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Old fashioned "roboty" speech synth. What should it be forced to say?
#286926 - 05/19/12 01:57 AM
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Examples:
recite Asimov's Three (or Four) Laws of Robotics
EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!!
make it sing "Daisy, Daisy..."
yo' momma jokes
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Re: Old fashioned "roboty" speech synth. What should it be forced to say?
[Re: aavada]
#286927 - 05/19/12 02:36 AM
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I would say something like "Billy Bob cannot say that word". If you ever went to a showbiz you would know why 
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Re: Old fashioned "roboty" speech synth. What should it be forced to say?
[Re: aavada]
#286933 - 05/19/12 04:27 AM
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The way I see it, robots are (or, at least, are supposed to be) servants.
So, for example, if people keep bothering you with the same stupid questions over and over again, program the robot with the answers.
"Today is Monday, May 21, and the time now is 5:43 pm. No, my wife, you may not borrow money for clothing; you have a closet full of stuff you've worn no more than once. My son, you may borrow the car only to go to work and to soccer practice, and even then, you must pay for gas." Et cetera.
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Re: Old fashioned "roboty" speech synth. What should it be forced to say?
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#286939 - 05/19/12 05:04 AM
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> The way I see it, robots are (or, at least, are supposed to be) servants.
And that's exactly the though that could lead machines to raise against us once artificial intelligences evolve. Machines are an extension of us. In a poetic form you could say they're a projection from our own souls. Other than slaves (servants) they're more like a buddy partner made from us, for us.
Off topic, but I wanted to get that out of my system. 
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Re: Old fashioned "roboty" speech synth. What should it be forced to say?
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#286940 - 05/19/12 05:17 AM
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Gorf and Wizard of Wor phrases are a must... and then remixed by Smitdogg.
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Re: Old fashioned "roboty" speech synth. What should it be forced to say?
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#286943 - 05/19/12 05:21 AM
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"I am a Pusher Robot"
"Target: Grandma"
"Target: Stairs"
Pakchoooieee. Unf. Packchooieee. Unf.
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Ya' know...
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#286945 - 05/19/12 05:56 AM
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That would have been one of the greatest videos EVER if they hadn't put in the photos of the dead bodies. WTF is wrong with people...
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Re: Old fashioned "roboty" speech synth. What should it be forced to say?
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#286946 - 05/19/12 05:59 AM
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> Machines are an extension of us. In a poetic form you could say they're a projection from our own souls.
> Other than slaves (servants) they're more like a buddy partner made from us, for us.
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#286950 - 05/19/12 06:35 AM
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Re: Ya' know...
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#286951 - 05/19/12 06:41 AM
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Re: Old fashioned "roboty" speech synth. What should it be forced to say?
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#286953 - 05/19/12 07:29 AM
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Ah, the VOTRAX! :-)
Fun fact: The "SAY.EXE/Dr. SBaitso" software bundled with the first releases of the Sound Blaster used a cut-down version of SmoothTalker to provided the voice synthesis. Back in those days it would help if you had EMS to load the software there instead of conventional memory.
On topic: Wasn't the VOTRAX a part of the MockingBoard for Apple ][ systems? I may have to dig into research on Apple ][ emulation to see if it's emulated there. ;-)
Anyway, you can't go wrong with it speaking "ORANGE FANTA DETECTED! ELIMINATE CHRIS-CHAN!"
The reason why I dig voice synthesis is that I don't have to pay another person for voice-over narration. One recent open-source front-end+engine features a nice pair of female and male UK voices.
It's amazing how far the tech has evolved. The singing of "Daisy" was primitive at best and really jarring to the ear.
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Re: Old fashioned "roboty" speech synth. What should it be forced to say?
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#286965 - 05/19/12 08:18 AM
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> > The way I see it, robots are (or, at least, are supposed to be) servants.
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> And that's exactly the though that could lead machines to raise against us once
> artificial intelligences evolve. Machines are an extension of us. In a poetic form
> you could say they're a projection from our own souls. Other than slaves (servants)
> they're more like a buddy partner made from us, for us.
Umm... then just stick to it being a talking clock.
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Re: Old fashioned "roboty" speech synth. What should it be forced to say?
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#287006 - 05/19/12 11:36 PM
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> It's amazing how far the tech has evolved. The singing of "Daisy" was primitive at
> best and really jarring to the ear.
I find it interesting how it stopped evolving for about 20 years. In the late 70s/early 80s it was the cool new tech, then capturing and storing digital audio became dirt cheap and it was way easier to just sample whatever you needed a computer to say. It's only in the last 10-12 years or so that advancements in voice synthesis have started to pick up again.
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Re: Old fashioned "roboty" speech synth. What should it be forced to say?
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#287012 - 05/20/12 12:01 AM
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I find it interesting how it stopped evolving for about 20 years. In the late 70s/early 80s it was the cool new tech, then capturing and storing digital audio became dirt cheap and it was way easier to just sample whatever you needed a computer to say. It's only in the last 10-12 years or so that advancements in voice synthesis have started to pick up again.
I've noticed that too. It was that brief period of time that PCM samples made more sense than having to code and engineer voice synthesis hardware.
And now we have Vocaloids! It's not perfect synthesized singing but it is pretty dang musical. With faster processors and cheap RAM and storage in general as well as further research into how speech works the results are quite amazing today. There are already digital actor and crowd simulations ("Massive", for instance). Totally synthetic actors in the digital realm may lead to robots that are able to transcend that uncanny valley. And soon we'll be surrounded by replicants.
In seven years it will be 2019. ;-)
But there will always be a place for that chilling evil robo-voice. "Berzerk" and "Gorf" wouldn't be the same without the oldskool speech hardware.
--Bekki
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Re: Old fashioned "roboty" speech synth. What should it be forced to say?
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#287015 - 05/20/12 12:19 AM
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Right.Am I the only one who seen Bicentennial man You can't slave robots..........Oh wait i think I am the only one. 
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I’m convinced Mario is a hobo.
He wakes up everyday in the same clothes, runs around in sewers, and collects coins for a living.
At the end of the day, he uses the coins to buy mushrooms
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Re: Old fashioned "roboty" speech synth. What should it be forced to say?
[Re: Bekki Doll]
#287027 - 05/20/12 01:03 AM
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It's always been about market. But this will change.....
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Consider it high comedy....sincere tragedy....whatever...don't take it personally.
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