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CardJoe · 16th May 2008, 09:05

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/05...allenge-2008/1

The Blizzard Challenge is a project set up by the University of Edinburgh aimed at creating a speech synthesiser as close to human speech as is possible - and you can get involved.

freedom810 · 16th May 2008, 09:30

When i saw the name blizzard i immediately thought of WoW

theevilelephant · 16th May 2008, 11:47

im just doing it now and im pretty darn impressed with some of them!

DriftCarl · 16th May 2008, 12:58

my mum could really use some of this. i have been trying for ages to find something good for her to use, we have just set the screen to use 400% zoom at the moment.
Ill sign up and see how good these people are

LordPyrinc · 16th May 2008, 22:33

WOT... DU... U... MEEN... THIS... NOT... NOR... MAL... SPEEK?

Phil Rhodes · 18th May 2008, 18:04

One of the downsides of this is that the dalek/hawking ones are actually faster to listen to. Anyone who has to use these things generally spends a lot of time trying to make their computer interaction faster - that is, less painfully slow.

Next time I hear Jaws say "Page has three frames and one hundred and three links" I'm going to go to Yahoo and start laying about myself with a baseball bat.

Tab, tab, tab, tab, tab...

Brooxy · 19th May 2008, 11:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by freedom810

When i saw the name blizzard i immediately thought of Starcraft 2

Corrected

16th May 2008, 09:05	#1
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,988	The Blizzard Challenge 2008 http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/05...allenge-2008/1 The Blizzard Challenge is a project set up by the University of Edinburgh aimed at creating a speech synthesiser as close to human speech as is possible - and you can get involved. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

16th May 2008, 09:30	#2
freedom810 Supermodder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK, Worcestershire, Worcester Posts: 564	When i saw the name blizzard i immediately thought of WoW __________________ Save My Mini city! Save my Industry!

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LordPyrinc Legomaniac Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: USA Posts: 256	WOT... DU... U... MEEN... THIS... NOT... NOR... MAL... SPEEK? __________________ HP Pavilion Elite m9040n PC - Vista Home Premium Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 @ 2.40ghz - 3G of RAM - Dual 320G HDs Upgrades/Add-ons: 22" Widescreen LCD, 700W RocketFish PSU, BFG GeForce 9800 GT 160G Ext USB HD, Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers

16th May 2008, 11:47	#3
theevilelephant Bit-tech's Heffalump Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Aberystwyth Posts: 797	im just doing it now and im pretty darn impressed with some of them!

16th May 2008, 12:58	#4
DriftCarl Multimodder Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 199	my mum could really use some of this. i have been trying for ages to find something good for her to use, we have just set the screen to use 400% zoom at the moment. Ill sign up and see how good these people are

18th May 2008, 18:04	#6
Phil Rhodes Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 582	One of the downsides of this is that the dalek/hawking ones are actually faster to listen to. Anyone who has to use these things generally spends a lot of time trying to make their computer interaction faster - that is, less painfully slow. Next time I hear Jaws say "Page has three frames and one hundred and three links" I'm going to go to Yahoo and start laying about myself with a baseball bat. Tab, tab, tab, tab, tab...