Hi Neophyte.
i wasn't meaning that this was a specifically vi issue at all, just that it
is principely the reason I've stopped playing a lot of if these days, sinse
for every game I tried that I really liked, there seemed to be five or six
others where I ran into those sorts of problems.
Hi Neophyte,
My games do need the VB6 run time libraries and DirectX 8.1 or better. My
Winkit.zip file will install the VB6 libraries which no longer ship with
Windows but other than that, no, I do not seem to have problems with system
conflicts and platform bugs.
People have been playing
: Phil Vlasak p...@pcsgames.net
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS
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Hi Neophyte,
If you are trying to play I F
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From: neoph...@inthecompanyofgrues.com
To: gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS
Hey Phil,
I can understand why you would suggest buying a voice! The links you gave
me had quite the variety of them. I was pretty stoked to find
Hi Neophite,
I have NVDA 2010, and use it on Windows. However, as we are getting
way off topic here if you want to talk about NVDA you can write me off
list at
thomasward1...@gmail.com
and I'll answer any questions you might have regarding that screen reader.
Cheers!
On 11/5/10,
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of neoph...@inthecompanyofgrues.com
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 9:25 PM
To: gamers@audyssey.org
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS
Hi,
Another all-in-one email.
To Zachary.
Thanks. I'll add that little bit
Hi Hayden,
I'll have to check Gournet out. It should be simple to code into any game,
and it sounds like it would be vey helpful.
As for the Braille Note talk, perhaps I'm confusing it with the braille
output device she had. I remember her talking about a number of braille
devices. I'll have to
Hey Thomas,
Yes, sorry. I've dragged this way off topic. Thanks for the offer of an
off list chat. If you don't mind I'd love to ask you about a bunch of
other things, too.
It won't be until late tonight (Australia time) that I get a chance to
write. Chat then.
Thanks again.
Cheers,
Hey Dark and Hayden,
Thanks for the replies.
I've tried to do a bit of research on Winfrotz TTS and found that David
Kinder wrote the program. From what I understand, he's been helping out
with Inform 7 of late, but I'm not certain.
I'm intrigued by your comment, Dark. You said that Winfrotz
: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
- Original Message -
From: neoph...@inthecompanyofgrues.com
To: gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 2:12 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS
Hey Dark,
Thanks for the tip about there being a version of Frotz
Hi,
Neophite wrote:
Thanks for the tip about there being a version of Frotz with a screen
reader built in.
My reply:
Actually, that's not technically correct. Microsoft Windows comes with
a technology called the Microsoft Speech API or Sapi for short. Sapi
is an API that is used to create and
at:
www.michaelfeir.blogspot.com
- Original Message -
From: neoph...@inthecompanyofgrues.com
To: gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS
Hey Dark and Hayden,
Thanks for the replies.
I've tried to do a bit of research
Hi Tom.
i like the idea of a texon screen reader.
As regards winfrotz, I actually use the tts for the same reason as you, it
aides in game flow to have the text automatically spoken as it appears on
screen. I do however keep Hal running at the same time for review purposes.
As regards sapi
Hi neophyte.
Well, when I said partially complete and based on earlier versions, I simply
mean that winfrotz tts is based on winfrotz version 1.4, where as I believe
the current version is 1.53 (it might even be further), so obviously the
older tts is less compatible with certain games which
Hi Michael.
The example of doss games is a good one actually, sinse while I never
actually ran any games under dos, I have become a fan of games like Eamon,
fallthru and braminer played in console windows (which stil run under xp).
In those cases, turns aren't actually read aloud at all and
Hi Michael,
That's actually one of the reasons I have taken to playing interactive
fiction type games on linux using Speakup. Since many VI users, such
as those who run Vinux, still very much use the console and console
applications with speakup you can load up your favorite IF title in
frotz and
well once I get a linux box I may start old gaming again.
I have loads and loads of games from old floppies.
when my floppies started going bad and before they got to bad I
backed these on cd and then to my hard drives later on.
I have about 130mb of old stuff.
sadly most of it is old
note, send an
email to.
muhamme...@gmail.com
- Original Message -
From: shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS
well once I get a linux box I may start old gaming
Hey all,
Yikes! Waking up on the other side of the planet means opening up an
in-box with 18 or so updates.
