non-TTS Voice Editor - Customize your own VPM voice
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2011-01-02: updated first post with NonTTSVoiceEditor
Hello all,
Non-TTS voices are made of a collection of WAV files (digitized sound) packed together. If one could simply split the Garmin VPM file into a serie of WAV files, you could change those WAV files just by recording new phrases and merge them back afterward. The concept is very easy, however recording and trimming all the WAV files will require a lot of work. Make sure your WAV files are also recorded with the following format:
1 channel (mono)
22050 samples/sec
16-bit per sample
Most audio tool will allow you to create WAV files with that format.
TTSVoiceEditor works only for TTS voice and cannot be used to process non-TTS voice file. There are other options to work with non-TTS voices. I decided it was time to highlight these options in more details.
1- The first one is VoiceEditor. This is the best free non-TTS voice editor for non-TTS voice. Very simple to use. You can find more discussion about it (in French) here:
http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=86322&...
You can download it here:
http://dl.free.fr/cmtVFZNyU/voice_editor.exe
When you open (File->Open) your non-TTS voice file, it shows you a list of all the different WAV files and you can click on them and hear what it says, It will create a sub-folder with the voice name and put all the WAV files in it.
If you click on the Edit tab, you can also see on the left side all the audio samples for each WAV and on the right side all the sentenses (serie of audio samples to make a phrase).
If you want to have more fun, you can also create your own sentenses by clicking on a sequence of audio samples (on the left) and then click ADD.
Very cool!
You can merge back the WAV files into a VPM file by opening the .bin and do a "Save as".
2- The second option is to user VoiceUtility. It seems to be only a VPM file splitter and merger. It is also not totally free and if you modify more than 50 WAV files, it will cripple the audio quality. Of course, you can make a $$$ donation and remove the limitations. You can read more about it here:
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=v...
In my opinion, if you can use VoiceEditor, I do not see why you would use VoiceUtility which seem to have less feature.
3- The third option is NonTTSVoiceEditor that does also VPM splitting and merging. It is totally free. You can find it here:
http://turboccc.wikispaces.com/NonTTSVoiceEditor
I did this tool when I thought VoiceEditor could not do it. Unless there is a special request for more feature, it may not evolve further.
Others may also post comments about what they have done with these tools and share their experiences.
Happy New Year 2011 to All!
TurboCCC
Non TTS back to TTS ... Or creating my own TTS voice
Hi Woremochine,
Bad news for you.
TTS stands for "Text to Speech". They use a specific text to speech engine that cannot be modified. TTS voices can speak street names because the street names are included in the maps. The TTS engine just speaks the words using its internal phonems and a very complex algorithm. Using TTSVoiceEditor, you can edit and modify some of the navigation text prompts within the VPM file.
Non-TTS voices are a sum of many .wav files merged together. Splitting into .wav files is simply a way to create or edit the independant .wav files (corresponding each to a different navigation prompt or part of one). Once modified, the .wav can be merged back together to form another non-TTS voice. You can use nonTTSVoiceEditor to split, listen and merge the different wav files.
TTSVoiceEditor is a program capable
Thanks so much.
Thanks for your reply. I think I understand now that the TTS voice editor and the non-TTS voice editor are ONLY for the vpm, which is for GPS. Did I get it right this time?
I guess there is no way to create my own TTS voice / voices, or even use more than one TTS voice at a time ( like Mary + Mike + Sam, etc). If you ever happen to hear of such programs that will allow me to do this, could you please shoot me an email? I believe you are able to see what my email is, I will check back over the next couple of days to see if you were able to help any further. Again, thank you so much.
Thanks, †Wore†
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No, no one can see your email addie from the contact tab.
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email
oh, lol. Thanks.
Thanks, †Wore†
TTS maker
I will let you know if I find anything, but do not raise your expectations. There is no chance Nuance will release a TTS editor/maker.
Ok. Again, thank you very
Ok.
Again, thank you very much for your efforts
Thanks, †Wore†
State Abbreviation pronunciations.
TTS stands for "Text to Speech". They use a specific text to speech engine that cannot be modified. TTS voices can speak street names because the street names are included in the maps. The TTS engine just speaks the words using its internal phonems and a very complex algorithm. Using TTSVoiceEditor, you can edit and modify some of the navigation text prompts within the VPM file.
I never understood why Garmin didn't fix the state abbreviations. It is dumb to be riding on MS-49 and have it spoken as "Manuscript forty-nine"
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Just seems like a lot of work. I would try it but it seems intimadating reading the other posts.
State names / Abbreviations
[quote=dave817
I never understood why Garmin didn't fix the state abbreviations. It is dumb to be riding on MS-49 and have it spoken as "Manuscript forty-nine"
Yeah, that does seem a bit goofy
Thanks, †Wore†
MS = ?
What does MS stands for?
Mississippi?
ie MS-49 is US Route 49 in Mississippi?
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Looks like it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_49
Looks like state abbreviations are used.
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@turbocccDo you have
@turboccc
Do you have somewhere non-tts voice editor version 2?
I search for it but can't find it.
Welcome
Welcome to our forum.
Unfortunately Turboccc has, for the most part, moved on to different things and is no longer actively visiting this site or updating/maintaining his programs.
His latest Non TTS Voice Editor program is version 1.40 and can be found at:
http://turboccc.wikispaces.com/NonTTSVoiceEditor
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Yes i know that he have new
Yes i know that he have new job some time now and he don't have time to update his tool's
But i hope that he will maybe some day have time and look at this thread
Wish all members Happy new year 2015.