Text-to-Speech

Bucos4life · 04-17-2013, 03:58 PM

Just wondering if anyone is really using this feature. Ihave tried it out a bit but just can’t wrap my imagination around a chickcalling the game. I hope that they work to improve this so that it is a littlemore realistic

rpriske · 04-17-2013, 04:17 PM

In doesn't work at all for me...

...but having said that, you can't wrap your (obviously limited) imagination around a 'chick' calling the game?

That is sad. On multiple levels.

Bigrod · 04-17-2013, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucos4life

Just wondering if anyone is really using this feature. Ihave tried it out a bit but just can’t wrap my imagination around a chickcalling the game. I hope that they work to improve this so that it is a littlemore realistic

Hey she's better than that chick that announces for the Yankees on the radio

FunkyBike1 · 04-17-2013, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigrod

Hey she's better than that chick that announces for the Yankees on the radio

Well, we can't deny that.

hfield007 · 04-17-2013, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bigrod

Hey she's better than that chick that announces for the Yankees on the radio

Somebody needed to say it haha. I listen to the away broadcasts when i can =P

pstrickert · 04-17-2013, 05:56 PM

If you use Windows 8, you can select a male voice. It sounds much better (not because it's male but because Microsoft improved the TTS feature in Windows 8). IMO TTS in Windows 7 is unbearable.

Bucos4life · 04-18-2013, 03:12 AM

HeyI did not mean to offend anyone...I was really meaning like the auto tunechick...but having said that traditionally males are the ones calling ballgames....I’m not trying to be sexiest or anything I am just stating my opinion.

bbmike · 04-21-2013, 07:16 PM

Just played my first game with this on (Windows 8, male voice). I have to say I plan to leave it on. It's not great, just ok, but I think it shows just how much potential this feature has. I would love graphic animations added to OOTP but if that's not going to happen I would settle for a good voice play-by-play add on. Of course, both graphics and voice together would be heaven.

pstrickert · 04-21-2013, 10:06 PM

I agree. Not bad is how I would describe it. Download the modified English.xml file from OOTP Mods. It helps with the ball-strike counts.

Fenway · 04-22-2013, 03:26 AM

I'm used to the squirrely Windows 7 female voice from flying flight simulators. Here, as there, she'll pronounce "wind" (i.e., blowing air) as rhyming with "grind". For all that, I'm already used to her from the flight-sim world, and I like her a bit better here in OOTP.

Glad to hear it's better in Windows 8.

bbmike · 04-22-2013, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by pstrickert

I agree. Not bad is how I would describe it. Download the modified English.xml file from OOTP Mods. It helps with the ball-strike counts.

The link for that file is broken!

pstrickert · 04-22-2013, 04:09 PM

You're right. I'll have Charlie check on it. Thanks!

Broooklyn · 04-23-2013, 06:22 PM

I truly enjoy this feature very much. It allows me to pay more attention to the statistics, which is where my obsession lies.

Unfortunately for me, I can not get the female voice to work for some reason. I go into my text to speech options within the ease of access tab (Windows 8) and select 'Microsoft Zira Desktop - English (United States)' and apply it, but once in the game (I have restarted the game numerous times) there is simply no voice to the text.

Oddly enough though, when I use the second option, which is 'Microsoft Hazel Desktop - English (Great Britain)' that voice does work, BUT...when speaking in game, the voice sounds nothing like a female British voice, and what does come through is a voice that is more American male, then anything, but the pronunciation of many words just is not good enough to use.

So, I have been using the default voice.

If anyone knows how to possibly get Microsoft Zira Desktop - English (United States) working, it would be appreciated. =)

Other than that, I look forward to the possibilities of this as the years go by, but for now, I am quite content with it, even though it is not perfect.

Charlie Hough · 04-24-2013, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by bbmike

The link for that file is broken!

Just so this is clarified, the link is working now and the file is now updated as well.

sjam613 · 04-24-2013, 05:18 PM

Haven't tried it on the new patch but doesn't seem to work on the Mac.

Charlie Hough · 04-24-2013, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by sjam613

Haven't tried it on the new patch but doesn't seem to work on the Mac.

This feature is not compatible with Mac because it's based on the Windows OS text-to-speech feature.

rudel.dietrich · 04-24-2013, 06:10 PM

I refuse to use this feature until Stephen Hawking is the voice used.

