Why do you say that Windows has no pitch support? You should be able to send pitch offset in SSML. Bill Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 14, 2024, at 11:10, Robert Melton <emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Windows natively has no voice manipulation at all, not even pitch. > > Mac gives you a pitch multiplier that clamps between .5 and 2.0, > multiplied by 0.5 being the low pitch, 2.0 being maximal high pitch. > > But, what both these platforms have is a decent number of voices > included by default that share rate and don't sound too jarring > when used together, ogg demo below. > > With this in mind, I have started experimenting with multiple voices > together. To hear reading a single line of code with three voices, > here is an ogg: https://robertmelton.com/output_trimmed.ogg > > it is reading the following line: > > /* this is a comment */ this would be some code, and "here is a string in the code" and more code after the string /* and end with comment */ > > I am considering if the best experience for Windows and Mac would be > mapping Aural CSS ranges to specific voices. This wouldn't be as > comprehensive obviously, but it might be better than nothing. > > Oh, and I did try using a different voice on the notification server > versus the main server, works well too. > > And even if implemented, you could choose the same voice for all maps > so users like Pawel wouldn't be jarred by the different voices. > > -- > Robert "robertmeta" Melton > lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Emacspeak discussion list -- emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send email to: > emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of: unsubscribe
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