Deanrover Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 It bothers me that all women sound like old men. They may be old, but they are usually not men B) You can change the gender and speed of the voice in Windows XP under Control Panel -> Speech -> Text to Speech. "Microsoft Sam" is the only option on this PC? Can you download other voices? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 Greetings, professor Falken. How about a game of bridge? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 Is it just me or has the new 'lady' who has been 'adopted' by BBO got a rather severe lisp? Was playing the other day and she said :- 'four of thpadth'....'thixth of diamondth'? I found it difficult to understand and as the poor girl had unfortunately spluttered so much whilst talking i had to wipe the monitor as it was splashed around the bottom corners (in-built speakers). I felt so sorry for her i deliberately played cards that did not have an s syllable in them...i was very aware, with my strong sense of empathy, that she was very self-conscious of her speech impediment. My only concern is that if people, as they might, will use BBO as a tool to improve their English as well as their bridge, they may start talking themselves with an exaggerated thtweth on all the 'S's. The side-effect of this, of course, is that having a lisp might start having a social cachet. Just voicing my contherns. Alessio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 real men like lisps ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I sincerely believe the voice should be changed to that of HAL from: 2001: A Space Odessey: "Now, Dave, do you really want to lead the five of spades?" WinstonM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 If you try to revoke: "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that." Slothy, did you apply to be an Igor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducky_rh Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 The thought of voice was so daunting that I didn't even update to this version, nor any subsequent version, and I will not unless I am assured that voice can be completely and fully disabled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted June 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 The thought of voice was so daunting that I didn't even update to this version, nor any subsequent version, and I will not unless I am assured that voice can be completely and fully disabled. The default is that voice is turned off completely. Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 The thought of voice was so daunting that I didn't even update to this version, nor any subsequent version, and I will not unless I am assured that voice can be completely and fully disabled. i'm pretty sure that the voice stuff is completely off by default - but if it's not, it's very easy to disable. :) edit: you're quick, fred. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limey_p Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Voice is GREAT! I use it in the viewgraph to speak the bids - that way I can tell when a new hand is under way. The ACBL announcements are bizarre when spoken aloud, and I am a member. I can only imagine what non-US players think of them. Can we prevail on the BBO ACBL reps to change things so they sound reasonable? "Diamond diamond club diamond diamond sign up now ... hyphen hyphen hyphen greater than ACBL" doesn't make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwingo Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 What's good for the Eyes in not good for the Ear. As a TD, I try to catch the attention of people ( especially when there is no colour differentiator in the chat text for TD's & co-TD's) by prefixing & suffixing the sentences with the suit symbols S.H.D & C. This embellishment doesn't go too well with voice. for eg. !H!H!H Please play fast and claim !H!H!!H would be heard as Heart Heart Heart Please play fast and claim Heart Heart Heart Probably when this upgrade kicks in and more people start using voice, I hope people in general will reduce the usage of suit symbols. Maybe Fred can find a workaround for this. Godwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 perhaps fred could implement some type of code that reverses the colouring of the text so that it is white on black, or some other highlighting background I am just curious how many of you have it switched on all the time, or now you have tried it, is it switched off? i use it for bidding only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandal Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 I am just curious how many of you have it switched on all the time, or now you have tried it, is it switched off? Mine's off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 I am just curious how many of you have it switched on all the time, or now you have tried it, is it switched off? Mine's off You might try turning it on ONLY for private messages and system wide broadcast. It is true the club announcments are treated as private messages. I would like to see the option to have voic on for private messages on, but block voice for private club messages. Those 15 line things from a couple of clubs are annoying enough on the screen, but when spoken... ARRGHHHHHH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanTucson Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Unable to update to version 4.2.8 as I get "The page cannot be found" on both update and full download. Please help ! I do have Windows XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Unable to update to version 4.2.8 as I get "The page cannot be found" on both update and full download. Please help ! I do have Windows XP. Try the newer test version... http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?showtopic=8851 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double ! Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 It bothers me that all women sound like old men. They may be old, but they are usually not men :unsure: Roland except for the ones who are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double ! Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 Unable to update to version 4.2.8 as I get "The page cannot be found" on both update and full download. Please help ! I do have Windows XP. did you try BBO Announcements and Special Events section.links to download the most recent bbo 4.3.1 or whatever is right there: fred guides you right thru it. If that doesn't work, well,.............just make sure all other windows and bbo programs have been exited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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