Text to Voice System for Mapannouncement?

RobB · October 2009

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 · October 2009

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 · October 2009

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 · October 2009

Only if it uses the hive voice to say it.

RobB · October 2009

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

locallyunscene · October 2009

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

Gregzenegair · October 2009

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

RobB · October 2009

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.

Text to Voice System for Mapannouncement?

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