Text to Voice

[byork 2,259]

Anyone here have any experience working with text-to-speech applications? The programming end that is :-)Cheers,Bryan

[n4gix 4,947]

>Anyone here have any experience working with text-to-speech>applications? >>The programming end that is :-)Nope. Waiting for FS11... ;)

[byork 2,259]

What's so special about FS11 and text to voice?The big issue with text to voice I'm finding is the quality of computer generated voices are iffy and licensing costs are very prohibitive for an FS addon given our tiny, tiny markets.Cheers,Bryan

[n4gix 4,947]

>What's so special about FS11 and text to voice?>>The big issue with text to voice I'm finding is the quality of>computer generated voices are iffy and licensing costs are>very prohibitive for an FS addon given our tiny, tiny>markets.MS's Vista and XP already has a text-to-voice system in place. It shouldn't take too much effort to expand upon that and introduce some new tech at the same time...

[byork 2,259]

Yes, but quality is the issue.Even with the 3rd party voices (like AT&T Natural Voices), the voices only sound about 80 percent human.Those voices aren't cheap either.Cheers,Bryan