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Text to Speach Ring Tone Possible?

There seems to be lots of free and open source text to speach code out there: http://sig.levillage.org/?p=551
So, wouldnt it be cool to have your universal say 'Incoming call from <contact name>' instead of your usual ring tone? It gets right around the problem of having to open up the screen to see who is calling.
It would also be a great gimick for people with other phones too. Talking ring tones havent even been done by Nokia yet. 8)

RyanZA said:
There seems to be lots of free and open source text to speach code out there: http://sig.levillage.org/?p=551
So, wouldnt it be cool to have your universal say 'Incoming call from <contact name>' instead of your usual ring tone? It gets right around the problem of having to open up the screen to see who is calling.
It would also be a great gimick for people with other phones too. Talking ring tones havent even been done by Nokia yet. 8)
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Microsoft Voice Command do that and more...
If there is a program to read your incoming sms.....
Regards,
Arto.

Artosoft said:
Microsoft Voice Command do that and more...
If there is a program to read your incoming sms.....
Regards,
Arto.
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Wow, thanks.
Yeah, incoming SMS would be good. :wink:

RyanZA said:
Artosoft said:
Microsoft Voice Command do that and more...
If there is a program to read your incoming sms.....
Regards,
Arto.
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Wow, thanks.
Yeah, incoming SMS would be good. :wink:
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VIJAY...... WE NEED YOU!!!!
Regards,
Arto.

There is the Fonix range which can read your email, but I don't know whether it'd be able to read your SMSes too.
Not to be a stick-in-the-mud, but why would you want SMS-to-Speech?
"Dot Dot Dot Forwardslash dot dot dot Open Bracket dot dot dot", and that's just the first line of one of those cutesy smsses. Or the ones where each letter is converted into it's visual brother, but with umlauts and all the other diacritical marks (accents, breves, circumflexes, spiritus and hooks)? To the english speaking person, the letter "ß" looks like a funky "B", but in germanic, it's an 's" sound.
And "Ur th bst 1 n da wrld" (not a good example, but you get the idea) does not translate well if not heavily interpreted first.
It'd be a "neato" feature, which you'd uninstall after a day's usage.

Can Microsoft Voice Command read up a contacts name and tell me that?
.. Microsoft Voice Command is it worth buying?

Messed around with MS voice command a bit.. havent been using it much before because I dont need the features much over the built in thing. I tried turning on the announce incoming phone calls option, but its really soft. (Far too soft to hear). The normal ring tone plays for a second, then goes soft and I assume the voice command is trying to speak after that, but its too soft to hear, even with the phone next to my ear.

I agree, I love the Voice command function that tells you who's calling but yes it is way to quiet so I usually turn it off, it needs to be load and not trying to swap between the ringtone and voice command telling you the person who's calling. So yes a specific program to do this as a ring tone would be great.

Interesting thread. This is a great idea, but I have to say, MSVC does the job so well, it's probably not worth expanding beyond there. However, I'm looking into a general text to speech solution for PPC.
Our best bet is flite, which is a relatively large install and doesn't sound very good.
However, an easy way for you to start thinking about this is to check out the app WordBook. I think it installs a version of the Flite dll. You can copy text and get it to speak it straight back to you. The speech is quite poor quality, but it gives you an idea. Now I imagine you can access this externally, and so you can intercept SMS, calls etc and get it text to speeched.
However, since MSVC is installed in traditional SAPI form, it should also be externally accessible.
V

Voice Command
I have just tried the demo of Voice Command on universal, but i couldnt get button on bluetooth headset to activate it. Also it would be nice if the caller name being read out would be good over the bluetooth headset.
Can and of the genius's on this site create such a programe. Or anyone know of any other programmes.
Using the phone in clam mode means you dont know whos calling, and as i use my bluetooth headset all the time, it would be nice to know whos calling.
Thanks in advance
Tim

timha: there are about 90 threads on the VC+Clam issue. Non successful, but helpful...
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vijay555 said:
Interesting thread. This is a great idea, but I have to say, MSVC does the job so well, it's probably not worth expanding beyond there.
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I dont know about that. Have you tried using the announce incoming calls option? On my universal, no matter what settings I try, its simply impossible to hear what VC is saying while the phone is ringing. So for me, VC definately doesnt seem to be doing the job very well at all.
Has anybody been able to get VC to properly announce the caller ID?

No VC is to quiet, so useless

Aaah, ok, I don't use my universal as a phone, and just remember it from the Magician, when it would announce calls. I think there's a thread around trying to resolve this issue though.
V

Voice Command has a known problem of being extremely quiet on the Universal.
Somewhere on this site there is a fix CAB file that ostensibly makes the volume higher. I hadn't found a major difference, but look for it and try.
The announce works best if you turn the ringtone off and use annouce only (make sure your normal volume - not ringing volume - is turned way up)

No good, its still very soft. Having the volume on full is also quite a hindrance, since you have to keep turning it up and down all the time. As they said back in November, we'r going to have to wait on an update to make voice command properly compatible with WM5. There doesnt seem to be any move by Microsoft to actually do this, though.
Strange that nobody has really used voice caller ID on the Universal before - it seems the obvious choice for a ring tone to me on a phone like this.

