Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl yodels

[Greenblatt & Seay <g-s@navix.net>]

>I'm not too thrilled about the concept of making MacPerl yell like Tarzan.

Me either. I just like trying to conjure up an image of MacPerl swinging
through the trees.

>What David really needs is a custom voice specifically made for singing.

That would be great fun but I'd rather stick with what comes with the
normal MacPerl installation.

>None of the built-ins really handle it well.

I believe my old friend Zarvox and his buddy Trinoids are the only built-in
voices that maintain consistant pitch on their own. The others employ pitch
variances which try to overide the pitch MacPerl has specified.


>The commercial product I mentioned in a previous post uses it's own speech
>models, which is probably beyond your average MacPerl programmer (and
>would have to be done in C, regardless).

Even though my last name is pronounced 'C' I don't do C.


David Seay
http://www.mastercall.com/g-s



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