Text-to-Speech is getting kind of scary...

[Kaido]

Scary

Scarier

Scariest :shocked:

Here's some more (in lots of languages, too):

http://www.loquendo.com/en/demos/demo_tts.htm

So how long until we get auto-singing software to go with our MIDI instruments? :laugh:

 

[StevenYoo]

we've come a long way since Dr. SBaitso

 

[Newbian]

Great, now skynet will sound all nice and friendly as they proceed to kill us all.

 

[tasmanian]

Theres still some problems with the tone and pitch.

 

[Midlander]

Looks like we finally caught up with HAL.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: tasmanian
Theres still some problems with the tone and pitch.

Yes but compared to what we've had before this is a huge difference.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: StevenYoo
we've come a long way since Dr. SBaitso

Yep, no doubt about that.

 

[venkman]

Asterisk! Asterisk! Asterisk! Asterisk!

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

This is sick

 

[91TTZ]

Those examples sound really good, but if you use the interactive demo it doesn't sound nearly as natural as that.

 

[Lucky Stripes 99]

I grew up with the SAM speech program for the Commodore 64. So hearing these computer voices like this are a bit unnerving to me.

 

[alchemize]

LOL get one of the ladies (or guys if that is your preference) to talk dirty to you...

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: StevenYoo
we've come a long way since Dr. SBaitso

:laugh: I remember thinking that was the coolest thing.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

You ain't heard scary till you've heard Majel Barrett tell you you're at DEFCON 3.

 

[0roo0roo]

yea ...waiting for the uncrippled kindle...

 

[l0cke]

Third one sounds like GlaDOS from Portal :Q

 

[coldmeat]

Is it as good as this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EoukRWQ-ec