The hack for increasing sound - never tried it, but it involves, IIRC, changing the attentuation type in the notification settings.
V

Hi.
I only have Voice Commander. Is it different from MSVC? I keep looking for the announce incoming calls but couldnt find it. Voice Commander has been in my phone when I bought it so I just use what's available but it gives me so much headache. When I say "Call John", it gives me several names that dont even sound close to John. Grrr! I even put tags on the names individually but my VC is so deaf! Is it because of my bluetooth headset, VC or is it the phone's fault?
thanks

I've been using this for a couple of years now:
http://www.naturalvoices.att.com/demos/
Type your message, pick and voice and download the WAV
Nice and easy and works VERY well so check it out

RyanZA said:
There seems to be lots of free and open source text to speach code out there: http://sig.levillage.org/?p=551
So, wouldnt it be cool to have your universal say 'Incoming call from <contact name>' instead of your usual ring tone? It gets right around the problem of having to open up the screen to see who is calling.
It would also be a great gimick for people with other phones too. Talking ring tones havent even been done by Nokia yet. 8)
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aside from microsoft voice command; what i use is mortring...i'm sure you guys are familiar with this app...it allows you to assign ringtones and sms sounds to individuals in your contacts. using the xda's microphone, i made my own ringtones by recording either my voice or someone else's. example; i deal with a lot of raw material suppliers and i get calls all the time. when this guy working for a foundry calls me up; the sound i recorded goes "mr. johnson is calling". for others whom i've developed good relationships with, i asked if i could record their voice and use it as a ringtone....so if my supplier from an aluminum die caster calls my xda goes "hi robson, this is ch lim". sms' are easy since you can do the same and assign them for that particular contact. when i receive and sms, my xda goes "text message from ____". for the people who call me that are not in my contacts list; the default ringtone i've set sounds off. this is very convenient for me when i'm driving or the like, no need to look at the phone and simply activate the bluetooth headset.
you don't really have to go and search the net for ringtones all the time; you can use the xda's recorder to actually make them. the format output is in .wav file. for text to speech for sms, i agree that would be a very interesting feature...flite is a good app...perhaps vijay can link up something for sms? but then that would probably violate the license thingee for flite...
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[IDEA] Spoken Time

Hello Everyone,
I don't know if anything like this is already available, but I'd love to have something which speaks the time to me so that I don't have to get my phone out of my pocket when I have the headset on.
I get so frustrated having to keep getting my phone out, especially when listening to music.
It would be great if it listened for a particular HW button key press or something.
Thanks,
Daveraven

Again I am disappointed how lazy ppl are nowadays.
SPOKEN TIME IS FOR BLIND PEOPLE! YOU ARE LUCKY YOU CAN SEE THE CLOCK SO SEE IT!!

Usper said:
Again I am disappointed how lazy ppl are nowadays.
SPOKEN TIME IS FOR BLIND PEOPLE! YOU ARE LUCKY YOU CAN SEE THE CLOCK SO SEE IT!!
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OK fine, I think someone should make this application for blind people.
How can you say "I am disappointed how lazy people are nowadays" ?
This is a forum about Pocket PCs, and half of the threads are about applications and things to save time/hassle. Will you visit all the other threads about great applications and complain about how lazy people are?
Daveraven
P.S. I noticed that you're too lazy to write the word 'people' so you used 'ppl' instead... how hypocritical of you!

....more than spoken time is the Spoken Caller Name... with loquendo tts would be GREAT... but i think anyone has the skill here.... or the time.
I've heard it on a nokia and it's really cool (also for 1 ring-missed calls)

already in voice command
correct me if I'm wrong, but voice command does exactly this. Just press the button on your headset, (or the assigned button on the diamond itself) to activate voice command, then it beeps. Then you say, "what time is it" Then the lovely computer voice tells you. easy as pie.

I don't seem to have Voice Command, whatever that is...

You can read about it here -
http://www.twoinchview.com/124-microsoft-voice-command-16-reviewed

there is Cyberon (no idea on spelling) and Microsoft Voice Commander, Dutty does two versions of his ROMs, one with C one with M.

Excellent - thanks everyone!
I suppose asking for the time instead of pressing a button would be sufficient!
Daveraven

....cyberon voice command not avaiable in italian

daveraven said:
Hello Everyone,
I don't know if anything like this is already available, but I'd love to have something which speaks the time to me so that I don't have to get my phone out of my pocket when I have the headset on.
I get so frustrated having to keep getting my phone out, especially when listening to music.
It would be great if it listened for a particular HW button key press or something.
Thanks,
Daveraven
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Star Time is available on www.e-mode.ro torrent at : http://www.e-mode.ro/details.php?id=3499

Joeball88 said:
correct me if I'm wrong, but voice command does exactly this. Just press the button on your headset, (or the assigned button on the diamond itself) to activate voice command, then it beeps. Then you say, "what time is it" Then the lovely computer voice tells you. easy as pie.
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Yep you are correct. This thread is now closed because the original request has been met and could have been met by performing a simple search.

