[arm-allstar] correction about flite ---was:AUTOSKY

David McGough kb4fxc at inttek.net
Tue May 15 14:58:36 EST 2018 


The packages with the voices where named incorrectly in my original 
post.  The actual names are:

pacman -Sy hamvoip-flite-arctic-female-voices

pacman -Sy hamvoip-flite-arctic-male-voices


73, David KB4FXC



On Tue, 15 May 2018, "David McGough via arm-allstar" wrote:

> 
> BTW, for anyone wanting to experiment, back in 7/2016 I built packages
> for the Festival Lite (flite) version 2.0.0 TTS software. The software
> works well, but with the voice quality is fair at best. Commercial
> software voice quality is at least an order of magnitude better. But,
> flite is usable. I noticed back in 12/2017 that the flite software has
> been updated to version 2.1.0. I haven't investigated what has changed??  
> Anyone know?? If there is interest, I'll update the hamvoip package to 
> 2.1.0.
> 
> To get the current flite software, just:
> 
> pacman -Sy hamvoip-flite
> 
> And, some "better" quality voices:
> 
> pacman -Sy hamvoip-flite-arctic-female
> 
> pacman -Sy hamvoip-flite-arctic-male
> 
> 
> 73, David KB4FXC
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 15 May 2018, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
> 
> > Bill,
> 
>  A summary weather report is very possible BUT the problem is good text to
> speech for free. The non-free ones don't sound that good and the semi-free
> ones like google are a pain that not everyone would want to do. That is why
> we took weather other than short snippets out of the code awhile back.
> Goggle use to be free and easy to use and at least for awhile we enjoyed
> it. People want free, easy, and good quality. It is hard to get all three.
> 
> There is a current weather condition not forecast script I wrote out there
> -  wx_condition.sh <AirportDesignator or -wWundergroundCode>  <node>
> 
> Ex.
> 
> wx_condtion.sh KPHL 4000
> wx_condition.sh -wPAPHL12 40000
> 
> Run wx_condition.sh   with no parameters for more examples.
> 
> A forecast is hard because you really need to use TTS and peopl want it to
> be understandable!
> 
> 
> *73 Doug*
> 
> *WA3DSP*
> 
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 2:57 PM, "Mr. Possum (Bill) via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> > I agree with Doug, it is supposed to a bare minimum alert system - to prod
> > you to go look at other sources...  Making the repeater become a "chatty
> > kathy" would get tiresome for some users...
> > However, I sort of agree with you though, to a point, I have wished and
> > dreamed of a simple zip code based "summary weather report" for the next 24
> > hours that could be called up by a touch tone command...  I am not a
> > programmer and I have no idea if such a thing is even possible.  But a guy
> > can dream, right?
> >
> > But in this scenario - out on the local lake, sitting in a boat, it would
> > be nice to be able to bring up a "summary weather report" via touch tones
> > between casts and hauling "that big one" into the boat...  I think that
> > would be downright handy!
> > However, in reality, I could just do the same thing on my android phone in
> > a few minutes in between casts...  And it would be heck of a lot better and
> > more detailed than anything someone could make our repeaters do with voice
> > from text.
> >
> > But AutoSky does do a good job of being the "alert system" to prod me to
> > go look at my smart phone and look at weather underground...  And we have
> > been grateful for it.  It is a valued part of our repeater systems.
> >
> > Bill - N5MBMwww.n5mbm.net
> >       From: "KD2NFC, Joe Puma via arm-allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> >  To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> > Cc: "KD2NFC, Joe Puma" <kd2nfc at gmail.com>
> >  Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 1:20 PM
> >  Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] AUTOSKY
> >
> > Hi Doug,
> >
> >  OK well yes I am hearing some new weather updates, we are having a storm
> > this evening and I am getting an update for severe weather. Pretty cool but
> > with such a lovely voice it would be nice to hear autosky talk some more.
> >
> > Joe
> > Kd2nfc
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On May 15, 2018, at 8:43 AM, Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Joe,
> > >
> > >  AutoSky is working. When you hear "Special Weather Statement" it is
> > > because the current statement is not mapped. There are about 48 mapped
> > > situations like "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" etc. If AutoSky does not
> > have
> > > a mapping for the statement it just says "Special Weather statement"  All
> > > of the major statements are covered. The idea is to alert you there is
> > > something going on your should check on or be aware of and you should
> > check
> > > other sources to see what it is. Alert text is stored in /tmp/AUTOSKY.
> > >
> > >
> > > *73 Doug*
> > >
> > > *WA3DSP*
> > >
> > > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 7:56 AM, "Joe Puma via arm-allstar" <
> > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Can someone tell me if Autosky is working? I have it set up right and I
> > >> hear things like “special weather alert” and all clear but I don’t
> > actually
> > >> hear the body or summary of the special weather alert. I know its
> > pulling
> > >> in xml data but why no workie?
> > >>
> > >> Joe
> > >> KD2NFC
> > >>
> > >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
> > >>
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