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Max Mandala
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Join date: 31 Oct 2003
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11-15-2003 10:16
It would be nice if we had text-to-speech for scripts (like microsoft agent). Objects would then be able to speak, instead of just printing text on the screen.
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Darwin Appleby
I Was Beaten With Satan
Join date: 14 Mar 2003
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11-15-2003 10:51
Hmm, I believe this would be no more intense than text, since the TTS engine would speak it in real time. objects further away could be played fainter...
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Max Mandala
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Join date: 31 Oct 2003
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11-15-2003 14:25
It would be nice if someone visited my house and then suddenly a voice from behind would say: "You are trespassing. DIE HUMAN!".
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Dave Zeeman
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Join date: 28 Jan 2003
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11-15-2003 15:28
This really isn't that bad of an idea...
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Charlie Omega
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11-15-2003 16:48
Just thinking about it, this could be done with what resources we have now...beit cumbersome but not totally impossable
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Eggy Lippmann
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Join date: 1 May 2003
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11-15-2003 18:03
Just upload your own wav files
 Chris Omega put some voices on his elevator that were generated by some TTS software... |
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Alondria LeFay
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Join date: 2 May 2003
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11-15-2003 20:37
Yes, it could be done (if an Amiga from the 1980's can, a modern computer can squeeze the cpu cycles to do it... although the Amiga was not handycapped with Windows). However, I am not quite sure if I see huge application for it besides the one week "cool" factor. But hey, it won't hurt anything either and I am all up for more capabilities, even ones without huge actual application.
Still would rather see midi/mod support, or heck, even just being able to play a sample at different pitches. |
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Christopher Omega
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Join date: 28 Mar 2003
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Re: Text-to-speech for scripts
11-16-2003 14:07
Originally posted by Max Mandala It would be nice if we had text-to-speech for scripts (like microsoft agent). Objects would then be able to speak, instead of just printing text on the screen. The problem of using the operating system's proprietary text-to-speach software is that, because SL will be crossplatform, it will kind of 'not' like being ported. (which is bad) |
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Max Mandala
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Join date: 31 Oct 2003
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Re: Re: Text-to-speech for scripts
11-17-2003 01:06
Originally posted by Christopher Omega The problem of using the operating system's proprietary text-to-speach software is that, because SL will be crossplatform, it will kind of 'not' like being ported. (which is bad) This tts engine works on both win32 and linux: http://www.scansoft.com/realspeak/ |
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Eddie Escher
Builder of things...
Join date: 11 Jul 2003
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11-17-2003 11:13
In an odd twist of syncronicity, I was listening to Radiohead's album 'OK Computer' while I was reading this thread, and it was playing the track with the computer speech droning on and on.
Initial reaction was negative because I hate that track lol, but on thinking about it, it could be a cool feature. |
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Wednesday Grimm
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Join date: 9 Jan 2003
Posts: 934
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11-17-2003 11:52
One reason to not implement this would be the confusing function names, I mean we would have
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Tiger Crossing
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11-17-2003 14:40
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James Miller
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Join date: 9 Jan 2003
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11-17-2003 15:11
This could be our version of voice chat. Create an object which listens to the owner and then tts's it! Could be interesting
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Garth FairChang
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Join date: 24 Jun 2003
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11-17-2003 23:39
I love this idea. I used to be in a VRML world called Cybertown, they had the option to have the chat read to you, would be great while scripting or otherwise distracted with IMs
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