Re: running mbrola

["Lloyd G. Rasmussen" <lras loc gov>]

I haven't used this package.  But be aware that, on Unix, the 16-bit words
which make up sound are represented low order byte first, while on Intel
they are usually high byte first.  You get an awful sound if you start a
conversion to the 8-bit AU format under the wrong byte ordering
assumptions.  I don't know what the conventions are under Linux 16-bit audio.

At 06:04 PM 8/17/99 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi all.
>
>Today I thought I'd try my hand at installing Mbrola, as I have need
>of multi-lingual speech. I installed RPMs of the Mbrola package plus
>the en1 voice. The problem came to try out the test file
>mbrola.pho. It seemed to produce the .au file without errors, but I
>just get squealing and wild-winter-night type sounds when I try and
>send it to /dev/audio. I can usually cat .au files to /dev/audio and
>hear them correctly. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Ben
>
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