain words with extra emotion (hi! for example). I have also used some other tts programs in the past which also had special emote tags like "\item=Laugh" which when read would actually sound like a person laughing.
My question - how do you find out what a voice is capable of beyond the normal monotone reading style? Is there a program that can analyze each voice and detect 'special' words/phrases embedded in the voice file?
How to find special phrases/emotes...
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Re: How to find special phrases/emotes...
I don't know of any voice analysis like what you're asking about. The closest thing I know of is some capabilities with Acapela voices to recognize sound effect tags, and for certain words to trigger voice inflection changes. I recently found documentation with more information, see http://www.acapela-group.com/doc/Vocal% ... excla.html.
There are also some 'emotive' voices of Acapela voices available (sad, happy, etc). See http://www.nextup.com/acapela.html for more information (scroll down to the section labeled "Acapela High Quality Emotive Voices for TextAloud".
There are also some 'emotive' voices of Acapela voices available (sad, happy, etc). See http://www.nextup.com/acapela.html for more information (scroll down to the section labeled "Acapela High Quality Emotive Voices for TextAloud".
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Re: How to find special phrases/emotes...
That first chart you posted is exactly what I am looking for, but for Neospeech Julie or Ivona Salli. Doesn't sound like they exist though.
It would be cool if TextAloud could somehow identify all the 'special tags' in a voice file, and list them in a dropdown somewhere. There must be some way to identify them...
It would be cool if TextAloud could somehow identify all the 'special tags' in a voice file, and list them in a dropdown somewhere. There must be some way to identify them...