brian you are going to have to send that,. actually I think you are on the pkb group if you have any funny synth stuff shove it on the dropbox. At 11:03 a.m. 30/11/2009, you wrote: >LOL. I always thought Microsoft Sam sounded suicidal. In fact I once created a >skit using Text Aloud, Sound Recorder, Gold Wave and a demo of the Dectalk >synthesizer in which Microsoft Sam committed suicide and blew up the computer >in the process. Then AT&T Mike made an announcement along the lines of Sam >went nuts and killed himself and the computer and now you're screwed. Then >Dectalk sang Taps in a rudementary doo doo doo fashion. So no, I wouldn't use >Sam in games. >Homer: Hey, uh, could you go across the street and get me a slice of pizza? >Vender: No pizza. Only Khlav Kalash. >----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> >To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 2:19 PM >Subject: Re: [Audyssey] About Thomas' Review... > > >>Hi Peter, >>You have got to be kidding me. Microsoft Sam is like the absolute worst voice >>I've heard for the computer. If I was going to have my customers suffer >>through the torment of listening to it I might have just put Sapi 5 support >>into the Genesis Engine, and be done with it. >>As far as why I actually switched from Heather to Karen it is a simple matter >>of the fact Heather has a bad problem with pronunciation. I can give her a >>word like centaur and Heather totally screws it up, and then I have to fiddle >>around with the spelling until Heather comes remotely close to saying it >>correctly. It's not just uncommon words either. I've had Heather say a word >>like control or enter correctly one minute and then in the next say it >>completely different. I think you could understand why and how that would >>drive me completely mad. >>As far as my selection of game voice goes nothing I choose will please >>everybody. The only solution would be to add Sapi support into the Genesis >>Engine. However, not only is it somewhat problematic you have to consider the >>fact it could take a couple of solid weeks to rewrite all of the speech >>functions etc to completely convert it over to Sapi. >>So if you have a better option than Karen please let me know. I have >>Neospeech Kate, but I'd rather not use it for this game. So how about some >>options? >> >>peter Mahach wrote: >>>nods, me too. anything is better than caren. heck I can even cope with sam >>>rofl >>>though if I were thomas I'd either stick to heather or use another voice >>>like neospeech kate just like in the old days. >> >> >>--- >>Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. >>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >>please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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