text to speech

I was on hold once to some company and instead of playing music they had a willy waving company message saying how great they are, it didnt sound like a real person, or maybe it was some professional voice person?
anyway are those done by computers ?
 
They're often done by professionals.

The best consumer version ever (IMO) was the text to speech chip created for the BBC Micro. The voice was recorded by a BBC Newsreader, not some American robot. Unfortunately it had a very limited vocabulary. This was back in the 80's, and even now the systems used by, for example, train stations, aren't a lot different (just use a different vocabulary). :)
 
The computer actually called the Acorn was a braindamaged BBC Micro. The BBC Model B was the most common, and were being used well into the 90's even at Universities, although there were other versions, including one that had 128K of RAM. Shock horror. :eek: :D

Who remembers the BBC owl? :)
 
Berserker said:
The BBC Model B was the most common, and were being used well into the 90's even at Universities, although there were other versions, including one that has 128K of RAM. Shock horror. :eek: :D
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Thought that was an Acorn? I had one when I was like 5, and had games such as Jet Set Willy, Spitfire and RavenSkull. Now those were the days :D.
128kb ram lol.
 
Chronos-X said:
Christ, a BBC was £400 - in 1983! A hell of a lot back then I'll wager.
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Thats nothing, check out htis add I found ages ago;

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Now thats value for money :D
 
webbyman said:
lol type:
I am a dinosaw, Rar!, Rar!, Rar!

into it, she almost becomes one :O :D
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I was more amused when i entered this:

here's a llama there's a llama and another little llama
fuzzy llama funny llama, llama llama duck

llama llama
cheesecake llama tablet brick potato llama,
llama llama mushroom llama,
llama llama duck

i was once a treehouse
i lived in a cake
but i never saw the way
the orange slayed the rake
i was only three years dead
but it told a tale
and now listen little child to the safety rail

did you ever see a llama
kiss a llama on the llama
llamas llama tastes of llama
llama llama duck
half a llama twice a llama not a llama
farmer llama in a car alarm, a llama llama duck

is that how it's told now
is it all so old
is it made of lemon juice
door knob ankle cold
now my song is getting thin
i've run out of luck
time for me to retire now
and become a duck
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:D

Shame there's a word limit on it though. I'm too easily amused i think :p
 
The_Dark_Side said:
Kenneth Kendal.
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That's him. I couldn't remember the name.

Tom Baker has voiced the new version of BT Text, after an 11-day recording session and 11,593 phrases. :eek: I might actually turn BT Text back on now, as the old one annoyed me. Needs some classic Dr. Who quips (sent by text, of course) to make it worthwhile though. :D

Mind you, it would appear Tom Baker's history is as colourful as that Dr. Who scarf. :eek:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4674514.stm
 
I use Texthelp read and write at work, while each word doesn't sound too robotic when you play sentence it does, as the computer doesn't know how to use tones, to emphersise words.
 
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