Computer feminization

Status
Thread Closed: Not open for further replies.

ianw

I
Shigawire said:
.....
Oh, and the OP is lying by stating that all voices in the game are female. Selection bias at work here I suspect.
....
Click to expand...

*snipped for relevance to my reply*

Indeed - there is at least one station controller that sounds to me like a cross between a certain male (mostly) Scottish commander on here and a certain male Dutch Commander..

:D
 

Crux

Crux
filip said:
I always get annoyed when computer voices are female in video games, that kind of pandering to the lowest common denominator is so obnoxious.

Will there be an option to have a male voice for computer voicing?
Click to expand...

*Moderation/rozzer edit*
 
Last edited by a moderator:

discreet flame

D
I don't see it exactly pandering, *historically* computer voices have been female. Remember in Privateer 2 The Darkening had Dani Behr cast as the voice because of her voice ?

It'd be cool if there was an optional male voice like Makaan from Homeworld 2 or CABAL from C&C too.

It doesn't take much work to record alternative voices, but there are development implications. First of all the amount of work in the code involved and it doubles the ship voice assets and increases the size of the deployment (what you download).
 

hunvagy

hunvagy
discreet flame said:
I don't see it exactly pandering, *historically* computer voices have been female. Remember in Privateer 2 The Darkening had Dani Behr cast as the voice because of her voice ?

It'd be cool if there was an optional male voice like Makaan from Homeworld 2 or CABAL from C&C too.

It doesn't take much work to record alternative voices, but there are development implications. First of all the amount of work in the code involved and it doubles the ship voice assets and increases the size of the deployment (what you download).
Click to expand...

Oh man, CABAL... "Define Favorable outcome" "They will all die"
 

discreet flame

D
Ah, hell with it, why not have a selection of voices (optional male and female) for ships made by the different manufacturers. Sound doesn't take up that much space if it's compressed well enough !

That'd make everyone happy, right ?
 

Riedquat

Riedquat
Lets compromise.

4157335.jpg


"Hyperdrive systems engaged!..for the twentieth bloody time!"
 
  • Like (+1)
Reactions: Rog

huwthomas

huwthomas
Bomber said:
Elite is all about freedom and choice. I don't see why 'voice choice' cannot be part of the final game.
Possible project for the ED Fan Creations, expansion pack etc? I'm sure the audio files would be easy to do and add in.
Click to expand...

I was going to suggest this, but searched the thread so now I only need to second it :)

Plus, quite a few of us seem to be using synthesised speech through Voice Attack, GlovePIE or similar systems, wouldn't it be cool if the game could access speech synthesis directly? (i.e. there'd be a config option saying, don't play ED's native voice files, send the text to the Windows speech engine instead).

That would eliminate the need to record anything, and give a very wide choice of high-quality voices ... male, female, languages, accents ... albeit paid-for, by and large.
 

k8-bit

k8-bit
huwthomas said:
I was going to suggest this, but searched the thread so now I only need to second it :)

Plus, quite a few of us seem to be using synthesised speech through Voice Attack, GlovePIE or similar systems, wouldn't it be cool if the game could access speech synthesis directly? (i.e. there'd be a config option saying, don't play ED's native voice files, send the text to the Windows speech engine instead).

That would eliminate the need to record anything, and give a very wide choice of high-quality voices ... male, female, languages, accents ... albeit paid-for, by and large.
Click to expand...

I think the problem with that is that contemporary speech synthesis is pretty limited sounding, except for the very high-end expensive products (AT&T, Natural Voices, etc) and since Elite is set in the far future, it would be cooler to have an appropriate naturalized speech appropriate to that future.

all being said, I'm *sure* FD will consider putting in a Sat-Navesque toggle for male/female voices. At the very least that should keep the (oh so very small) minority happy.
 
Status
Thread Closed: Not open for further replies.
Back
Top Bottom