The voice of Bob: Volunteers needed
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So as I continue to work on my screen saver I get new ideas and find new requirements. The latest requirement is voice of Bob. I want to add certain voices like "Please wait downloading from web", "Code project who's who", "You are watching the CodeProject Top 10 posters" etc. Any volunteers, who think that they can be Bob?
I personally believe that Bob is suited to a nice Welsh accent. Anything else would just sound so wrong that wrong would have to be re-defined in the dictionary to be even wronger. Simon Q: Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586? A: Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got 585.999983605. Sonork ID 100.10024
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I personally believe that Bob is suited to a nice Welsh accent. Anything else would just sound so wrong that wrong would have to be re-defined in the dictionary to be even wronger. Simon Q: Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586? A: Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got 585.999983605. Sonork ID 100.10024
I was thinking more in terms of Australian accent.
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I was thinking more in terms of Australian accent.
Now that would just sound silly. Simon Q: Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586? A: Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got 585.999983605. Sonork ID 100.10024
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I was thinking more in terms of Australian accent.
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How 'bout a muffled, female Welsh voice using Aussie slang. And occasionally booming in a god-like manner. :-D --------_**
I don't think that I'm a sell-out but I do "Enjoy Coke!"...
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-- Bloodhound Gang, The Inevitable Return Of The Great White Dope
I like it. :-D Simon Q: Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586? A: Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got 585.999983605. Sonork ID 100.10024
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i presume bob needs a guy voice :rolleyes:
situations to avoid #37:
"good morning ... how many sugars do you take in your coffee ... and what was your name again?"coming soon: situations to avoid #38: "...and the dog was there too?"
www.8028finder.comWith Bob being an alien, our concepts of the connection between gender, name and voice might not even apply. Bob is certainly not his name anyway. That's just the name that we earthlings gave him because we don't speak his tongue. For all we know, the entire concept of gender might be different on his planet. Are you listening Rama? Basically, I'm just saying that if my computer is going to talk to me, I'd much rather it be the silky voice of a female as opposed to the harsh, bass voice of a male. Maybe you could have a male/female option on the voice settings? Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the af
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With Bob being an alien, our concepts of the connection between gender, name and voice might not even apply. Bob is certainly not his name anyway. That's just the name that we earthlings gave him because we don't speak his tongue. For all we know, the entire concept of gender might be different on his planet. Are you listening Rama? Basically, I'm just saying that if my computer is going to talk to me, I'd much rather it be the silky voice of a female as opposed to the harsh, bass voice of a male. Maybe you could have a male/female option on the voice settings? Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the af
>>Maybe you could have a male/female option on the voice settings? I think I may very well have to do that allow users to select their own Bob's voice. That way I can make Bob multilingual hindi, english, spanish etc.
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I personally believe that Bob is suited to a nice Welsh accent. Anything else would just sound so wrong that wrong would have to be re-defined in the dictionary to be even wronger. Simon Q: Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586? A: Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got 585.999983605. Sonork ID 100.10024
So is there any Welsh CPian you know of.
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How 'bout a muffled, female Welsh voice using Aussie slang. And occasionally booming in a god-like manner. :-D --------_**
I don't think that I'm a sell-out but I do "Enjoy Coke!"...
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-- Bloodhound Gang, The Inevitable Return Of The Great White Dope
So you've decided he should use John then? ;P Mullfled - He doesn't want anyone to recognise him for fear of identification. Female - You just have to look at his profile picture to know something just isn't right. Welsh - The Welsh have plenty of grassy hill farms, and they in turn house plenty of sheep. Big wooly white ones with open minds. Aussie - He like to suck (edit: "up to") Chris to stop him going to the police with those black and white six by fours from his last vacation. Booming - If someone tells you beastiality is easy they are lying. All the baaaing to fit in totally nackers your voice box. God-Like - Now come on really. Who here can honestly say they do not have a shrine to John Simmons in their bedroom? It is so easy to take the piss out of someone when they are not here to defend themselves. ____________________ David Wulff hu·mour Pronunciation Key (hymr) n. & v. Chiefly British Dave's Code Project Screensaver and Wallpaper page.
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I vote for Bob to have a female voice !!!! Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002
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>>Maybe you could have a male/female option on the voice settings? I think I may very well have to do that allow users to select their own Bob's voice. That way I can make Bob multilingual hindi, english, spanish etc.
I speak english and spanish fluently along with some french and dutch. However, you'll have to find someone else for the hindi :)+ Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the af
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So as I continue to work on my screen saver I get new ideas and find new requirements. The latest requirement is voice of Bob. I want to add certain voices like "Please wait downloading from web", "Code project who's who", "You are watching the CodeProject Top 10 posters" etc. Any volunteers, who think that they can be Bob?
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With Bob being an alien, our concepts of the connection between gender, name and voice might not even apply. Bob is certainly not his name anyway. That's just the name that we earthlings gave him because we don't speak his tongue. For all we know, the entire concept of gender might be different on his planet. Are you listening Rama? Basically, I'm just saying that if my computer is going to talk to me, I'd much rather it be the silky voice of a female as opposed to the harsh, bass voice of a male. Maybe you could have a male/female option on the voice settings? Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the af
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So as I continue to work on my screen saver I get new ideas and find new requirements. The latest requirement is voice of Bob. I want to add certain voices like "Please wait downloading from web", "Code project who's who", "You are watching the CodeProject Top 10 posters" etc. Any volunteers, who think that they can be Bob?
I thought bob was telepathic? Am I the only one that hears him speaking when I visit CP? Todd Smith
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Shog9 wrote: no visible mouth then he should sound like Kenny from South Park. -c
I don't care, and you can't make me.
Poor Shog! He was priding himself at the fact that he was the only guy here with a superscripted nick. Now you have one too :-) Nish
The posting stats are now in PDF:- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments. Updated - May 04th, Saturday
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Poor Shog! He was priding himself at the fact that he was the only guy here with a superscripted nick. Now you have one too :-) Nish
The posting stats are now in PDF:- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments. Updated - May 04th, Saturday
yeah, but his has color, too. he's still the king. -c
I don't care, and you can't make me.
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Poor Shog! He was priding himself at the fact that he was the only guy here with a superscripted nick. Now you have one too :-) Nish
The posting stats are now in PDF:- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments. Updated - May 04th, Saturday
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Now you have one too And a Holy Bob icon. Oh well, someday i'll pay my dues... ;) --------_**
I don't think that I'm a sell-out but I do "Enjoy Coke!"...
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-- Bloodhound Gang, The Inevitable Return Of The Great White Dope
Shog9 wrote: And a Holy Bob icon. Oh well, someday i'll pay my dues Me too! Nish
The posting stats are now in PDF:- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments. Updated - May 04th, Saturday
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yeah, but his has color, too. he's still the king. -c
I don't care, and you can't make me.
Chris Losinger wrote: yeah, but his has color, too. he's still the king. But you have the Holy Bob icon :-) Nish
The posting stats are now in PDF:- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments. Updated - May 04th, Saturday
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I vote for Bob to have a female voice !!!! Christian The tragedy of cyberspace - that so much can travel so far, and yet mean so little. And you don't spend much time with the opposite sex working day and night, unless the pizza delivery person happens to be young, cute, single and female. I can assure you, I've consumed more than a programmer's allotment of pizza, and these conditions have never aligned. - Christopher Duncan - 18/04/2002