[arm-allstar] possiable solution for google text to speach issue.

Joel Jameson w0kgw3 at gmail.com
Sat Sep 5 16:48:48 EST 2015


There's also the SC-50 from Masters, I picked up one to install in a Yaesu
DR-1X.

http://www.masterscommunications.com/products/squelch/sc50.html

Cheers,
Joel
W0KGW

On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Stanley Stanukinos <ka5iid at swbell.net>
wrote:

> Thanks for the info Doug. From what I have been finding on the web there
> is no mention of it having to be usbradio or it is such a small blurb I
> missed it.
> So far all the equipment I have the enc/dec is built in but if I go down
> to 2 or 440 I will need the enc/dec.
> I knew a SK who was in broadcast radio and was picky as well. I want good
> sounding audio as well.
> Once again thanks for all of your assistance.
>
> Stan
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 5, 2015, at 1:47 PM, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:
>
> Stan,
>
>  Just a note since you mentioned PL encode/decode in Allstar. To do that
> you need to be running usbradio. I do not recommend usbradio on the BBB or
> RPi2 or in general if you can avoid it. There is a nasty distortion that
> often or should I say usually shows up mostly on the transmit side -
> outbound - you don't hear it but othere do. It is the kind of distortion
> that is annoying but not so bad that it would often be mentioned BUT in my
> opinion it is "audio unbecoming of Allstar" !! I just want you to be aware
> of that. Many ignore it but I can pick it out in a few seconds of someones
> transmission.
>
> So if you absolutely need PL outside of the radio try to use a PL
> encoder/decoder board that drive the COS line and use simpleusb. This is an
> interesting one -
>
> <https://www.cstech.co.uk/ctcss-kits/ctcss-decoder-display-kit/>
> https://www.cstech.co.uk/ctcss-kits/ctcss-decoder-display-kit/
>
> and of course there is always the TS64 from com spec that is pricey but
> works well.
>
> http://www.wiscointl.com/CSpecialists/ctcss.htm
>
>
>
> *73 DougWA3DSPhttp://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: ka5iid at swbell.net
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 11:26:20 -0500
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] possiable solution for google text to speach
> issue.
>
> Doug, thanks for all your and the others who have been Working on allstar.
> As a newby it has been a learning curve. Two item I am still working on are
> the tail messages and tone encode decode. Both have minimal examples on the
> web. Also from everything I have found it is CTCSS only no DPL
>
> There is also reference to a table but in looking in my software load I
> have not found it.
>
> This is a learning project. I help maintain dsp404's and RLC club
> repeaters.
>
> Stan
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 5, 2015, at 1:01 AM, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:
>
> Stan,
>
>  Yes that does in fact work but the problem is for how long. Google put
> the stops on repetitive lookups and once they see the load go up with this
> method it is likely they will put the stops on it also. The bottom line is
> I don't think we can depend on it to keep working. That being said we can
> go ahead with our plans to implement other methods BUT also put this lookup
> method in as an option with the understanding it might go away.
>
>
>
> *73 DougWA3DSPhttp://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> > Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 08:15:47 -0700
> > From: ka5iid at swbell.net
> > To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> > Subject: [arm-allstar] possiable solution for google text to speach
> issue.
> >
> > Dug, all, I found something on the Google text to speach that may solve
> the weather alert text conversion issue. Someone has found a workaround to
> the captua. I am attaching the link to the web page for the people who are
> smarter than I am to determine if I am misinterpriting what they are saying
> about the solution or not.
> >
> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9893175/google-text-to-speech-api
> >
> >
> > Stan
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