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Old 05-27-2005, 02:21 AM   #8
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Quote: Originally Posted by sanbas
i didnt even know "aftermarket voices for SAPI" existed...point me to a few? meantime ill look around.

and r u really 17...real impressive work for a 17 year old!!!

Yes, I'm 17... the youngest programmer on here

My programs are written in Delphi, unlike most of the other programs on here (usually VB or .NET).
Quote: Originally Posted by Vchat20
AT&T's natural voices is probably your best bet. probably the most human sounding text-to-speech voices to date. you can try it out here: http://www.naturalvoices.att.com/demos/

$.02 about voices
Quote: Originally Posted by Bugbyte
Try them all. Only YOU can decide what is best for you.

The carputer is a giant research laboratory and figuring out the "best" software for your needs is part of the fun/frustration.

That said, there's two biggies. Navivoice is the most well known and widely used. Works quite well. Give it a try.

Bruno Speech Recognition is a relative newcomer that shows promise.

There is also another very recent arrival...the name escapes me as I haven't tried it yet but the screenshots looked cool.

The great thing about the community is that there are THREE to choose from!

Well, the choice really depends on what you want to be doing. NaviVoice was originally designed from operating navigation, so its main focus is on navigation. The frontend support got added later, and so did the macro functions (button presses, mouse movements, mouse clicks, etc). In making NaviVoice I tried to use the SDKs that were available for the applications. So I have native support for MapMonkey, FrodoPlayer and Road Runner. Currently NaviVoice does everything that BSR can do. The next versions should blow it out of the water (when I get done with them)
However, NaviVoice is a ***** to configure. Yes, I admit. Its a ***** to configure.
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