Quote:
Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
Is the “good audio announcer” Ernie Harwell doing a version of APBA? He was cool and the idea was awesome for its time but I think it’s the nature of the beast that over a couple hundred hours any real recorded announcer is going to sound samey. The computerized guys are another thing but tend to be flat and, well, I think they primarily exist for the vision impaired.
|
APBA Ernie Harwell was great and a huge project for the time; but you're right, after awhile it became repetitive, and also took longer to play out the games and seasons. With the major advances in text-to-speech, I suspect the means already exists to duplicate the voices of many announcers (and Siri). Problem is, that would be the kind of side project that would draw resources away from improving the glitches in the current game, making it even more realistic, or the project to properly reflect the talent of the Negro League players before 1947. I'm all for progressive improvements in the core product, rather than bells and whistles.