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Title: PLUGIN: AGS_SAPISpeech - Text spoken by synthetic voice
Post by: visy (the guy who made Lassi Quest) on Sat 08/07/2006 22:38:01

EDIT: I'm quite sure it only works ~~properly on Windows XP. (Works-for-me(tm))~~ for almost nobody. I'm not really sure why, but I'm looking into it.

Just a silly idea, really, but I implemented the Windows SAPI speech synth interface thingamabob as an AGS plugin.

It still needs a way to get the spoken line as a string or char[] or whatever, any help on this, so one could do like:

Speak("This is a text.");

from AGS.

Practical uses: Robots, computer terminals, Stephen Hawking as a character. Think: Speak("Hello", VOICE_FEMALE, SPEED_5);

Benefits: Lower filesize for speech using projects.
Downsides: Silly. Robotic. Useless. May only work on Windows XP or a Windows with SAPI installed.

Test program here (http://babibu.opintanner.fi/ags_speechtest.zip).

I'd like to hear from people who get the test program to work, including their hardware setups. It should Display and speak "Kill the president". ::)

Title: Re: AGS_SAPISpeech - Your Speaking Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With
Post by: R4L on Sat 08/07/2006 22:40:16

I get a fatal error.

Title: Re: AGS_SAPISpeech - Your Speaking Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With
Post by: visy (the guy who made Lassi Quest) on Sat 08/07/2006 22:41:42

What is your Windows version?

Title: Re: AGS_SAPISpeech - Your Speaking Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With
Post by: Besh on Sat 08/07/2006 23:39:35

second Fatal Error!
I'm using WinXp sp2.

However this is an amazing idea!!!
Good luck!!!

Title: Re: AGS_SAPISpeech - Your Speaking Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With
Post by: visy (the guy who made Lassi Quest) on Sat 08/07/2006 23:41:01

Odd, seems that it only works on my PC.

I'm looking into it! ;)

Title: Re: AGS_SAPISpeech - Your Speaking Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With
Post by: Ashen on Sat 08/07/2006 23:47:01

And a third error.
The message, if it helps, is:

Quote
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Illegal exception
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An exception 0xC0000005 occured in ACWIN.EXE at EIP = 0x00434226 ; program pointer is +9016, ACI version 2.72.920, gtags (0,0)

EDIT:
Sorry, WinXP sp2 as well.

EDIT2:
Ditto my sp1 laptop.
Must be the diodes on the left side.

Title: Re: AGS_SAPISpeech - Your Speaking Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With
Post by: Privateer Puddin' on Sat 08/07/2006 23:47:51

It works on my pc

xp sp2

Title: Re: AGS_SAPISpeech - Your Speaking Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With
Post by: DoorKnobHandle on Sat 08/07/2006 23:48:26

I get the same error Ashen got with Windows XP and SP2.

Title: Re: AGS_SAPISpeech - Your Speaking Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With
Post by: visy (the guy who made Lassi Quest) on Sun 09/07/2006 00:13:36

Okay! Puddin' got it working. I guess it has something to do with the library itself, then.

Do you have SAPI 5.1 installed separately?

Title: Re: AGS_SAPISpeech - Your Speaking Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With
Post by: Privateer Puddin' on Sun 09/07/2006 00:16:18

I'm pretty sure that I don't, and I can't find any traces of it.

Title: Re: AGS_SAPISpeech - Your Speaking Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With
Post by: pcj on Sun 09/07/2006 00:35:19

Same error for me, WinXP SP2+, SAPI is installed, latest version.

Title: Re: AGS_SAPISpeech - Your Speaking Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With
Post by: visy (the guy who made Lassi Quest) on Sun 09/07/2006 00:37:17

Okay... It may also have something to do with Allegro's sound and some soundcards.

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