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Better voice synthesizers?
So I recently found this Free Text-to-speech synthesizer. It loads better than Microsoft Sam allowing female voice and a more natural sound. I was wondering if it was possible to convert the sound files from the site to FRED voice-acting files. Sam would probably remain good for Briefings with lost of idle text but wingmates and characters you can relate to(like in Blue Planet) could use at least gender-specific voice overs.

http://say.expressivo.com/LXlZLeUm

The free version has a 200 char limit. But that should be enough for in mission messages.

 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Better voice synthesizers?
wingmates and characters you can relate to(like in Blue Planet) could use at least gender-specific voice overs.
A minor detail: Blue Planet is being voice acted.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []

 

Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: Better voice synthesizers?
Use windows sound recorder or goldwave to record the playback. Or use fruityloop studio demo which has better voice synth :)
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Re: Better voice synthesizers?
Use windows sound recorder or goldwave to record the playback. Or use fruityloop studio demo which has better voice synth :)
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Re: Better voice synthesizers?
There's a free version with a 2000 command limit - but there is a way to beat the version 5.12 demo...nwer versions have been fixed though. Anyway, there should be others around? Is Audacity free? It's about the same standard as Goldwave, I think.

Even so, you can probably download a different version of GW every time the demo runs out, or put it on a recordable only CD, etc.
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Re: Better voice synthesizers?
Another important thing, a mere detail:

FRED has nothing to do with synth voice. It depends on the FSO build. This is the wrong forum to discuss it... :)
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