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vf10-01 But he did not broach it, preferring to mature it carefully
vf10-02 Nope, not the slightest idea
vf10-03 It is not an attempt to smash the market
vf10-04 We have plenty of capital ourselves, and yet we want more
vf10-05 These rumors may even originate with us
vf10-06 A wildly exciting time was his during the week preceding Thursday the eighteenth
vf10-07 There is not an iota of truth in it, certainly not
vf10-08 I just do appreciate it without being able to express my feelings
vf10-09 In partnership with Daylight, the pair raided the San Jose Interurban
vf10-10 He saw all men in the business game doing this
vf10-11 It issued a rate of forty two dollars a car on charcoal
vf10-12 He saw only the effect in a general, sketchy way
vf10-13 Points of view, new ideas, life
vf10-14 But life's worth more than cash, she argued
vf10-15 The butchers and meat cutters refused to handle meat destined for unfair restaurants
vf10-16 Your price, my son, is just about thirty per week
vf10-17 This sound did not disturb the hush and awe of the place
vf10-18 That's why its boundaries are all gouged and jagged
vf10-19 How old are you, daddy
vf10-20 But in the canyons water was plentiful and also a luxuriant forest growth
vf10-21 My name's Ferguson
vf10-22 Daylight found himself charmed and made curious by the little man
vf10-23 To his surprise, her answer was flat and uncompromising
vf10-24 The farmer works the soil and produces grain
vf10-25 That's what Carnegie did
vf10-26 I can't argue with you, and you know that
vf10-27 Bob, growing disgusted, turned back suddenly and attempted to pass Mab
vf10-28 It was my idea to a tee
vf10-29 Mab, she said
vf10-30 I'll go over tomorrow afternoon
vf10-31 But he reconciled himself to it by an act of faith
vf10-32 There is that magnificent Bob, eating his head off in the stable
vf10-33 Already he had begun borrowing from the banks
vf10-34 It's the strap hangers that'll keep us from going under
vf10-35 As for himself, weren't the street railway earnings increasing steadily
vf10-36 A rising tide of fat had submerged them
vf10-37 Call me that again, he murmured ecstatically
vf10-38 In the car were Unwin and Harrison, while Jones sat with the chauffeur
vf10-39 And here's another idea
vf10-40 Manuel had one besetting sin
Gender: male;
Age range: adult;
Pronunciation dialect: New Zealand English.
Recording Information (don't worry if you can't find some of this information):
Microphone make: Custom;
Microphone type: headset mic;
Audio card make: Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with STAC9750,51;
Audio card type: integrated;
Audio Recording Software: Audacity rel 1.3.3 beta;
O/S: Ubuntu 7.10.
File Info:
File type: flac;
Sampling rate: 48kHz;
Sample rate format: 16bit;
Number of channels: 1;
Audio Processing: n (we prefer, but *do not require*, unprocessed audio)
If yes, please describe: [noise filtering|equalization|audio level normalization|...]
--- (Edited on 4/10/2008 4:20 am [GMT-0500] by Luna-Tick) ---
Notice: many prompts in "English Speech Files" were adapted from the prompt files contained in the CMU_ARCTIC speech synthesis database, which were in turn derived from out-of-copyright texts from Project Gutenberg, by the FestVox project at the Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. |