[gnuspeech-contact] Re: introduction and gnuspeech questions

[Eric Zoerner]

Thanks for sending me detailed answers to my questions and the audio  
sample. I would indeed be interested in getting more samples of  
sentences, etc. Would it make sense to checkin some demo audio files  
into the cvs repository?

I guess I wasn't clear when I was asking about the NEXTstep software.  
I read in the docs that you need NEXTstep to run the full suite of  
gnuspeech software. What I'm wondering is whether it is still  
possible to acquire NEXTstep at all and if so, where, and what kind  
of hardware is necessary to run it? (e.g. does it run on Mac OS/X, is  
it possible to install it on a Mac, or does it require an Intel  
machine, etc.).

> > - Is it still possible to get the software/hardware necessary to  
> > run the full suite of gnuspeech (i.e. NEXTstep?)?
>
> Yes, it is on the savannah site, in the repository.  The original  
> Developer kit and in-house tools software are there.  You will need  
> a password to install and run the Developer kit, and you will find  
> a bunch of valid passwords in the file "serial-nos.txt" also  
> attached (you need a "Developer" serial number for the Developer  
> kit -- 2nd half). [Hm!  I checked the repository and, for some  
> obscure reason, the equivalent file "gnuspeech/gnuspeech/trillium/ 
> priv/SerialNumbers/file" has been truncated. I'll have to fix that  
> right away.] I probably should re-organise the repository to make  
> it much more clear what is available, and add some of the oddments  
> that run on the NeXT, like dictionary editing tools and information  
> on the dictionary entry formats.  The dictionary in the User and  
> Developer kits is encoded, but there is no longer any reason to do  
> this.
>
> You should find the package for the most recent release of the NeXT  
> 3.x Developer kit (release is 2.01) in "gnuspeech/gnuspeech/ 
> trillium/TextToSpeechKit/Release2.01/Dev" in the repository.
>
> The Mac OS/X stuff is in the directory "current" rather than  
> "gnuspeech".
>
> As I say, feel free to bug me with any questions, requests or  
> whatever.
> Let me know if any other repository stuff appears to be damaged.
>
> david