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JackNapier
02-15-2006, 02:31 AM
Am I the only one who makes the speech tool in the control panel say things? It's hilarious, yesterday I tried to make him do a kool-aid man impression. "OOOOOH YEEEAAAH!!!!"
Meat Puppet
02-15-2006, 02:32 AM
Yes you are.

EDIT: Oh, must be a Windows XP thing. :(
Psychotic
02-15-2006, 02:35 AM
I had no idea this thing existed until now. Oh, the sweet pleasures of courting lady General Chat never cease.

He can't say fhqwhgads or BAoTW very well. His edczxcvbnm is most impressive, though.
Levian
02-15-2006, 02:40 AM
what?
rubah
02-15-2006, 03:46 AM
I never messed with it. David and Tyler played withit in french class al ittle last year.
T-MaN
02-15-2006, 03:52 AM
GeeZ, I never even heard about it. Where the heck have I been?
Shoeberto
02-15-2006, 03:52 AM
It's funny for about five minutes, when you're just playing with it by yourself after first finding it. After that, it's kinda meh. Especially when you get idiots in computer classes who huddle around it, furiously typing mispelled words to get it to say something dirty, giggling like children all the while. It gets real old after that.
kikimm
02-15-2006, 03:58 AM
Ha, I totally forgot about this thing! :D

I'll have fun tonight. Being immature is grand!
Xaven
02-15-2006, 04:02 AM
My cousin and I played around with it a few years ago. It was fun for a while, but we eventually got bored with it.

Something that we still joke about today is his pronounciation of the alphabet. "Abkudef Gik Lnohp Crustive Wuxes." Mainly the Crustive Wuxes part.

Another thing Brad found was his pronouciation of "soy" (and "soi" at the end of a word). Play with it yourself if you feel like it.
nik0tine
02-15-2006, 04:14 AM
This is the coolest fucking thing I've ever seen.
Jess
02-15-2006, 05:56 PM
I send text messages to my house phone, because the phone rings and then a automated woman reads it out. It's fun. :cool:
Levian
02-15-2006, 06:42 PM
Oh. That control panel. I thought there was a speech thingy in the eoff user control panel. How much of an idiot am I? (rhetorical question.)
Shoden
02-15-2006, 06:59 PM
You can download other voices right? Microsoft SAM sounds like a robot or doped up Ste Hawking.
Alive-Cat
02-15-2006, 07:02 PM
I used to do it a lot. I used to cover rap songs with it. :cool:
Psychotic
02-15-2006, 07:02 PM
doped up Ste Hawking.So THAT'S how you get him into bed with you.
Zeldy
02-15-2006, 07:50 PM
I'd never heard of this until now xD!
Boosk
02-15-2006, 08:04 PM
I used to mess around on it all the time. Great when you're really bored.

Kagga:love:
Rye
02-15-2006, 08:41 PM
Oh man, I only thought this thing existed on Macs, we play with it in school a lot. Awesomesauce. Thanks for showing us it. I did "OH YEEEEAH" too. :D


I had no idea this thing existed until now. Oh, the sweet pleasures of courting lady General Chat never cease.

He can't say fhqwhgads or BAoTW very well. His edczxcvbnm is most impressive, though.

I tried edczxcvbnm with MICROSOFT SAM, and he WAS good at it.
Lost Number
02-15-2006, 08:44 PM
Man, I just remembered this thing existed!
Shoden
02-15-2006, 08:47 PM
So THAT'S how you get him into bed with you.
Whoa there, you got it all wrong, sure my intents are evil but I just get him to tell me the answers for my exams, all you need is some Microsoft sam, a long word and he's out.

Is it just me or does MS Sam sound boring as hell, where can you get the others then?
fire_of_avalon
02-15-2006, 09:30 PM
How do I make it work? Whenever I click on Speech it just comes up with the properties stuff.
Old Manus
02-15-2006, 09:52 PM
Omg this is the coolest thing to do on a computer
JackNapier
02-15-2006, 10:00 PM
I used to do it a lot. I used to cover rap songs with it. :cool:
lmao I tried that too. It's like a monotone Snoop Dogg.
Bart's Friend Milhouse
02-15-2006, 10:06 PM
this sounds really intriguing,
what control panel are you talking about (i.e. where can I find it?)

EDIT: Oh you mean the Playback TTS thing on XP
TheSpoonyBard
02-15-2006, 10:15 PM
On Windows XP

Start -> Control Panel -> Sound, Speech, and Audio Devices -> Speech -> Text to Speech tab
Bart's Friend Milhouse
02-15-2006, 10:19 PM
i'll check it out when I go to my sisters
nearly everything is blocked in these international Halls
Alive-Cat
02-15-2006, 11:26 PM
i'll check it out when I go to my sisters
nearly everything is blocked in these international Halls

He's in the international Halls! That means he's president! Hey, everyone! President!
TheSpoonyBard
02-15-2006, 11:30 PM
The UK doesn't have a President.
Rye
02-15-2006, 11:33 PM
Microsoft Sam is ghetto. ;)
Bart's Friend Milhouse
02-18-2006, 04:10 PM
You can download other voices right? Microsoft SAM sounds like a robot or doped up Ste Hawking.

he sounds more like HAL 9000 to me
Bowser
02-18-2006, 10:49 PM
I have a Mac, so I have about 20 different voices. :D My favorite voice is Bubbles. I make him say "oooooooooooooooooooooo0000000000oooooooooooooooooo", but it doens't really work.
Rengori
02-19-2006, 02:00 AM
It's funny for about five minutes, when you're just playing with it by yourself after first finding it. After that, it's kinda meh. Especially when you get idiots in computer classes who huddle around it, furiously typing mispelled words to get it to say something dirty, giggling like children all the while. It gets real old after that.
Sums it up right there.