similar to: swift.conf - cepstral voice quality adjustment options

Greetings, I've recently upgraded from Asterisk 1.2 to 1.4. I've been searching for a solution, but am also trying the easy way at the same time. I've now got David of Cepstral now speaking using app_swift from http://www.mezzo.net/asterisk/app_swift.html . The problem is, he sounds way worse than he did when it was asterisk version 1.2. I'm seriously considering either

All, Has anyone seen this before? This appears to be a Swift or app_swift bug. I'm having a difficult time finding any information or support on this. Asterisk version: Asterisk 11.6-cert4 built by asterisk @ ivrd02 on a x86_64 running Linux on 2014-08-11 13:55:25 UTC OS: Linux livrp03 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 3 13:32:45 EST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux When

We are having some major problems with app_swift since we went live. It is regularly segfaulting. I don't know if this is my fault or not, but here's the story: Installed the cepstral voices (at the time, 4.0) on our test system (2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp) and later added some extra voices (now 4.2). All worked fine - we stress tested (20+ simultaneous calls). Move to live (

what's the easiest way of using cepstral voices with asterisk ? On their website, in the ssml page (http://www.cepstral.com/cgi-bin/support?page=ssml), they say "Asterisk PBX SSML can be used with Cepstral voices in Asterisk by simply embedding the markup into the input text." what input text ? To what application ? Thanks ! Julian

Hello, I recently purchased the Cepstral 6 text-to-speech engine (swift), and am now wondering if I should have bought something else. I would like to use Cepstral text to speech like some people use the Festival() or Flite() applications. For example, when I do a "core show application flite" at the CLI, flite is available to me: localhost*CLI> core show application flite

Hi All, Recent discussions on app_cepstral on the list have led me to believe there's some issues with Asterisk 1.4 I set about creating a small howto for people to get cepstral, with app_swift working. Check it out: http://www.voipphreak.ca/archives/354-Asterisk-1.4-Gentoo-CepstralSwift-Howto-using-App_Swift.html Thanks, Diwelf

Hi all, i'm trying to integrate cepstral and asterisk, and i have a problem i'd appreciate any help with (i know it's a bit tangential, but i figure this is the place with the most knowledge of app_swift and asterisk). I've installed swift from cepstral.com with alison's voice, and it works fine, from the command line i can do swift "hello there" -o test.wav and then

Hey everyone, I was frustrated with the existing app_cepstral/app_swift TTS modules I've found on the net, so I hacked up my own. It's been working really well for me so I thought I'd share. In developing this, I wanted to avoid: * the startup delay incurred writing TTS output to a temp file then playing it back * gluing cepstral/swift to the asterisk module in a way that fubard

I just got cepstal working fine in the dial plan using code like: exten => 511,5,AGI(cepstral.pl|Welcome to my house finder. At the beep enter your zip code.) The php script it calls is based on the nerdvittles weather one so it calls a webpage which prints to the screen, the nerdvittles code uses system to generate the .wav file then has the dial plan call it via: //php script $retcode2 =

Hello list, I have been using Cepstral's 8KHz voices for my text-to-speech service for some time now, and have been noticing that the voice quality is really poor, doesn't matter what phrase I give it to convert. None of the other 8KHz voices I have ever used were this bad. It doesn't seem good enough system to be used in a commercial system. Is there any better quality text-to-voice

Hello I have installed cepstral .... It works woderfull using an agi script but ..... when i try to use Swift("say this") is Dial plan .... I get the error [Aug 26 12:30:18] WARNING[7420]: pbx.c:3167 pbx_extension_helper: No application 'Swift' for extension (actdemo, 123, 2) Now i come to know to install app_swift Here is the issue... when i try to execute make command

Hi Shakeel, I had the same problem building app_swift (1.6..) myself and searched the web far-and-wide for a solution. I eventually contacted Darren Sessions -- who was maintaining that plug-in -- about a month ago. He was involved in another project and said he might be able get to it after a few weeks. But, since then, his website http://www.darrensessions.com/ has gone out of comission. I

With app_swift 1.6.2 + asterisk 1.6.1.12, I've found that if you enter DTMF during cepstral playback, the first digit of ${SWIFT_DTMF} is [un]set in an odd way. for example consider: 999,1,Swift(some long message that you dont want to wait for|5000|5) 999,n,NoOp(DTMF: ${SWIFT_DTMF}) if while I am listening to the playback, i interrupt and dial: - "12345", SWIFT_DTMF is set to

Hi, I have tried installing app_swift on both mac os x and ubuntu now and am getting the same error. I must be missing something, as I have tried multiple versions and everytime do sudo make install i get: if ! [ -f /etc/asterisk/swift.conf ]; then \ install -m 644 swift.conf.sample /etc/asterisk/swift.conf ; \ fi if [ -f app_swift.so ]; then \ install -m 755 app_swift.so

Can someone point me to a page about writing a text file to call an external number and play a TTS with cepstral? I know it includes the creation of a .call file but beyond that im a bit lost.

Hi, I'm using Cepstral as a TTS Engine for Asterisk with Swift application. It works fine when I have just 1 voice installed. Now I have 2 voices in the same language installed but I can't seem to find the way to select which voice to use in Swift's application in Asterisk. Does anyone know?? Thank you, Pim

Hello. I'm trying to set TTS with Cepstral and Swift but can't get it to work. I get this error when testing it: -- <SIP/101-00000000> Playing 'welcome.gsm' (language 'es') -- Executing [702 at local-calls:3] Swift("SIP/101-00000000", "Hello this is ceptral") in new stack [Jul 28 18:29:16] NOTICE[5191]: app_swift.c:304 engine: Text to

Steve Prior's mention of using Allison's voice with Cepstral reminded me to ask: for a listing of the text for the built-in recordings. I found a web page but I'd prefer not having to scrape the info out of it. I didn't notice anything while wandering through the source code/files. I want to rebuild them for my system using Callie's voice. Thanks, Rod --

Hello users, i have successfully installed the cepstral voice and in the text only mode its working fine when i swift applicaiton in dtmf mode like exten =>111,1,Swift(hello user| 5000|1) exten =>111,n,NoOp(dtmf is ${SWIFT_DTMF}) exten => 111,n,Hangup() case1: when i am listening to the hello user prompt if i press any key 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,*,# i am getting the ${SWIFT_DTMF } value

Hello all, I am trying to get cepstral to work with Asterisk for Text to Speech purposes. I got Asterisk to recompile with cepstral and after doing *CLI> show cepstral female voices Available Cepstral voices: Name Gender Age Language Sample Rate License ========== ========= ===== ==================== ============= ============ Amy female 30