[hts-users:03376] Re: CMU ARCTIC voices (other than SLT) for flite_hts_engine

[Keiichiro Oura <uratec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Could you try latest version of HTS and its demo scripts?
I guess you use old tools or scripts.

Regards,
Keiichiro Oura


2012/6/30 Jason Livingston <jettoblack@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello,
> I'm using flite_hts_engine 1.03 and it works well with the pre-built
> SLT voice files downloaded from:
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/hts-engine/hts_voice_cmu_us_arctic_slt-1.04.tar.gz
>
> I couldn't find the other CMU ARCTIC voices like BDL, RMS, etc.
> pre-built for flite_hts_engine.  If someone has these available,
> please let me know.
>
> I tried to build them using HTS-demo_CMU-ARCTIC-ADAPT.  I installed
> the required versions of each software package as listed in the
> INSTALL file.
>
> Here is the config I used for RMS:
> ./configure --with-tcl-search-path=/opt/ActiveTcl-8.4/bin
> --with-hts-search-path=/usr/local/HTS-2.2beta/bin
> --with-fest-search-path=/usr/share/festival/examples
> --with-sptk-search-path=/usr/local/SPTK/bin
> --with-hts-engine-search-path=/usr/local/bin ADAPTSPKR=rms
> TRAINSPKR='bdl clb jmk slt' F0_RANGES='bdl 40 210 clb 130 260 jmk 50
> 180 slt 110 280 rms 40 200'
>
> After running ./configure, I had to edit the scripts/Config.pm file and change:
> $SOXOPTION = 'w';
> to:
> $SOXOPTION = '2';
>
> This is because recent versions of sox deprecated the -w option and
> changed it to '-2' or '-b 16' for 16-bit audio samples.  However I
> don't know if the resulting output from the newer sox is different
> from the old sox with the -w option.
>
> After running 2-3 days, the voice files were built successfully.
> However when I used them in flite_hts_engine, the resulting speech is
> very high pitch and fast.
>
> You can download the resulting model here:
> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/31668283/rms.zip
>
> The flite_hts_engine command I used is:
> echo "Hello this is a test." | ./flite_hts_engine  -s 48000 -p 240 -a
> 0.55 -td rms/tree-dur.inf -tm rms/tree-mgc.inf -tf rms/tree-lf0.inf
> -md rms/dur.pdf -mm rms/mgc.pdf -mf rms/lf0.pdf -dm rms/mgc.win1 -dm
> rms/mgc.win2 -dm rms/mgc.win3 -df rms/lf0.win1 -df rms/lf0.win2 -df
> rms/lf0.win3 -em rms/tree-gv-mgc.inf -ef rms/tree-gv-lf0.inf -cm
> rms/gv-mgc.pdf -cf rms/gv-lf0.pdf -k rms/gv-switch.inf -o "test.wav"
>
> This is the same command that works fine with the pre-built SLT voice.
>
> Did I make a mistake in my configure or flite_hts_engine options?
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>