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Title: neovoice
Post by: m005kennedy on February 18, 2006, 07:33:08 pm

I got the neovoice product for my b-day. Installed it, but it doesn't show up on any of my application. I want to be able to use it with MS Agent. I must have to do something else. I tried to try Hal again, but it says my sys op(that would be me) doesn't allow me permission to install it. Is that because I have tried it once before?

Mike

Title: neovoice
Post by: Dr.Benway on February 19, 2006, 05:55:47 am

Gee, I am sorry to inform you that msagents aren't able to lip sync with the Neospeech voices, because Neospeech uses SAPI5 and msagents only lip sync with SAPI4 voices.

I don't think you need to reinstall Hal in order to make the Neospeech voices work.

Title: neovoice
Post by: m005kennedy on February 19, 2006, 07:30:11 am

Rats!!!  There is always too much fine print to read. I had asked for it because I was sure it did. I guess I thought Ultra Hal could also use MS Agents, but I guess I was wrong.

Mike

Title: neovoice
Post by: m005kennedy on February 19, 2006, 07:41:12 am

An other question--are you sure MS Agents don't work with HAL? How do the lip sync? The Zabaware pages links you to deskmate as a charachter option and they are all ms gaents.

Mike

Title: neovoice
Post by: Dr.Benway on February 19, 2006, 09:26:10 am

No, no, I didn't say that msagents don't work with Ultra Hal. I said that msagents are not able to read the spoken words with their mouth (lip synchronization) when you use SAPI5 voices like those from Neospeech.

1. All Microsoft agents work with Ultra Hal.
2. All TTS voices work with Ultra Hal.

Title: neovoice
Post by: freddy888 on February 19, 2006, 10:07:20 am

Do Haptek characters lipsync neovoice?

Title: neovoice
Post by: Dr.Benway on February 19, 2006, 11:47:03 am

Sir, read my lips: Haptek characters lip sync with NeoSpeech voices.

Title: neovoice
Post by: aladyblond on February 19, 2006, 12:57:05 pm

dear doc............[:D]

Title: neovoice
Post by: m005kennedy on February 19, 2006, 01:22:27 pm

I don't mean it to sound if I am correcting or angry at what you posted! I'm just not getting it all. My understanding of it all is not clear. I think what I'm not getting is this: I have the Agent Simone already, I have the neospeech product. If I get Ultrahal will I be able to use them all together.
mike

Title: neovoice
Post by: Dr.Benway on February 19, 2006, 04:15:04 pm

Please don't mind my last remark, m005kennedy.
I am aware that all those software names are confusing for newcomers.
Happy birthday, by-the-way [:)]

I believe Simone is a desktop mate, isn't she?

All desktop mates are msagents (or Microsoft agents).
All msagents work with Ultra Hal.
Simone will function correctly inside Ultra Hal.

TTS stands for Text-To-Speech.
NeoSpeech voices are TTS voices.
All TTS voices work with Ultra Hal.
NeoSpeech voices work fine with Ultra Hal.

In order for TTS-voices to work on your PC you need to have extra software from Microsoft, called: SAPI. The latest version of SAPI is 5. Older voices still need SAPI 4-software.

Msagents only move their mouth in combination with older voices or SAPI 4 voices.
NeoSpeech voices are newer voices or SAPI 5 voices.
Msagents like Simone won't lip sync while using a NeoSpeech voice.

So, if you have Ultra Hal with Simone and a NeoSpeech voice, then all works fine together, BUT Simone won't move her mouth to say the spoken text. Simone will still make gestures, though.

To have a character inside Ultra Hal that also moves its mouth in combination with a NeoSpeech voice you have to switch to Haptek characters which are included with Ultra Hal as well.