Quinton_Upchurch · 04-30-2013, 12:23 PM

I agree that this feature has great potential, baseball being the perfect radio sport.

During the past couple of days I've been playing around with different voices and also the OOTP TTS text file where you can alter pronunciations (located in the 'misc' folder).

Couple of short videos I've made using slightly improved voices from the default MS ones:

OOTP TTS IVONA Joey - YouTube

OOTP TTS IVONA Eric - YouTube

04-17-2013, 03:58 PM	#1
Bucos4life Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 24	Text-to-Speech Just wondering if anyone is really using this feature. Ihave tried it out a bit but just can’t wrap my imagination around a chickcalling the game. I hope that they work to improve this so that it is a littlemore realistic

04-24-2013, 05:18 PM	#15
sjam613 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: New Milford, CT Posts: 125	Haven't tried it on the new patch but doesn't seem to work on the Mac. __________________ Sjam613 on Twitter

04-17-2013, 04:17 PM	#2
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 26,649	In doesn't work at all for me... ...but having said that, you can't wrap your (obviously limited) imagination around a 'chick' calling the game? That is sad. On multiple levels.

04-17-2013, 05:56 PM	#6
pstrickert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 16,458	If you use Windows 8, you can select a male voice. It sounds much better (not because it's male but because Microsoft improved the TTS feature in Windows 8). IMO TTS in Windows 7 is unbearable.

04-18-2013, 03:12 AM	#7
Bucos4life Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 24	HeyI did not mean to offend anyone...I was really meaning like the auto tunechick...but having said that traditionally males are the ones calling ballgames....I’m not trying to be sexiest or anything I am just stating my opinion.

04-21-2013, 07:16 PM	#8
bbmike Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 115	Just played my first game with this on (Windows 8, male voice). I have to say I plan to leave it on. It's not great, just ok, but I think it shows just how much potential this feature has. I would love graphic animations added to OOTP but if that's not going to happen I would settle for a good voice play-by-play add on. Of course, both graphics and voice together would be heaven.

04-21-2013, 10:06 PM	#9
pstrickert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 16,458	I agree. Not bad is how I would describe it. Download the modified English.xml file from OOTP Mods. It helps with the ball-strike counts.

04-22-2013, 03:26 AM	#10
Fenway Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Back Bay in Boston Posts: 295	I'm used to the squirrely Windows 7 female voice from flying flight simulators. Here, as there, she'll pronounce "wind" (i.e., blowing air) as rhyming with "grind". For all that, I'm already used to her from the flight-sim world, and I like her a bit better here in OOTP. Glad to hear it's better in Windows 8.

04-22-2013, 04:09 PM	#12
pstrickert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 16,458	You're right. I'll have Charlie check on it. Thanks!

04-23-2013, 06:22 PM	#13
Broooklyn Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 43	I truly enjoy this feature very much. It allows me to pay more attention to the statistics, which is where my obsession lies. Unfortunately for me, I can not get the female voice to work for some reason. I go into my text to speech options within the ease of access tab (Windows 8) and select 'Microsoft Zira Desktop - English (United States)' and apply it, but once in the game (I have restarted the game numerous times) there is simply no voice to the text. Oddly enough though, when I use the second option, which is 'Microsoft Hazel Desktop - English (Great Britain)' that voice does work, BUT...when speaking in game, the voice sounds nothing like a female British voice, and what does come through is a voice that is more American male, then anything, but the pronunciation of many words just is not good enough to use. So, I have been using the default voice. If anyone knows how to possibly get Microsoft Zira Desktop - English (United States) working, it would be appreciated. =) Other than that, I look forward to the possibilities of this as the years go by, but for now, I am quite content with it, even though it is not perfect.

04-24-2013, 06:10 PM	#17
rudel.dietrich Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 8,608	I refuse to use this feature until Stephen Hawking is the voice used.

04-30-2013, 12:23 PM	#18
Quinton_Upchurch All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 789	I agree that this feature has great potential, baseball being the perfect radio sport. During the past couple of days I've been playing around with different voices and also the OOTP TTS text file where you can alter pronunciations (located in the 'misc' folder). Couple of short videos I've made using slightly improved voices from the default MS ones: OOTP TTS IVONA Joey - YouTube OOTP TTS IVONA Eric - YouTube