Re: Word lists in English and German (Matthias Milczynski )

Subject: Re: Word lists in English and German
From:    Matthias Milczynski  <mmilczyn@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:39:09 +0200

Dear Christian,

check out whether the festival speech synthesis system from CSTR in  
Edinburgh (http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/) is  
appropriate for you.

Milo

On Apr 23, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Christian Kaernbach wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> Some weeks ago I asked for (recorded) word lists in English and  
> German. It seems there is no such database. Holger Mitterer  
> suggested the use of a speech synthesizer (Thanks, Holger). This  
> might be a good alternative. Do you have suggestions for speech  
> synthesizers? Our requirements would be:
> * German and (US-)English voices
> * Ease of use:
>   - feed in words (not phonetical transcriptions)
>   - easy to install
> * Good quality of output
>
> Best regards,
> Christian
>
> -- 
> Prof. Dr. Christian Kaernbach
> Psychologische Methodik und computergestützte Modellierung
> Institut für Psychologie
> Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
> Schubertstr. 51 a
> A-8010 Graz
> Austria
> www.kaernbach.de fechner.uni-graz.at