How do I Change Voices Within a Message (DECtalk)?
Perhaps you are asked to read something to a group, or you want to tell a joke that has different characters speaking in it. DECtalk speech allows you to store messages that contain two or more voices. Use the synthesized speech storing method.
To use two or more voices you must type in a special code for each voice that you use. The voice code must be entered right in front of the words that are to be spoken in that particular voice.
For example, you could store the following message using a number of different voices:
[:np] Papa Bear said [:nh] Who’s been sitting in my chair?
[:np] Mama Bear said [:nb] Who’s been sitting in my chair?
[:np] Baby Bear said [:nk] Who’s been sitting in my chair?
You can see that it is quite easy to change voices in a message. Just remember that you must copy the code for each voice exactly as you see it below—use small letters, the square brackets and no spaces:
[:np] Perfect Paul
[:nb] Beautiful Betty
[:nh] Huge Harry
[:nf] Frail Frank
[:nk] Kit the Kid
[:nr] Rough Rita
[:nu] Uppity Ursula
[:nd] Doctor Dennis
[:nw] Whispering Wendy
[:nv] Variable Val