[TrashMan]

I find it usefull in the Tech Room.

But in briefings and missions...nope...

[TopAce]

It makes testing easier... you can simply define which messages overlap or which words did you mistype/misspell. Namely, you do not have to look hard to notice you mistyped the word 'Accommodtaion', for example.

[Hippo]

Originally posted by karajorma

Hippo. Are you sure it's actually turned on for ingame messages? Also have you actually got any sound samples set for those messages? A lot of people set messages to play that little melodic beep for messages. That worked fine in retail but with the speech turned on it means you hear the beep instead of the synth sound.

Well, I don't think S:AH has empty messages... (I don't recall any)... And, yes, it is turned on ...

[Lightspeed]

Originally posted by Nuke

first off we need a lexicon system, esentially you would have a list of commonly misspoken words, such as gtva (which the engine would try to pronounce as a word). the lexicon would tell the speech engine to say "gee tee vee ay" instead of pronouncing it as a word.

The AT&T engine supports that.

And yes, of course actual voice actors are better, but most people (here) greatly underestimate the power of modern TTS systems. The stupid Microsoft thingy merely is the worst of the worst.

karajorma: You won't regret it.
You just have to make a lot of dictionary entries, unless you want to fight the South Dakotan Ravana, for instance  

[Taristin]

I'm trying to find it as well, but I suspect you Europeans amongst us may have better luck...

[SadisticSid]

I tried the demo of the AT&T engine, but it still falls over on too many words to be of any serious use. But yeah, a fair bit better than Microsoft's rubbish.

[Overlord]

"Vasudan" sounds really gay with ATT.