[arm-allstar] Update on Weather Scripts and TTS

[Sam Bonsett]

Could it be Google is requiring a captcha to complete the task?  When I
tried to use it through the browser:
http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?tl=en&q=K M 4 K S R

I get a captcha page.  If I input the captcha phrase it spits out the audio
file.

Attatched is the CAPTCHA page.

Just a thought and I may have no idea what I'm talking about.



On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Corey Dean <n3fe at repeater.net> wrote:

> I just made 2 files.  One with Allison and one with David.
>
> http://www.repeater.net/audio
>
> Corey. N3FE
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 30, 2015, at 3:08 PM, "Neil k8it" <k8it at cac.net> wrote:
>
> Doug. you had said
>
> Google TTS will still be usable for occasional ID or text conversion. Just
> be careful how many times you use it on a single IP over a certain period.
> The period is not known! Until we make changes and have an update you
> should disable weather forecasts and alerts as repetitive use will make
> Google TTS not work at all.
>
> *73 DougWA3DSP*
>
> Like you have stated in other emails TTS_audio.sh does not work. I tried
> it earlier to make a new id but got no response, so I believe google has
> totally eliminated it! if you have found a way to use it to produce at
> least id's please let the list know. thanks
>
> btw espeak sounds awful. But I for one would not have a problem with
> spending $130 for an unrestricted voice program. I would like to hear a
> demo first!
> Being blind and doing most of my work with text readers, 130 dollars is
> cheap! using Jaws is a $1000 program plus a $300 a year license!
> if we want audio quality sometimes we have to pay for it!
> Thanks
> 73 Neil Sablatzky  K8IT
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> *From:* Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:36 PM
> *To:* arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> *Subject:* [arm-allstar] Update on Weather Scripts and TTS
>
> If you have been listening here the last week or using the weather scripts
> you probably know by now that Google has limited repetitive use of their
> free online TTS converter. Google TTS is a great asset but unfortunately if
> everyone starts using it I guess you can understand why they would set
> limits.
>
> We made the Google TTS available in the BBB and RPi2 releases for use in
> ID's, Weather scripts, etc.  If you are not using weather scripts and do
> not intend to in the future then this Google change will probably not
> effect you. If you are then at least for now weather reporting will
> probably not work or may stop working for you in the future.
>
> We are working on fixes for this but unfortunately at least so far none
> are as good as Google. Cepstral has a package for the RPi2 that works and
> sounds good but they are a bastard company to work with at least for
> amateur radio. The package is reasonable - $29.95 - but they require a $100
> public broadcast license even for amateur radio for EVERY user. We also
> could not distribute even their demo package in the image which could then
> easily be upgraded to full use. So each user would have to purchase the
> code and license and install it on their own. Not a practical idea and few
> if any would want to spend the money. It is a shame when companies like
> this don't make exceptions for amateur radio. It could only help their
> business.
>
> Espeak is probably one of the better (if you want to call it that) free
> packages for TTS for Linux. If you are use to the Google TTS it will sound
> like crap to you. For the most part understandable but not great quality.
> This may be our only option for general distribution.
>
> Using Alison and the existing pre-recorded words is also an option we are
> looking at. It certainly would not have as much flexibility though as it
> would be limited to existing words but it could report weather specifics
> like temperature, humidity, wind speed, etc.
>
> So the bottom line is their is no really good free or inexpensive option.
> If anyone has any ideas or suggestions on this please lets us know.
>
> Google TTS will still be usable for occasional ID or text conversion. Just
> be careful how many times you use it on a single IP over a certain period.
> The period is not known! Until we make changes and have an update you
> should disable weather forecasts and alerts as repetitive use will make
> Google TTS not work at all.
>
>
>
> *73 DougWA3DSPhttp://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
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