HyperSpeech: Text-to-speech addon for HyperSpin 1.x 0.9

[ninja2bceen]

11:39:36 AM |  HyperSpin Started 
11:39:36 AM |  Going FullScreen 
11:39:36 AM |  LEDBlinky is set to active 
11:39:36 AM |  Found LEDBlinky.exe 
11:39:36 AM |  Running LEDBlinky 
11:39:36 AM |  Command Line is: "E:\x-PC\Hyperspin\HyperSpeech\LEDBlinky.exe" 1 
11:39:36 AM |  Checking for updates 
11:39:36 AM |  Update Check Complete 
11:39:36 AM |  Startup program: HS Startup.exe 
11:39:36 AM |  Startup params: exe 
11:39:37 AM |  Working directory: E:\x-PC\hyperspin\zips\tools\Multiple programs in hyperspin\ 
11:39:37 AM |  Window State: NORMAL 
11:39:37 AM |  Launching HS Startup.exe 
11:39:37 AM |  Command Line is HS Startup.exe exe 
11:39:37 AM |  Playing intro video 
11:39:41 AM |  Error intializing joysticks 
11:39:41 AM |  Menu Mode is multi 
11:39:41 AM |  Loading Main Menu.xml 
11:39:41 AM |  Command Line is: "E:\x-PC\Hyperspin\HyperSpeech\LEDBlinky.exe" 8 
11:39:41 AM |  Main Menu.xml successfully loaded 
11:39:42 AM |  Main Menu wheel loaded successfully 
11:39:44 AM |  Command Line is: "E:\x-PC\Hyperspin\HyperSpeech\LEDBlinky.exe" 4 
11:40:02 AM |  Exit program: Randomizer.exe 
11:40:02 AM |  Exit params: 1 
11:40:02 AM |  Working directory: E:\x-PC\Hyperspin\randomizer\ 
11:40:02 AM |  Window State: NORMAL 
11:40:02 AM |  Launching Randomizer.exe 
11:40:02 AM |  Command Line is Randomizer.exe 1 
11:40:02 AM |  Quiting Hyperspin 
11:40:02 AM |  Command Line is: "E:\x-PC\Hyperspin\HyperSpeech\LEDBlinky.exe" 2 
11:40:02 AM |  Bye! 

my hyperspin log

[ninja2bceen]

still not working, in the hyperspin log, whats those numbers at the end of each instance of hyperspeech?

[ninja2bceen]

this error appears behind hyperspin sometimes for hyperspeech. Still cant hear anything from that program

[ninja2bceen]

Important Do not install a language pack after you install this update. If you do, the language-specific changes in the update will not be applied, and you will have to reinstall the update. For more information, see Add language packs to Windows

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I think this may be a microsft thing. I installed updates and kb2990214 was one of them

[ninja2bceen]

I reinstalled version 8 and then went to v 9 and at least I dont have errors finally however I still don't hear hyperspeech.i hear connection lost when I close hyperspin and that's it. Anyone mind sending a working folder? Note I have a ahk source folder in here as well. I'm sad this stopped working for me

[BoOgieman]

File Name: HyperSpeech: Text-to-speech addon for HyperSpin 1.x

File Submitter: Boogieman_nl

File Submitted: 07 May 2015

File Category: Other

Credits: Boogieman_nl

It's a Text-to-speech addon for HyperSpin that is will speak the system names, system biographs, game descriptions and MAME game bio's, but it also adds

speech for the events that HyperSpin send to LEDBlinky, like HS start/end, loading main menu wheel, loading system wheel, starting/ending games, start/end attraction mode and more.

The speech strings for the above events, but also the system bio's can be customized to your own likings and that's where people ou can put their own creativity into.

It is possible to enter a variety of text strings for each of the above mentioned LEDBlinky events.

These are then spoken random fashion to prevent boredom.

For speech optimization (pronouncement) and cleansing of the rubbish that exist in the descriptions, HyperSpeech does Regular Expression (RegEx) string replacements on each speech string.

There are however still situations where text is not being spoken right, the challenge then is to define the right regular expression strings to fix this globally or otherwise for each occurance.

