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#1 2011-06-10 17:22:14
- luigiman64
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a "speak" block
its a block like the say block but only the sprite aculally says what you typed its better then those speach bubbles and people who dont have mics can use them....
ypu can slect what type of voice and everything as well.
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#2 2011-06-10 17:40:37
- technoguyx
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Re: a "speak" block
Too hard to make, and even if it were done it'll sound to robotic. Look at Microsoft Sam or similar programs, they don't sound realistic at all.
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#3 2011-06-10 17:54:12
- nuckelavee
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Re: a "speak" block
I'm trying to make a Scratch project that does that, but it can't recognize "TH" as a seperate sound.
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#4 2011-06-10 18:56:24
Re: a "speak" block
It's hard enough for people at Microsoft to make text-to-speech programs. There are just too many inconsistencies between English spelling/pronounciation for a small team to accomplish it, not to mention how all languages have different spelling rules to account for.
Don't get me wrong... I don't want to sound critical; I'm just saying that it couldn't happen.
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#5 2011-06-10 19:42:54
- CloneCommando1
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Re: a "speak" block
This would be really neat, but I think it would be to hard to implement. Not to mention, what would it do if there was a word it didn't recognize? Or if there was a typo, then what would it do?
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#6 2011-06-10 20:28:49
- luigiman64
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Re: a "speak" block
technoguyx wrote:
Too hard to make, and even if it were done it'll sound to robotic. Look at Microsoft Sam or similar programs, they don't sound realistic at all.
yes thats could be true but it could be a good strt it getts annoying with the speech buubles and making it so that people can read it...if it sounds robotic...eventually you never know they could make it sound more human-like
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#7 2011-06-10 20:38:53
- luigiman64
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Re: a "speak" block
CloneCommando1 wrote:
This would be really neat, but I think it would be to hard to implement. Not to mention, what would it do if there was a word it didn't recognize? Or if there was a typo, then what would it do?
yes that is true and i would take a while for it to make and to make it work is a whole other thing.....but to have a block like that would make things a lot easier for most scratchers....anyway this just a suggestions 
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#8 2011-07-30 16:18:52
- joefarebrother
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Re: a "speak" block
I know: You could "train" it; you type something in ans try it but it doesn't work so you right click, select train, and you can speak into your mic and the next time you put in that text, it will say exactly what you said! It should also at least know how to say numbers.
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#9 2011-07-30 16:39:04
Re: a "speak" block
If it's not a variable output, you can always record it beforehand and the play the sound when needed. Otherwise, it would be pretty neat.
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#10 2011-07-30 17:13:32
Re: a "speak" block
MIT doesn't have to make the speech engine. They can have Scratch support an existing speech engine, like L&H TruVoice (probably too unnatural though), AT&T Labs Natural Voices (obviously natural), IVONA (very natural and human-like, though expensive), or Cepstral (natural, better than AT&T but not as good as IVONA).
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