Sound Files and warnings

Lardyboy66 · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 12:47 pm Post subject: Sound Files and warnings

Hi,
does anybody know where i can get .wav files for use with POI warnings i.e. spreed camera 30 seconds etc.

Many thanks

Dave · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:37 pm Post subject:

Make them yourself by going to http://naturalvoices.att.com/

Lardyboy66 · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 2:32 pm Post subject: Have you heard my voice - !!!

Thanks Dave but I sound like a cross between Arthur Scargil & Lee Marvin with a bad throat - I did have a selection of warnings that sounded great but I can't remember which software they came from

Dave · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:51 pm Post subject:

That you may, but if you goto the above website you can choose particular recorded computer voices, you just type the text in and it will read it phonetically and you can then save them as WAV files.

BobbyD · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:05 pm Post subject: Voice from Text

By using the punctuation you can get the voice to add pauses and change the tone of the messages.

AngelaK · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 13, 2004 Posts: 23

Can someone tell me how you save these wav files?

Cheers

Angela

MajicM · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 15, 2004 Posts: 3

tom9851 · Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 10:32 am Post subject:

Angela,
To save a .wav file you have created in naturalvoices.com you should click on FILE in Windows Media Player (which should have just played the file that you want to save). In FILE click on SAVE AS and you can rename it to whatever you want and then save it on your PC - I save them to my folder for synching with my IPAQ so it will go straight to the MyDocuments folder on my Ipaq when I put the Ipaq in the synch holder. But of course you can save it to wherever you want.
Hope this helps.

Tom

AngelaK · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 13, 2004 Posts: 23

Hi Tom

I think I have found the problem. When I make a sound file it plays it in quicktime! I don't know how to turn it of so it plays in windows Media player, maybe I should just uninstall it?

Angela

tom9851 · Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 7:43 am Post subject:

Hi Angela,
Well I don't really know to be perfectly honest! I am not the world's greatest when it comes to PC's! I assume Quicktime is some sort of player? I have tried looking for it on my own PC but can't find it. If it is a player, does it play the .wav file? If it does, does it not allow you to save the file? If no to those then I guess it is a case of making Windows Media Player your default? Hopefully someone with a bit more savvy than myself will read this and give you a better answer!! Sorry I can't help more! Sad

Tom

garygfx · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 30, 2004 Posts: 15

I've recorded some voices for checkPOInt from 20mph up to 70mph inclusive, plus warning for mobile and red light cameras. Feel free to download and use. Excuse the American voice but it was the best out of everything I could find, apart from asking the Mrs to put on a voice. ;-)
Click here to download zip file of voices

garygfx · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 30, 2004 Posts: 15

Sound files now available from my POI page as well as UK maps for POI Edit: http://www.geocities.com/garygfx/

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