Tymkrs hack Emic2 Text to Speech Module

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[kd5aj]

that was over ham radio.. so there should have been a callsign announcement before that transmission.. sounds like a good idea for a station identifier!!

[whisk0r]

There as not only one, but three callsign announcements during transmission.

[kd5aj]

sorry i didnt hear the audio clearly on that video... so. not gonna report ya buddy... i am just saying it wasnt great audio.. sorry if i offended you. not meant in any way but to help.

[whisk0r]

RE Audio Quality: The correct way to do this would have been to feed the audio directly into the radio, rather than use a microphone. The would have eliminated the feed back loop (which caused the lack of clarity). We didn't have enough time to set it up that way, sadly - as this particular episode needed to be online the same day the Emic2 was officially released.

[kd5aj]

Well, i think its a great product.. i do like the idea of using ham radio as a media to introduce it, and you are to be commended!! giving me a few ideas!! thanks!!

[whisk0r]

Totally. I'd love to see it get some use as a hardware beacon. The ability to generate dynamic human speech with such a low power requirement would make this little guy perfect for remote solar/battery operated automated stations.

[tymkrs]

I'd like to make some more elaborate songs using this technique in the future. Procedural music generation is interesting. Also; the emic2 can actually sing phonemes - I didn't have to auto-tune him.

[Jac Goudsmit]

That autotuned SID/emic tune is going to be stuck in my head for a while. Thanks! :-)

[whisk0r]

It's a tiny little vaio p series sub notebook.

[sk7ca]

Very nice!

What computer do you got there?