Recording text to voice messages as an MP3

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » January 24th, 2006, 10:00

Wasn't there a site where you could type shit in, and then it would read out the text in a Steve Hawking type voice?

I seem to remember there being a way of saving "computer speech" as an MP3, and this is exactly what I need, ready for my first Radio broadcast with jingles, and my sidekick Stephen Hawking.

If anyone can point me to the site I was trying to find, or a piece of software that will do the same, I would be eternally grateful.

Post by **FatherJack** » January 24th, 2006, 10:04

http://www.research.att.com/projects/tts/demo.html has a whole UN of spacky sidekicks, although the output is WAV, so you'll need right-click-MP3 or something, or mix them in with songs with an editor

Gunslinger42 · Post by **Gunslinger42** » January 24th, 2006, 10:25

The audrey (UK) voice on that site is the funniest... and clearest.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 24th, 2006, 10:26

Reminds me of many minutes amusement me and my brothers spent on the Amiga using the speech synth to say abusive things to each other.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » January 24th, 2006, 10:40

spoodie wrote:Reminds me of many minutes amusement me and my brothers spent on the Amiga using the speech synth to say abusive things to each other.

This. Hard.

We used to make prank phonecalls using the workbench (1.3) voice thing.

*thinks about getting the 2 A500's out the loft*

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 24th, 2006, 11:00

mrbobbins wrote:
spoodie wrote:Reminds me of many minutes amusement me and my brothers spent on the Amiga using the speech synth to say abusive things to each other.
This. Hard.

I to can confess to doing this when I was a wee lad of 15. Had a whole afternoon of laughing at it.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 24th, 2006, 11:15

*snigger*

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 24th, 2006, 11:17

spoodie wrote:*snigger*

Gee, thanks spoodie. Wrong brother though

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 24th, 2006, 11:25

Hehulk wrote:Gee, thanks spoodie. Wrong brother though

Not aimed at you in particular, it's a board-wide statement.

Duke of Ted · Post by **Duke of Ted** » January 25th, 2006, 8:10

arf! this can give me hours of fun

*wishs i knew how to post a link to an abusive comment*