Text to Voice System for Mapannouncement?

RobB

I don't know how you build a voicing engine, and it's not realy necessary, but a dynamic voice system would give mappers the ability to create custom messages like "Warning, Reactor overloading. Evacuation neccesary!"

whoppaXXL

There are dozens of programs and websites, i think if a mapper want this he can easily generate this or record it on its' own.

<a href="http://www.festvox.org/voicedemos.html" target="_blank">http://www.festvox.org/voicedemos.html</a>

RobB

I thought that it's easier to utilize a TTS Engine to synthesize <b>all</b> spoken responses rather than record each individually.

Think of the interface responses for the commander / orders for the marines.
The voices available today might not be available tomorrow, and everything needs to be re-recorded or changed to bed-in the new speakers to not cause a rift in continuity.

Also, for the sake of continuity, it simply would feel better if a mapper would be able to access a system that outputs the same voice as commanders and marines hear wherever the he wants.

Though, granted, I don't know how you would build one.

locallyunscene

Only if it uses the hive voice to say it.

RobB

Why would an automated installation announcement system use the hive voice?

locallyunscene

Oh, I thought that map announcement meant map vote. nvm.

Gregzenegair

Unreal Tournament has it but like you said, it is not really necessary, and the result of the voice is not fantastic ...

RobB

Depends. I've heard high quality engines especialy build for announcements in large structures. I'd use one for my own computer, but I cant spend 500 Bucks and more on such software, therefore I'm using the windows one and I still get a fair quality out of it.

That stuff used in Unreal Tournament (and therefore in America's Army) is crap, by the way.