Yes Heather works on PC-based
communication aids – any software that uses standard Windows SAPI 5
voices, basically. Sounds pretty good. A DynaVox with the Heather voice was
used to open a debate in the Scottish Parliament in May.
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Thanks Paul, will get in touch with them
directly to get feedback on what amount of time is required and costs. Out of
interest, has it been possible to use the Heather voice across a range of
communication aids, or have you experiences any difficulties related to the
platform used?
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The company that Patrick refers to is
Cereproc. They specialise in creating synthetic computer voices, and as far as I
understand it this involves recording the voice actor for some number of hours.
Then they can create a bespoke voice based on the recording. So I think they
could create the voice bank and synthetic voice that you’re after.
They’re a small company and very
helpful, in our experience. As Patrick says, we have licenced their
‘Heather’ voice so that schools and pupils in
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Cereproc are at:
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Thank you Patrick, we’ll certainly
be giving CALL
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We have recently beed approached by a person with a degenerative condition
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