From: jhaerleREMOVE AT cybergal DOT com (miori k) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: text-to-speech or text-to-wav Organization: University of Texas at Austin Message-ID: <36885aea.98873293@news.flash.net> References: <368825E4 DOT 95E18DE7 AT bellsouth DOT net> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Lines: 30 Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 04:40:10 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.30.108.155 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT flash DOT net X-Trace: news.flash.net 914906410 209.30.108.155 (Mon, 28 Dec 1998 22:40:10 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 22:40:10 CDT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:45:41 GMT, Lester Davis wrote: >I can play wav files from my program but would also like to do a text to >speech thing. I have a dos program that does it but would like to do it >from within the program. DOes anyone know how to do this, or how to >convert text to a wave file.? > >Thanks > > Yikes that's a tall order... To start out with I suppose you'd look for a good parser, and then start associating sound clips with syllables. Most Speech Synth's work by using the "100 word's library" and then adding to its own vocabulary by figuring out which words rhyme with the ones it already knows. Back when I got my first sound card there was a booklet on this topic that came along with it... perhaps ESS technologies might have a web site that has this booklet online or whatever. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ miori k masa well, 3 of the 4 voices in my head agree with you, but we never listen to #4. . . . she's crazy.