Wow what a Desk (diy)
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I've just recently noticed the ever-growing of robotic voice for commentary. What's the story? Is there a new software that permits that. Not that I'm interested, I think it sounds creepy.r2d2 said:
I'm a PC guy, never heard of a voice simulator in a computer, or maybe Hal :-[r2d2 said:
> never heard of a voice simulator in a computer
We made Apple ][e computers "talk" mid-1980s (external DigiTalker box).
My Android talks to me when it thinks I have asked it a question. (No; if I have a question I will type it.)
My PC Adobe Acrobat Reader can "Read Out Loud". Sounds like Steven Hawking, but not as human.
Win7 Ease Of Access control panel has Narrator. Voice is female but choppier than fake-Hawking.
Both have a real lack of punctuation and line-break recognition. I do recall on the DigiTalker we spent hours marking-up the text to get natural breaks insteadofallruntogether. (Also a lot of mis-spelt words because English is such a nasty language.)
Obviously such techno-speech is potentially far cheaper than voice talent.
We made Apple ][e computers "talk" mid-1980s (external DigiTalker box).
My Android talks to me when it thinks I have asked it a question. (No; if I have a question I will type it.)
My PC Adobe Acrobat Reader can "Read Out Loud". Sounds like Steven Hawking, but not as human.
Win7 Ease Of Access control panel has Narrator. Voice is female but choppier than fake-Hawking.
Both have a real lack of punctuation and line-break recognition. I do recall on the DigiTalker we spent hours marking-up the text to get natural breaks insteadofallruntogether. (Also a lot of mis-spelt words because English is such a nasty language.)
Obviously such techno-speech is potentially far cheaper than voice talent.
Of course I'm aware of talking devices. Renault was a pioneer in talking cars in the last century; people were so annoyed they asked to have it silenced.PRR said:
And of course I use a GPS navigator from the day they were made availble to the public; I had one of the first Magellan, I don't remember when.
But my surprise is to see all these videos with the outlandish voice; can't anybody speak any more now?
I wouldn't know where to find the button for Narrator, never cared to look for it...
peterc
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There are a bunch of online text to audio converters.
All sound similarly awful.
https://www.texttomp3.online/
All sound similarly awful.
https://www.texttomp3.online/
I can see the point as an aid for disabled people and as an element of talking devices, but I think using that as a substitute to a commentator is sinister. When I hear that, I just go away, even if the content is useful/attractive/pertinent. IMO, people doing that are shooting themselves in the foot, at least AFAIC.peterc said:
scott2000
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Sounds real to me????
....Maybe a tiny bit sped up ....................to fit a time window for the video?????......
weird.....
....Maybe a tiny bit sped up ....................to fit a time window for the video?????......
weird.....
There was something that was just as bad if not worse. These animated videos created from test dialogue using "xtranormal." Fortunately, that company has gone out of business. I dare not look on Youtube to see if there are any videos left that were made with it.abbey road d enfer said:
I saw one or two of those and thought Gawd, please just let me read the script instead. I'm much more into reading than watching videos anyway, and this was nails-on-chalkboard annoying for me.
The Kid
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benb said:
Yeah, me too!!
I did see this one couple weeks back, though, came across it while looking into the Apollo 12 story, fascinating! "Try switching SCE to AUX".
midwayfair
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In case you were serious, it's not a robot voice, the dude's just not an expressive reader.
You can clearly hear him take breaths sometimes when he reads too many words at once.
In other news, that desk is beyond awesome. When I was six, the only toy I wanted for Christmas was a model of the space shuttle. Somewhat morbidly, we had a VHS tape with the Challenger launch on it, and I used to use the beginning of it for my launch sequence. My shuttle did not explode, though, which will totally be going on my resume when I apply to NASA.
You can clearly hear him take breaths sometimes when he reads too many words at once.
In other news, that desk is beyond awesome. When I was six, the only toy I wanted for Christmas was a model of the space shuttle. Somewhat morbidly, we had a VHS tape with the Challenger launch on it, and I used to use the beginning of it for my launch sequence. My shuttle did not explode, though, which will totally be going on my resume when I apply to NASA.
Even creepier...midwayfair said:
midwayfair
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abbey road d enfer said:
He spends all his time building cool desks, not practicing his voiceovers.
scott2000
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midwayfair said:
I had a friend that worked on the Challenger program and he had a piece of the heat shield that he showed some of us.... It looked and felt just like a piece of styrofoam (sp?)......
Crazy....
better go lock my doors now....lol
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