PLUGIN: AGS_SAPISpeech - Text spoken by synthetic voice

visy (the guy who made Lassi Quest) · 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.

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". :

R4L · Sat 08/07/2006 22:40:16

I get a fatal error.

visy (the guy who made Lassi Quest) · Sat 08/07/2006 22:41:42

What is your Windows version?

Besh · Sat 08/07/2006 23:39:35

second Fatal Error!
I'm using WinXp sp2.

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

visy (the guy who made Lassi Quest) · Sat 08/07/2006 23:41:01

Odd, seems that it only works on my PC.

I'm looking into it!

Ashen · 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.

Privateer Puddin' · Sat 08/07/2006 23:47:51

It works on my pc

xp sp2

DoorKnobHandle · Sat 08/07/2006 23:48:26

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

visy (the guy who made Lassi Quest) · 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?

Privateer Puddin' · Sun 09/07/2006 00:16:18

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

pcj · Sun 09/07/2006 00:35:19

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

visy (the guy who made Lassi Quest) · Sun 09/07/2006 00:37:17

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