Hi Shaun, Yes, it is. Just about any fairly up to date text to speech application like TextAloud or Swift Talker will allow you to open and read a text document which has been tagged using xml or ssml speech tags and give you real time changes in speech as it reads. Its more natural that way. I've tried it with the Ivona 2 and Cepstral 5.2 voices and it works quite well.
More importantly for us as gamers we can take greater control over how certain voices will react in a game. In a game like football you could conceivably change the announcers voice on the fly to add a bit more realism to the speech output like increase the volume when the announcer yells touchdown or add more emphasis to a specific play announcement. You can add special effects tags to fit the current ambiance. So I think SAPI 5.3 and SAPI 5.4 have a lot going for them once more voices and applications support the updates. Cheers! On 11/14/11, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote: > wow interactive books and other things. > really rocks that. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
