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Software => Software => Topic started by: BANE on September 22, 2009, 06:24:08 AM

Title: other vista narrator voices?
Post by: BANE on September 22, 2009, 06:24:08 AM

Does anyone know of a program or download that will get me  more narrator voices than microsoft anna?  I would like to have a robot like voice or something for a project I'm working on.  Thanks in advance.

Bane

Title: Re: other vista narrator voices?
Post by: bsamuels on September 23, 2009, 08:59:43 AM

You might like Microsoft Sam, I believe he comes bundled with an older version of Ventrillo.

Title: Re: other vista narrator voices?
Post by: BANE on September 23, 2009, 09:07:05 AM

I have Microsoft Sam on another computer with XP and I'm not very impressed.  I think a cyborg like voice would be cool for this project.  :)

Title: Re: other vista narrator voices?
Post by: RoboGeek on September 23, 2009, 12:08:13 PM

Hi well i can't say about the vista voices but if you want to put voice samples IN your robot there is a PCB here that looks interesting;
www.talkbotbrain.com (http://www.talkbotbrain.com)
it also drives 8 servos and has open source PIC code etc.

Title: Re: other vista narrator voices?
Post by: Soeren on September 26, 2009, 06:54:36 PM

Hi,

Quote from: BANE on September 23, 2009, 09:07:05 AM

I think a cyborg like voice would be cool for this project.  :)

Besides the fact that a cyborg is a human augmented with cybernetics and as such will talk just like you and me ;D you might try to find a software filter that does post processing of the output from the speech routine.
A four quadrant multiplier should enable you to get a very robot-like voice and even a chopper could be used for some really retro-robot-voice results.