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*short tutorial - http://festvox.org/festtut-2.0/
*exercises and hints - http://festvox.org/festtut-2.0/exercises/
==Slides on HTS Synthesis==
*http://www.sp.nitech.ac.jp/~tokuda/tokuda_iscslp2006.pdf
=Training Voice Models=
==Building a Unit Selection Cluster Voice==
(from here http://festvox.org/festvox/x3082x3086.html)
#<pre>mkdir uw_uw_rdt
cd uw_uw_rdt</pre>
==Building a CLUSTERGEN Statistical Parametric Synthesizer==
(adapted from http://festvox.org/festvox/c3170c3174.html#AEN3172AEN3176)#<pre>mkdir uw_us_rdt_arctic</pre>#<pre>cd uw_us_rdt_arctic</pre>#<pre>$FESTVOXDIR/src/clustergen/setup_cg uw us rdt_arctic</pre>#copy text into <pre>etc/txt.done.data</pre>. use some of the lines from here http://www.festvox.org/cmu_arctic/cmuarctic.data#copy audio files into <pre>wav/</pre>#use <pre>bin/get_wavs</pre> to copy files to power normalize and convert to proper format. ==Building a Unit Selection Cluster Voice from TIMIT data==(from here http://festvox.org/festvox/c2645.html#AEN2716)#<pre>mkdir uw_uw_rdt_timit</pre>#<pre>cd uw_uw_rdt_timit</pre>#timit setup: <pre> $FESTVOXDIR/src/unitsel/setup_clunits uw us rdt timit</pre>#generate prompts and prompt files: <pre>festival -b festvox/build_clunits.scm '(build_prompts_waves "etc/timit.data")'</pre>#record sound, using audacity. save as 16k, 16bit mono.#copy sound files from recording directory into voice directory. <pre> ./bin/get_wavs ~/Sounds/TIMIT_Training_Data/warehouse_omni/*.wav </pre>#make labels: <pre>./bin/make_labs prompt-wav/*.wav</pre>#build utterance structure: <pre>festival -b festvox/build_clunits.scm '(build_utts "etc/timit.data")'</pre>#do pitch marking: <pre>./bin/make_pm_wave etc/timit.data</pre>#find Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients: <pre>./bin/make_mcep etc/timit.data</pre>#build cluster unit selection synth: <pre>festival -b festvox/build_clunits.scm '(build_clunits "etc/timit.data")'</pre> =Improving Quality=*Fix phoneme labeling - http://sourceforge.net/projects/wavesurfer/*tuning a voice - http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/emasters/summer_school_2005/tutorial3/tutorial.html = Using Voices === using meghan voice ===== Run the Server ===*open terminal: <pre>cd /Users/murmur/Desktop/meghan festival_server -c meghans_special_sauce.scm</pre>*To kill the server:<pre>Control-C</pre>=== Run the Client ===*open a 2nd terminal window:<pre>cd /Users/murmur/Desktop/meghan festival_client myfile.txt --ttw --output client_test.wav</pre>*Other stuff (python):<pre>import osos.popen("/Applications/festival_2.1/festival/src/main/festival_client /Users/murmur/Desktop/meghan/myfile.txt --ttw --output /Users/murmur/Desktop/meghan/client_test78.wav")</pre> ==Using A Newly Trained Voice =====Modify the voice so festival knows it's there===*append proclaim message to your newly trained model <code>uw_us_rdt_clunits.scm</code> in <code>uw_us_rdt_clunits/festvox</code>: <pre>(proclaim_voice 'uw_us_rdt_clunits '((language english) (gender male) (dialect american) (description "This is Robert Twomey trained on CLUNITS, TIMIT databse."))) (provide 'uw_us_rdt_clunits)</pre> ===Install voice to festival directory===*http://roberttwomey.com/downloads/uw_us_rdt_clunits.tar.gz*unzip file from festival root directory, it should install to the correct directory*copy your newly trained voice to <code>festival/lib/voices/english/</code>*the name of your new voice directory (ex: <code>uw_us_rdt_clunits/</code>) needs to match the voice file (ex: <code>uw_us_rdt_clunits/festvox/uw_us_rdt_clunits.scm</code>) ===Configure festival to use your voice by default===*to set your voice as default (and add a special pause entry), add the following to <code>festival/etc/siteinit.scm</code>: <pre>(set! voice_default 'voice_uw_us_rdt_clunits) (lex.add.entry '("<break>" n (((pau pau) 0))))</pre>*the <code>lex.add.entry</code> line makes a new word in the lexicon <code><break></code> that adds a pause.*run <code>festival_server</code> and it will load your new voice by default*http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/manual/festival_24.html=Add a pause as a new lexical entry=*add the following after <code> (provide 'siteinit) </code> in <code>festival/etc/siteinit.scm</code>: <pre>(voice_uw_us_rdt_clunits) (lex.add.entry '("<break>" n (((pau pau) 0))))
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