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This is a port of a program written by Nick Ing-Simmons. See README_sim for
his original README file.
The porting consisted of recoding the klatt-synthesizer in assembler and
writing a wimp-front end. I also changed the interface to an (optional)
dictionary.
Although not directly applicable to this program I have also included
README_kla which gives some information on the klatt synthesizer.
This program can interface to the CUVOALD - dictionary. which you can get
from the Oxford text archive. See README_sym and text710_do for more info.
If you elect to get the dictionary, be prepared for a huge file.
uncompressed it is about 9MB. A sample of its format is given in
text710_do as well as in dict_orig. rsynth does not use the dictionary
in this format but in a compressed version (1Mb). Run the program compdict
to get the compressed version. The compresses version should be
called dictionary in the !rsynth directory. Right now there is a very
tiny dictionary (5 entries) which is derived from dict_orig.
If you install a dictionary, you probably have to change the hash-table size
in the !run file. The default value is 70001 which is ok for 57000 entries
I use in my dictionary. (number of entries * 1.2 should be a good size).
I also included the source code for compdict as compd_c.
The output rate of this program is currently fixed to 8kHz.
Unfourtunately the system beep doesn't like that to much (wave-synth-beep
is hardly audible any more)
This is version 0.91.
Version 0.90 made some unjustified assumptions about the FPEmulators < 4.00
and chrashed accordingly on such systems. Thank you to Luke Taylor for
pointing this out to me. I also added a second icon, which shows that rsynth is busy.
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legalities:
because the main work was done by Nick Ing_Simmons, who released his code
for free I will follow his example, except for:
Copyright
© Claus Vohwinkel, 1994
1. You may copy and distribute free copies of the Program
as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
keep intact the copyright notice and the disclaimer.
2. You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy.
3. You may modify this program or incorporate this program or parts
of it into others programs, provided that the resulting program is
released in the Public Domain and that you give proper credit to the
authors of this program. In case you modify this program you must
state in your program that is has been modified by you.
4. You may not copy, modify, license, or distribute the Program
except as expressly stated above.
DISCLAIMER
1. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN
OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS
TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE
PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
2. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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Claus Vohwinkel
You may contact me at:
e-mail: vohwinkl@scri.fsu.edu
us-mail: Claus Vohwinkel
SCRI/FSU
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Tallahassee, FL 32306