fred Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Please use this thread to let us know what you think about the new voice functionality in version 4.2.8. You can find out more about version 4.2.8 and upgrade to that version through: Click here to find out more about 4.2.8! Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Hypnotic (which is great for me since I get very little sleep as it is). Great fun too. How does the voice pronounce words with typos? B) Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 It is funny. But you surely don't want them all turned on. I think private chat and broadcast chat is good to have voice on, because I tend to ignore them. But if you turn them all on, you will go crazy... :-) Anyway, I will use it for some options. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 This might be the most revolutionary thing BBO has done. Now folks who are partially sighted or suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome.are no longer hampered by their restrictions - they can now listen to the bidding and participate, and chat as needed saving valuable keystrokes. This is VERY impressive, almost to the point that I'm floored by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spwdo Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Now i can hear my own typos, just the thing we need(hoping that slothy upgrades soon) Nicely done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 I know a number of our users have some degrees of vision impairment, so this is a great option to have. Only problem I have with it is that it doesn't speak singlish =P It also says ":--p" as "p", hahahaa Soon we can have voice input too? A visually impaired user can read out the cards he wants and have them played correctly? fun fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 perhaps i've had too much to drink already today, but i'm not able to locate the 'voice' button - instead i still have only a 'customize' button, which does indeed have a drop-down list but i believe this has been around for awhile... i'm running win2kpro. does this require that ms-agent be installed? http://www.speedofwood.com/temp/bbo_voice.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willem Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 This is great fun. It even speaks some kind of Dutch! Can the function of the voice be extended so it will say "duck that trick you idiot" or "lead a ♥ now"? It might improve my game :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedyG Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Great stuff!!! Just one little thing.....If used for personal chats etc it would be nice to have a choice between a male and a female voice.I am told i sound like an old man:(( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reisig Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 A great start. Now I can hear messages while reading or watching TV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted June 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 perhaps i've had too much to drink already today, but i'm not able to locate the 'voice' button - instead i still have only a 'customize' button, which does indeed have a drop-down list but i believe this has been around for awhile... i'm running win2kpro. does this require that ms-agent be installed? http://www.speedofwood.com/temp/bbo_voice.jpg This means either you have not installed version 4.2.8 or that BBO did could not start Microsoft's speech software on your PC. Assuming you are sure you have installed the new version properly (the version number appears at the left of the window that you first see when you click your BBO icon) please let me know what version of Windows you have. Thanks, Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 fun, can you add a laugh for "lol" ? ..and the other abbreviations. ps: did you record it underwater? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Hi Fred... Running under XP will no noticable problems. I'm sure that you have a lot of customers who will benefit from this feature. With this said and done, I can't listen to it without thinking of all the Stephen Hawking's "appearances" on Simpsons and Family Guy... I keep cracking up whenever the application speaks to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mink Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 If I switch the language to German, the suits are German with English pronounciation, but the numbers are still English. If I type something in German it just sounds horrible. Maybe the software should analyze what language is used in chat, and if it is not English, better refrain from talking. Karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macaw Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Roland said I sound like an old man! :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnKryten Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 I also don't see the voice button - I'm running WinME, sadly. Anyone have a link to the site where you can get the voice software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belladonna Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Pls add me to the WIND ME users that cant find the voice button :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ng:) Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 No voice button. :blink: Win2000 v5.0 Gabor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwingo Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 I am on Win 98. I am like scoob, can see the Options box, but I can't see Voice anywhere. In that box nothing seems to have changed compared to the earlier version Godwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badderzboy Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Various versions of XP all work with it... It's amusing how depressed the PC sounds when you pass (sounds like Marvin from Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy) ... and how double sounds like the PC has perked up... It would be nice if it could read the shorthand in the future as WDP etc sound bizzarre... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Has something to be said for it concerning those with vision problems, and it can help when you are on a BRB, but otherwise I found it annoying....kind of like my real partner, LoL. So I turned it off. Is there a button somewhere that turns off partners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickf Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 How ironic this feature was released the week Deep Throat was unmasked. nickfsydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceptic Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 one irritating feature, is when a card is played it interupts the flow of speech from table chat or private chat, (possibly I should not be recieving chat when playing), but overall, it seems to function well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 perhaps i've had too much to drink already today, but i'm not able to locate the 'voice' button - instead i still have only a 'customize' button, which does indeed have a drop-down list but i believe this has been around for awhile... i'm running win2kpro. does this require that ms-agent be installed? http://www.speedofwood.com/temp/bbo_voice.jpg This means either you have not installed version 4.2.8 or that BBO did could not start Microsoft's speech software on your PC. Assuming you are sure you have installed the new version properly (the version number appears at the left of the window that you first see when you click your BBO icon) please let me know what version of Windows you have. Thanks, Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com:o worked fine at home with xp frankly, i'm shocked that there is one, much less two, people still using ME - shame on you! i think this is a great feature if you can control yourself enough to use for only a few key items, depending on your needs. for myself, i think just hearing the bids will be enough, as i'm often in another window when i should be paying attention. nice work again fred/uday, as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotShot Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 The speech feature is great, but the language mix is irritating. At some parts my language setting works, at others it does not. Espacially suit and number (as Karl already mentioned) are in different languages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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