[arrmn]

Can you elaborate more on the TTS? Did you prerecord fragments (how many did you actually do?) and you just stich them together? So there is a may.mp3, 22.mp3 and your scripts just puts them together?

[holdenc137]

Sure.

For dates etc - you got it. I think from memory it would be 'Wednesday' + 'the 18th' + 'of' + 'may...' + '20' + '22'

For the narrative speech it would be more words in a file. There are plenty of files (EDIT: just checked 350ish files that cover all the variations of script that can be generated at the moment)

In general the TTS - part of the project is the 'art of the almost possible' (if TTS engines sounded really good - I'd have just used one of the shelf)

[arrmn]

How did you come up with the initial list of phrases? Did you do some kind of analysis of other horoscopes?

[holdenc137]

Listened to a few podcasts, read a few - then tried to come up with some combinations that (I hoped) were funny :)

Here's all of the current 'starts' for the main prediction:

(Note they're all pretty non commital - so anything could come next)

A bite from a wild animal

A financial matter coming to a head

Completion of a long delayed task

A seemingly generous gesture

A sudden realisation

An agreement with a headstrong peer

An unavoidable slowdown

Being pulled between two emotional options

A sudden eruption of feelings

Investigating a proverbial - light in the woods

Involvement with a purely privte project

Making peace with the past

The chance of a big win

Todays socialising