[casual_games] Dummy voice over

[Aaron Murray]

Hi Paul,
Personally I like placeholder audio, but I've been advised against it by
some audio people because sometimes it gets left in, or even worse, the
developers get used to it and they want the real sound/tracks/voice to be
familiar, which can cause problems. That said, I use placeholder audio when
possible.

As for a tool, I've used this web tool before:
http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php

Surely there are some windows tools available, I just haven't used any.

-Aaron

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Paul Steven <paul_steven at btinternet.com>wrote:


> I am developing a series of games that have a considerable amount of voice

> over. Ideally I would like to record the voice over as late as possible so

> I

> can be sure I have considered all eventualities. However I really need to

> have some voice over to enable me to program and test the games. One

> possibility is for me to just record a rough version myself however I

> wondered if there is any other alternatives? Perhaps there is a program

> that

> I can type into and it will output a wav of text to speech?

>

> Any advice much appreciated!

>

> Thanks

>

> Paul

>

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