Is there a way to make speech on my computer that sound like Stephen Hawking's?

[Revtim]

It aint Mange-eh-tout!? Heh.

[CookingWithGas]

*Originally posted by Stan Doubt *
**Amazing!

I just signed on to ask how to record the output from a voice synthesiser program. I’d like to use talkany to record some narration for a video.

I can probably handle the output as .wav or .wma files and I have two fairly new computers.

On another topic, someone suggested it may be possible to re-route the output from the sound card back into the soundcard, which sounded pretty sketchy to me, but I haven’t tried it yet.

Suggestions? **

Hijack.

Not sketchy at all.

If you have XP:

Start the voice synthesizer program. Set it up to output to sound card.
Go to Start > Open all programs > accessories > entertainment > sound recorder.
Set up the sound recorded to record from the sound card.
Press the record button
Start your speech synth
When done press the stop button then save as a WAV file.

[Ms2001]

*Originally posted by badmana *
Dr watson! Well, that’s what Creative called it when it came out. Most movie versions of his speach (I’ve never heard him in RL) use what I would call the Dr Watson speach engine to make that computerized sound.

Don’t you mean Dr. SBAITSO? (Sound Blaster Acting Intelligent Text to Speech Operator, IIRC.)

Dr. Watson is the guy inside Windows who logs your errors.

[DarrenS]

The MC Hawking guy says he uses WillowTALK to generate the very Hawking-like voices on his MP3s…but apparently it’s no longer available. e-bay perhaps.

[stockton]

*Originally posted by DarrenS *
**The MC Hawking guy says he uses WillowTALK to generate the very Hawking-like voices on his MP3s…but apparently it’s no longer available. e-bay perhaps. **

Awesome! If you were just 16 posts earlier, you would not have known that number already told us that.

Thanks.

[Stan_Doubt]

Cooking with Gas wrote:

If you have XP:

Start the voice synthesizer program. Set it up to output to sound card.

How does one “set it up to output to sound card” in XP?

Either talkany, speakonia, or any freeware program, I don’t care.

Thanks again, and sorry about the Hijack.

[Mangetout]

*Originally posted by Eleusis *
**Well, since we’re on the topic, Mangetout, would you please explain your nick? I all pronounced it Man-get-out.

I’ve been wondering this for ages, and since you mentioned it **

It is French for ‘Eats Everything’ or ‘Eat All’[of it] - it is also the name of a type of pea where the whole immature pod is eaten (AKA Snow Pea)

[Eleusis]

Ahhhhh! Very interesting, I like it.

Thank you for indulging me.

[Ranchoth]

…I’d just been lazily reading it as “Magnet Trout.”

And, by any chance would any of these Hawking-voice programs work on a Mac, aside from adjusting the rate of OS X’s “Fred”'s speech?

…Didn’t think so.