I've noted replies from Jim, Tom, Michael, Dark, Shaun, Muhammed and
Zachary. I'll do my best to respond in a few hours time.
Thanks for your help and comments.
Cheers,
Neophyte.
: Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:21 AM
To: gamers@audyssey.org
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS
Hey Dark and Hayden,
Thanks for the replies.
I've tried to do a bit of research on Winfrotz TTS and found that David
Kinder wrote the program. From what I understand, he's been helping out
with Inform 7
Hi,
Another all-in-one email.
To Zachary.
Thanks. I'll add that little bit of information to my expanding text
document. Hopefully, soon, I'll work through everyone's advice and distill
it down into some good set ups that work well on particular platforms.
To Muhammed.
I'll do some research on
Hi Neophyte,
If you are trying to play I F games using SAPI, you should try to get a
decent sounding voice.
The better ones need to be purchased and cost from $35 to $45 US per voice.
You can check out the demos at,
http://www.nextup.com
They carry the A T and T voices. I prefer the Crystal
Hey Dark,
Thanks for the tip about there being a version of Frotz with a screen
reader built in. I was pretty tired last night, so I didn't tackle the big
Linux install. Instead I downloaded Winfrotz TTS and started playing Mite,
one of the interactive fiction works from the two thousand and ten
Hi Niophyte.
The first thing to note is that winfrotz tts is only a partially completed
version of the software, it's also only based on an earlier version of
win frotz 4.5 I believe, so some features which were planned never seemed to
make it into the final release annoyingly.
as to
Regards,
Hayden
-Original Message-
From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of neoph...@inthecompanyofgrues.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 7:12 PM
To: gamers@audyssey.org
Subject: [Audyssey] Winfrotz TTS
Hey Dark,
Thanks for the tip about
Ok, still can't get it to work after trying to reinstall various screen
readers etc. like think did before, and also found the following page,
offering an actual sapi4 engine installation, including 8 voices to go with
it, and those now work in NVDA for example, so the problem isn't
] Winfrotz TTS
Ok, still can't get it to work after trying to reinstall various screen
readers etc. like think did before, and also found the following page,
offering an actual sapi4 engine installation, including 8 voices to go
with it, and those now work in NVDA for example, so the problem
Hi.
For the record, dos is spelled d o s.
Couldn't resist, lol.
Aaron T. Spears- Original Message -
From: dark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz tts versions
hmmm trenton, sinse
Hi.
I'm trying to sort out If interpreter pages for audiogames.net. Does anyone
know if Winfrotz tts 151 is stil the most recent version?
i checked the binery revelations site, and that seemed to be the most recent
listed, - but I'm not certain.
Advice would be apprciated.
Oh, and
1996-2004
Check out my blog at:
www.michaelfeir.blogspot.com
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From: dark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 5:36 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] Winfrotz tts versions
Hi.
I'm trying to sort out If interpreter pages for audiogames.net
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Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 3:36 AM
To: Gamers@audyssey.org
Subject: [Audyssey] Winfrotz tts versions
Hi.
I'm trying to sort out If interpreter pages for audiogames.net. Does
anyone know if Winfrotz tts 151 is stil the most recent version?
i checked the binery revelations site
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From: Michael Feir [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz tts versions
That's still the latest version as far as I know. Unfortunately, standard
Winfrotz doesn't work all that well
to run it with.
Beware the Gru!
Dark.
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From: Trenton Matthews [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz tts versions
Here's a link to the dos versions of Winfrotz
: Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz tts versions
hmmm trenton, sinse there are some nice windows alternative (as I said,
winfrotz has always worked fine for me), why would I want to use Ms doss,
which may or may not work with xp?
Afterall, unlike Eamon, the inform stuff is machine independent, it's just
@audyssey.org
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz tts versions
Ah, get the picture!
Yes, wish the TTS version of Winfrotz was updated more, however it isn't
bad to say the least.
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From: dark [EMAIL PROTECTED
That's definitely agreeable!
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From: dark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 12:03 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz tts versions
It's a shame, though the only feature it would
is saying.
As i said, it's not really the best method, but it does work!
Bware the Grue!
Dark.
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From: Trenton Matthews [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Winfrotz tts versions
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