Guest Messenjah Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Does anyone know of any good text to voice programs that could be used to create dialogue? I was thinking that some of the programs out there for sound mixing could be used to make some ok or decent dialogue for those of us that can't afford to hire voice actors. :) Any thoughts or info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roquefort Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Does anyone know of any good text to voice programs that could be used to create dialogue? I was thinking that some of the programs out there for sound mixing could be used to make some ok or decent dialogue for those of us that can't afford to hire voice actors. :) Any thoughts or info?Check out here: http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php It has a good online demo. Note that the free samples have constrained usage: "Any use that involves wide distribution or long lifetime is probably not OK, whether or not it is commercial. Audio clips used in songs, videos or game levels cannot be made publicly available on the internet." You can buy a licence though. It is one of the most convincing speech synths around (but it still sounds robotic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3R0B4NG Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 maybe ask this guy?http://fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8151 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmanners Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Speech synth'd voice is something I've tried, and it doesn't even make a believable robot. The best you can do is make a Stephen Hawking character and use it to voice that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roquefort Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Speech synth'd voice is something I've tried, and it doesn't even make a believable robot. The best you can do is make a Stephen Hawking character and use it to voice that.Yes. Although the ATT one would probably make a good robot, for a human even the most rankly amateur voice actor (e.g. your sister or the fella from next door) would be more convincing :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekii Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I'm having FL Studio in my mind. It's basicly a music creation program, but can also be used for recording and mixing voices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilneko Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Speech synth'd voice is something I've tried, and it doesn't even make a believable robot. The best you can do is make a Stephen Hawking character and use it to voice that.Yes. Although the ATT one would probably make a good robot, for a human even the most rankly amateur voice actor (e.g. your sister or the fella from next door) would be more convincing :)Someone's never watched dubbed anime. There are some pretty horrible "professional" voice actors who wouldn't make a convincing rock. :down: (thusly why original japanese is the only way to watch anime ;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ivexxxxx Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Oh, really? That's a bit odd. Logically and psychologically speaking, that makes no sense. Even when the dubbed voice acting in an anime is terrible, I'll still watch it. I've watched subbed animes quite often, usually out of necessity, and to me, the Japanese language cannot properly convey emotion to me, a native English speaker. I guess it has to do with the fact that I absolutely cannot understand any other languages (I've taken several courses to learn a second language, from French to German to Japanese, but failed them all). English, to me, just works better. I'd choose mastery and understanding of one language over being a polyglot any day. And to this day, the only anime I watched subbed (cos I had to, obvoiusly) and enjoyed was the second season of Higurashi. And by then, I couldn't care less about the voice acting, I was more interested in the plot. Well, actually, I liked the second season of Gunslinger Girl as well, and that was Japanese only (not in a few days!!). As soon as the english dub DVD comes out I'm buying it. Luckily, I happen to be taking a trip to Edmonton the week it comes out. And to the topic, and to increase the verbosity of this post, I had a similar thought. I never liked the fact that in an RPG, NPCs would never say my name. I'm hoping that in the near future, voice replicating technolgy will be advanced enough to mimic human speech without the obvious robotic tones that we hear in today's tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaty1 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Picked up a program awhile back for having fun over vent and other voice comms. Not sure if you can record it (logically I'd say you can - I just never tested it). Haven't reinstalled it because of the lack of need lately, but it is something you may/may not find interesting. It boasts alot of variables - I just never did much with it short of manually making myself sound like a gnome or a 300lbs inmate - LOL. Again, may or may not cover your needs/wants - but worth a shot :) Software is called AV VCS Diamond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilneko Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Oh, really? That's a bit odd. Logically and psychologically speaking, that makes no sense. Even when the dubbed voice acting in an anime is terrible, I'll still watch it. I've watched subbed animes quite often, usually out of necessity, and to me, the Japanese language cannot properly convey emotion to me, a native English speaker.Funny, that's the reason I watch subbed. The english actors just don't give the same emotional performance, they just sound cheesey. The only anime I've come across with an english performance on par with the japanese was Outlaw Star, which is arguably even funnier in english. As for Higurashi... how exactly does (the insanely cute) Rika-chan's "Mi-paaa~" come out in english? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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