[Nr7]

Cool stuff. I wonder how long it will take until speech synthesis is at the point where it can be used to create dialogue for video games. Obviously it would (at least initially) replace just the less important stuff spoken by background characters or less important NPCs, but even that could be a big improvement.

Just imagine how much more immersive a game like Skyrim would be if the writers could just write the lines and then run it through a speech synthesizer to get finished dialogue. No need to hire multiple actors and get them to a studio to record their lines. It would be so much easier and faster to create a massive amount of unique dialogue and you wouldn't have to listen to the same "arrow to the knee" line spoken by the same couple of actors over and over again everywhere you go.

It would improve user created mods as well since just about anyone could then just create new characters with completely custom voices and dialogue.

[indy]

We could see a resurgence in text adventures, except this time the input would be voice based and the output would be to your headphones.

Downside to this would be people on public transport saying stuff like: "Use magic spell on trolls"

[logicchains]

Sounds like a pretty big upside to me.

[petrochukm]

Hey...

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Just sayin'

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[Mirioron]

Screw Skyrim. Imagine what indie developers could do! It would be particularly amazing if this voice could be generated on the fly. But this is still a ways away.

[sansnomme]

Imagine dwarf fortress with realistic speech...