Things I'd like to see for simulated speech support:
-Phoenetic (sp?) text boxes.
Basically, for anything that the simulated speech could be used for, a secondary text box will be available in FRED, where one can use phoenetic (again, sp?) spelling so that simulated speech will pronounce things correctly. This would be separate from the main text box, which is what actually appears on the screen. A test function would also be useful so that you don't have to play the mission to see if you got the spelling correct. This might necessitate additional data in techroom entries for phoenetic (?) ship, weapon, and species descriptions.
-Integrated Multi-Voice capabilities.
Just as we can assign command heads to specific ships, the ability to assign specific sim voices within the game, rather than one blanket voice that reads all text. It would be another option in the message list, or selectable as a persona in the ships editor, for in-game voices. Voices for CBs, briefings & debriefings would be selectable on a per-stage basis, since sometimes you may want different voices for different sections.
-Voice file overlay.
An option to have the simulated speech play over any included audio files so, for example, if you were playing BR's Shrounding The Light, you could hear simulated speech playing over the supplied Vasudan voicefile. Obviously, this would need to be selected on a case-by-case basis, since in the referenced campaign, some accompanying voice files ARE already in english, and thus you wouldn't want the simulated speech playing over the provided file. A little checkbox for each message, CB, Brief, & Debrief stage would indicate whether the voices should play over any supplied voicefiles.
