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Short: Sampled Speaking Clock!
Author: Gareth Murfin (gazy@globalnet.co.uk)
Uploader: Gareth Murfin (gazy@globalnet.co.uk)
Type: util/boot
Replaces: SSClock.lha
SSClock : Sampled Speaking Clock v1.2 (24.12.97)
-------------------------------------
By Gareth Murfin.
* Now Includes Canadian and English Voices! *
This is a small program which speaks the time to you in actual sampled speech!
It sits in your WBstartup drawer and everytime you boot up you will hear the
time spoken out to you in my voice. It can also be ran by double clicking the
icon in Workbench and can use your voice too if you own a sampler.
I decided to make this because I have this 'speaking' alarm clock on my desk
which speaks the time to you once you press the button. I always thought it
was a brilliant idea and I always thought it would be good if it had the option
of using your own voice. Obviously this was never going to happen so I sat down
and made SSClock (Sampled Speaking Clock). The actual program was coded in about
1 hour, but then messing around with the code to get it to sound right took a
little bit longer :). So here we have it, a speaking clock capable of using
anyone's voice and its on our favourite computer too!
The clock may sound 'Geordie' to some people in UK, thats because I come from
Newcastle, make your own non geordie version if this irritates you ;))
It was coded in Blitz Basic and has the following nice features :-
o Uses hardly any memory
o Speaks real speech to you
o Can handle am & pm
o Doesn't use the 24 hour clock!
o Brings up no windows
o Needs no configuration
o has the option of using your own voice!
o Will benefit from extra ram and CPU's but still runs on a Stock A500!
o Runs from Bootup, Wb and Cli!
o Makes bootup so much more fun ;-))
o Numerous voices to pick from
o Numerous Languages to pick from *SOON*
Using your own voice in SSClock
-------------------------------
I deliberately left the sound files seperate from SSClock for 2 reasons :-
1. The exe would be huge and s-l-o-w
2. People can make their own sounds to work with SSClock
In the 'SSCSounds' directory you will see a number of .iff sound samples. The
names of the samples are exactly what they sound like, so 1.iff is my voice
saying 'one' and oclock.iff is my voice saying 'O clock'. This should make
it easy for you to sample your own sounds for use in SSClock.
* NOTE: * All samples are welcomed! I want people from all over England to
sample their voices for use in SSClock. I even want foreigners to
do it so we can make versions of SSClock for different countries!
Once you've done the samples send them to me to be included in the
next version of SSClock and your name will be credited under 'with
the voice talents of'. You will also become a registered user of
SSClock which of course will encourage me to make further versions!
Send your samples to gazy@globalnet.co.uk
Here is a guide on how to make SSClock use your own voice :-
~~~~~~~
1. Make a backup of the SSCSounds directory by copying it to somewhere safe
on your HD and renaming the directory to SSCSounds.bak
2. Make sure in your WBStartup directory you have the SSClock file & SSCSounds
directory. Make sure there IS NOT an icon for the SSCSounds directory
otherwise when your Amiga boots it will go crazy :)
3. Get a sound sampler and good package. Then sample in the following sounds and
save them in the SSCSounds directory as the file names below :-
0.iff your voice saying 'oh' (as in 6:05pm)
1.iff your voice saying 'one'
2.iff your voice saying 'two'
3.iff your voice saying 'three'
4.iff your voice saying 'four'
5.iff your voice saying 'five'
6.iff your voice saying 'six'
7.iff your voice saying 'seven'
8.iff your voice saying 'eight'
9.iff your voice saying 'nine'
10.iff your voice saying 'ten'
11.iff your voice saying 'eleven'
12.iff your voice saying 'twelve'
13.iff your voice saying 'thirteen'
14.iff your voice saying 'fourteen'
15.iff your voice saying 'fifteen'
16.iff your voice saying 'sixteen'
17.iff your voice saying 'seventeen'
18.iff your voice saying 'eightteen'
19.iff your voice saying 'nineteen'
20.iff your voice saying 'twenty'
30.iff your voice saying 'thirty'
40.iff your voice saying 'forty'
50.iff your voice saying 'fifty'
am.iff your voice saying 'am' (as in 6:05am)
pm.iff your voice saying 'pm' (as in 6:05pm)
oclock.iff your voice saying 'O clock' (as in 6:00)
4. Test your sounds by running SSClock and if they are good LHA them and eMail
them to me for inclusion in the next version of SSClock, you will also be
listed in the credits under 'with the voice talents of'
Send complete sample sets for SSClock to : gazy@globalnet.co.uk
Installing a New Voice into SSClock Manually
--------------------------------------------
What?? you dont like my voice?? :)).. Ok heres what you do :-
1. Rename the current SSCSounds directory to SSCSounds.UK
2. Rename your choice to SSCSounds eg,
SSCSounds.US ==> SSCSounds
Bugs
----
If SSClock is loaded repeatedly over and over again it may crash your Amiga! This
is because unless you give it time to end it will try and reuse variables which
are already being used by the program. Solution, dont run it repeatedly ;).