I will update and finetune the HyperSpeech.dat file on a regular basis.

HyperSpeech uses the SAPI 5.x TTS interface and for the best HyperSpeech experience, I recommend the use of Loquendo or NeoSpeech voices.

(I've added support for Windows XP as well as it turned out that HyperSpeech is working on the SAPI 5.1 engine as well)

There is however, a significant difference in how certain voices and speech engines are interpreting and speaking the text you send.

For now I've decided to stick to the US Loquendo TTS voices and optimize speech for these voices with the RegEx'es in the HyperSpeech.dat file.

NOTE:

If you really want to add a little twist to HyperSpeech, route the Speech output through a voice morpher, and add effects to it to create a unique sounding voice.

Here's a video of HyperSpeech in effect in the HyperSpin main wheel:

Latest version:

HyperSpeech 0.9 (Added Windows XP support)

Previous versions:

HyperSpeech 0.8 (No more writing to a temp and now supports any video extension

HyperSpeech 0.7 (Supports Hyperspin 1.3: now scans for .mp4 system movies instead .flv's)

HyperSpeech 0.6 (For Hyperspin 1.2, fixed an issue with output to LEDBlinky)

http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/topic/745-hyperspeech-text-to-speech-addon-for-hyperspin-1x/

Update:

I've now uploaded the AHK source files to the FTP for those who want to tweak, add features to it or just use some of my code for use in their own projects.

Click here to download this file

[Styphelus]

Thanks! Will try it as soon as I get home tonight. HS is so much better with this add on! I was bummed when it stopped working with 1.4.

[spotUP]

it works with 1.4 again?

[spotUP]

"If you really want to add a little twist to HyperSpeech, route the Speech output through a voice morpher, and add effects to it to create a unique sounding voice."

are there any tutorial available on how to do this?

[Min2001]

 

this error appears behind hyperspin sometimes for hyperspeech. Still cant hear anything from that program

 

Ninja I had that problem, but mine was just because I had the wrong voice selected for Text-to-Speech on my Control Panel. Make sure it's Microsoft Anna that is selected if it's Windows 7 you have or whatever the Default voice is if your using another OS. When I switched back to using the Default voice after trying to alter my registry editor for a few hours without success trying to get anything but a default voice installed for my Win 7 OS the error magically dissapeared.

[ninja2bceen]

Weird and thanks. Ya it was working great then all of a sudden she never writes,never calls, I miss her voice lol seriously though

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[Styphelus]

Only works when selecting a game. It does not work in the main menu when selecting a system.

[ninja2bceen]

Bios on? Try another version? Ya I don't think it work on the beta

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[BoOgieman]

File Name: HyperSpeech: Text-to-speech addon

File Submitter: Boogieman_nl

File Submitted: 08 May 2015

File Category: Add-Ons

Credits: Boogieman_nl

It's a Text-to-speech addon for HyperSpin that is will speak the system names, system biographs, game descriptions and MAME game bio's, but it also adds

speech for the events that HyperSpin send to LEDBlinky, like HS start/end, loading main menu wheel, loading system wheel, starting/ending games, start/end attraction mode and more.

The speech strings for the above events, but also the system bio's can be customized to your own likings and that's where people ou can put their own creativity into.

It is possible to enter a variety of text strings for each of the above mentioned LEDBlinky events.

These are then spoken random fashion to prevent boredom.

For speech optimization (pronouncement) and cleansing of the rubbish that exist in the descriptions, HyperSpeech does Regular Expression (RegEx) string replacements on each speech string.

There are however still situations where text is not being spoken right, the challenge then is to define the right regular expression strings to fix this globally or otherwise for each occurance.

I will update and finetune the HyperSpeech.dat file on a regular basis.

HyperSpeech uses the SAPI 5.x TTS interface and for the best HyperSpeech experience, I recommend the use of Loquendo or NeoSpeech voices.

(I've added support for Windows XP as well as it turned out that HyperSpeech is working on the SAPI 5.1 engine as well)

There is however, a significant difference in how certain voices and speech engines are interpreting and speaking the text you send.

For now I've decided to stick to the US Loquendo TTS voices and optimize speech for these voices with the RegEx'es in the HyperSpeech.dat file.

