[Csnd-dev] Espeak

Date	2017-05-24 17:17
From	Anders Genell
Subject	[Csnd-dev] Espeak
	Dear devs! There was a discussion about speech synthesis recently, and I've been meaning to ask: would it be terribly cumbersome to create a plugin for interfacing with espeak (http://espeak.sourceforge.net/) from Csound? I realize it might not be the most authentic-sounding speech, but on the other hand who wouldn't want Stephen Hawking on vocals for the next piece? Regards, Anders

Date	2017-05-24 17:22
From	jpff
Subject	Re: [Csnd-dev] Espeak
	GPL licece could be a problem On Wed, 24 May 2017, Anders Genell wrote: > Dear devs! > > There was a discussion about speech synthesis recently, and I've been meaning > to ask: would it be terribly cumbersome to create a plugin for interfacing > with espeak (http://espeak.sourceforge.net/) from Csound? > I realize it might not be the most authentic-sounding speech, but on the other > hand who wouldn't want Stephen Hawking on vocals for the next piece? > > Regards, > Anders > > >

Date	2017-05-24 17:48
From	Anders Genell
Subject	Re: [Csnd-dev] Espeak
	Ah, of course. Well, I'll just have to use it separately and pipe sound through stdin or so. Thanx! Regards, Anders > 24 maj 2017 kl. 18:22 skrev jpff : > > GPL licece could be a problem > > >> On Wed, 24 May 2017, Anders Genell wrote: >> >> Dear devs! >> There was a discussion about speech synthesis recently, and I've been meaning >> to ask: would it be terribly cumbersome to create a plugin for interfacing >> with espeak (http://espeak.sourceforge.net/) from Csound? >> I realize it might not be the most authentic-sounding speech, but on the other >> hand who wouldn't want Stephen Hawking on vocals for the next piece? >> Regards,

Date	2017-05-24 19:52
From	Felipe Sateler
Subject	Re: [Csnd-dev] Espeak
	If it were done as a plugin it would resolve the issue: the plugin would be (transitively) GPLed, but the engine should remain unaffected, as the plugins are loaded dynamically. Saludos On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Anders Genell <anders.genell@gmail.com> wrote: Ah, of course. Well, I'll just have to use it separately and pipe sound through stdin or so. Thanx! Regards, Anders > 24 maj 2017 kl. 18:22 skrev jpff <jpff@CODEMIST.CO.UK>: > > GPL licece could be a problem > > >> On Wed, 24 May 2017, Anders Genell wrote: >> >> Dear devs! >> There was a discussion about speech synthesis recently, and I've been meaning >> to ask: would it be terribly cumbersome to create a plugin for interfacing >> with espeak (http://espeak.sourceforge.net/) from Csound? >> I realize it might not be the most authentic-sounding speech, but on the other >> hand who wouldn't want Stephen Hawking on vocals for the next piece? >> Regards, >> Anders -- Saludos, Felipe Sateler