Vibrate when the answer?

Hi Guys,
How to setting vibrate when call answer (pickup)?

I'm afraid you cant on the X1, I miss that feature from the HTC devices.

I have it.
its in the settings menu on s2u2 (slide2unlock2)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=464695&highlight=s2u2

eh?
can someone please explain in english what the OP is asking? so we can understand the answer. i dont like how the phone vibrates constantly instead of in a pattern, is this related?

Jasand said:
I have it.
its in the settings menu on s2u2 (slide2unlock2)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=464695&highlight=s2u2
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yeah i use that also, you make a call and once it makes a connection(someone picking up) it vibrate, its pretty cool and it also has a different unlock screen

alias_neo said:
can someone please explain in english what the OP is asking? so we can understand the answer. i dont like how the phone vibrates constantly instead of in a pattern, is this related?
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No, it's not related.
He wanted to know how he can have a short vibrate-signal when a call connection is established (e.g. when answering a phone call, the phone vibrates one short time and shows you that you can speak now)

Try Yota Contacts. It also has the vibrate when call picked up feature.

isn't that available on the Blackstone Dialer too?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442154

mkouk said:
isn't that available on the Blackstone Dialer too?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442154
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Yes. The option became available for me after installing the Blackstone Dialer.
It's under phone options on the "Advanced" tab (the last one on the right).

mkouk said:
isn't that available on the Blackstone Dialer too?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442154
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Great!
TNX!

But HOW to do this without additional (huge) programs?? Registry fix for example.
Like usual patch for SE k750...

Cool
skycamefalling said:
No, it's not related.
He wanted to know how he can have a short vibrate-signal when a call connection is established (e.g. when answering a phone call, the phone vibrates one short time and shows you that you can speak now)
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Ah, cool. Sodoes this work for outgoing calls? Say when the other person picks up, so we don't have to keep phone to ear while it rings.
The feature described sounds nice, it's a HTC feature? I'v never heard of it before.

alias_neo said:
Ah, cool. Sodoes this work for outgoing calls? Say when the other person picks up, so we don't have to keep phone to ear while it rings.
The feature described sounds nice, it's a HTC feature? I'v never heard of it before.
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It is old feature as my granny. All sonyericsson phones have patches to make it feature and even developed for symbian...

Ethermind said:
But HOW to do this without additional (huge) programs?? Registry fix for example.
Like usual patch for SE k750...
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For the fifth time in this forum, search for VAlert. It's a small problem which allows you to choose the "pulse" you want for incoming calls.

MS Voice command; how to get it to work with standard headsetbutton??

Hi guys,
Today I've downloaded the Microsoft Voice Command from this topic. I really like the programme, but the only thing with it is, that I have to press and hold the call button, to get it to work. Now I would really love it when I can activate the program with the call button on my standard htc headset, so I can keep my phone in my pocket. Does anybody know how I can get this to work?
Thanks in advance,
B4kk3r

Found an solution to my problem in this thread (post of erwindevries)

Didn't work for me b/c Redial wasn't used/configed for windows :-(

neonoxDE said:
Didn't work for me b/c Redial wasn't used/configed for windows :-(
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Maybe you got some sort of other program with the same function as Redial, but only with an different name? Sorry but I'm no expert so I can't help you very well on this one:S.
Greetz

Announce caller name

I've had a search, but couldn't find anything ..
Is there a way to make the HD2 say the callers name (if in phonebook) when an incoming call comes in and you are using a headset?
It's a pain to have to look at the phone all the time before knowing whether to press the "answer key" on the headset.
ROM 1.48
Thanks!

blanco360 said:
I've had a search, but couldn't find anything ..
Is there a way to make the HD2 say the callers name (if in phonebook) when an incoming call comes in and you are using a headset?
It's a pain to have to look at the phone all the time before knowing whether to press the "answer key" on the headset.
ROM 1.48
Thanks!
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Have a look here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=416774
They're discussing doing that exact thing with MS Voice Command, but on a Diamond.

Ahah.. great, thanks
Not sure if it's worth paying £30 though just to have someone tell me who is calling, lo.

blanco360 said:
Ahah.. great, thanks
Not sure if it's worth paying £30 though just to have someone tell me who is calling, lo.
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Yeah, too right!
Maybe just record yourself saying the names of the more important people on your contact list and set the samples as ringtones for those people. You could do it for everyone on your list if you wanted to.
Not a perfect solution, I know, but it would work (and it's free )

Haha - I guess.
What I really want though is it will only say the name if I am using the headset.
If the headset isn't plugged in, I don't want it announcing the callers name to everyone around me

I wondered. My trinity could do that. But it was due to a rom I got from here, I think.
Somehow it was a nice feature. But utterly scary at the first time.