It should be ok if you leave a 10 second gap between running the exe again.
Because of this bug SSClock may not work from your startup sequence, and in some
rare cases your WbStartup Directory. This is because if your Amiga is struggling
ie, loading lots of stuff, SSClock may 'stutter'. If this happens then eMail
me because I have already written a script to delay SSClock for 10 seconds. This
means it wont interupt with other speaking boot programs like AmiGreet and it
will also ensure there is less disk activity when it is trying to speak.
I may include this script in the next version of SSClock if there is sufficient
interest.
Credits
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Main Concept and coding - Gareth Murfin
With the voice talents of - Gareth Murfin
- Allan Versaevel
- Your name could be here!
Also Check Out :-
-----------------
Also look out for these programs which were all done by the author. They are
available from http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~gazy/ (and some from AmiNet)
Please eMail gazy@globalnet.co.uk for info on any program or if you want to help
with my 'projects in the making'.
AmiClock - Nice Wb Clock
AmiGreet - Greets you on bootup
Carnlevels - New levels for carnage
Dwarfdemo - Small aga demo about DWaRFx
|DWaRFx| - Ultimate IRC scripts!
JoyMouse - Use CD³² pad as a mouse
Theme040 - 040 upgrade for Themepark aga
ZombieFest - Small zombie film demo
Zippyxdemo - Aga MegaDemo
Hoppyxdemo - Aga MegaDemo
DMscript - Upgrade to DiskMaster
Dotd Rpg - Dawn of the dead text RPG
SetPatch97 - Unofficial GateWay 2000 SetPatch
VikRad S.E - 4 Player War game.
Gloom3 - Commercial DOOM game
GloomRejects - Gloom 3 Rejected files
GloomLoading - Bug Fixes for Gloom3
WbLogo - Wb backdrop animator
AmiTip - Brings up a tip on bootup
Rejects - 3 minute Cartoon with sound
SSClock - Sampled Speaking Clock!
Projects in the making :-
LunaIRC - NEW Amiga IRC Client! [ 40% complete ]
Skoolz Out - Skool Daze clone [ 60% complete ]
Stix N Trax - Ice hockey game [100% complete ]
Evil Residence - Zombie platformer [ 70% complete ]
Mooving on Ice - Cow's Ice Hockey game [ 40% complete ]
ShowConfig2 - Replacement for Wb ShowConfig [ 90% complete ]
AmiGuess - Number guessing game [ 90% complete ]
AmiGreet v1.4 - Speaks to you on bootup! [ 90% complete ]
DWaRFx-TNG v2.5 - The Ultimate AmIRC scripts. [ 95% complete ]
Gaz - gazy@globalnet.co.uk
- GalaxyNet #AmIRC (SpryNet.Us.GalaxyNet.Org)
- http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~gazy/
SSClock® is Copyright © Gareth Murfin
C< Alpha Software.
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