NOTE:

If you really want to add a little twist to HyperSpeech, route the Speech output through a voice morpher, and add effects to it to create a unique sounding voice.

Here's a video of HyperSpeech in effect in the HyperSpin main wheel:

Latest version:

HyperSpeech 0.9 (Added Windows XP support)

Previous versions:

HyperSpeech 0.8 (No more writing to a temp and now supports any video extension

HyperSpeech 0.7 (Supports Hyperspin 1.3: now scans for .mp4 system movies instead .flv's)

HyperSpeech 0.6 (For Hyperspin 1.2, fixed an issue with output to LEDBlinky)

Update:

I've now uploaded the AHK source files to the FTP for those who want to tweak, add features to it or just use some of my code for use in their own projects.

Click here to download this file

[Styphelus]

Thanks, but still not saying the name of the system. It activated as son as I start hyperspin (it tells me so) but I spin the wheel up and down through various system and nothing. It does not tell me the name of any of them. Then I select a system and it tells me its and excellent choice and proceeds to tell me the name of every game I pick.

[ninja2bceen]

Things I remember when it was working for me... Mine just stopped working all together and I haven't updated hyperspin or hyperlaunch yet. Mine doesn't say anything except activated lol. It used to work perfectly. I think Microsoft may have updated something it was right around that time mine stopped working or psp wheel screws it up? But make sure that you run as admin for handle and hyperspin and make sure bios is turned on in the ini

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[Min2001]

Yer I can't get mine to work now either, lol

 

It is speaking from the Intro [HSStart] parts of the ini file but not from the System [system Bio] sections of the ini even when it is enabled.

 

Edit:

?? erm.., just reinstalled and still didnt speak the bios so I went through the list of my nintendo games one by one escaped back out to the systems view and it starts to speak the system names and suddenly just starts working again. I'm sure someone has put a curse on my computer.

 

Edit2:

 

 

Thanks, but still not saying the name of the system. It activated as son as I start hyperspin (it tells me so) but I spin the wheel up and down through various system and nothing. It does not tell me the name of any of them. Then I select a system and it tells me its and excellent choice and proceeds to tell me the name of every game I pick.

 

It only seems to be working on certain systems:

Working:
Nintendo 64
Nintendo Entertainment System
Panasonic 3DO
Sega 32X
Sega CD
Sega Master System
Sega Model 2
Sony Playstation
Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Not Working:
MAME
American Laser Games
Commodore 64
DICE
Doom
Future Pinball
Frets on Fire X
Nintendo DS
Nintendo Game Boy
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Nintendo Game Boy Color
Nintendo Wii
NEC PC Engine-CD
PC Games
Pinball FX2
ScummVM
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Game Gear
Sega Mega Drive
Sega Model 3
Sega Naomi
Sony Playstation 2
Sony PSP
Touhou Project
NEC TurboGrafx-CD
VLC
XBMC

 

Edit 3:

Nope Just dug deeper into some major AHK Coding... Explains nothing, My eyes hurt after constantly staring at some Major codework!

[ninja2bceen]

Yes I think boogieman needs to look at this and possible make an update if he's still around

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[marxkemp]

OK, I think I have the same above problems. I'll stop pulling my hair out.

[spotUP]

No info on how to make those sound morphing things aka how to make it sound cool in windows 7?

[ninja2bceen]

Anyone know how to modify the ahk so that hyperspeech can be supported in rocket launcher? Between this and hiscore this is the only thing stopping me from upgrading

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[Undertow76]

It works with Rocket Launcher, but not like it did, on my setup, it only works on the game wheel, and not the system menu,   im using the newest Beta of HS, and RL.

I would like to see this be developed more,  It is a great add-on!

[ninja2bceen]

I would pm pietie. He has long stretches of being active vs non a fiver here

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[gigapig]

I would pm pietie. He has long stretches of being active vs non a fiver here

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You do realise that pietie didn't create HyperSpeech, but I suppose he could look at it??

[ninja2bceen]

Oops I was looking at hypersearch... Someone there was having a focus issue. This is boogieman :-)

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