2nd March 2004, 1:15 PM
I noticed that too, but the thing I was happy about was simply that voice synth is improving, rather than the same quality synth I've been hearing since the late 1980's. I had always been upset that EVERYTHING was getting more realistic EXCEPT that, and now it is. I imagine that a lot of work went into designing each and every one of the voices, so unlike previous voice synth apps this one requires a lot more than just altering pitch and tone to create a decent new voice. Anyway, applying this to speaking voice, I imagine, wouldn't be too much of a challenge after this. I wouldn't know though. Once those two are nailed, the only issue is making an easier interface for new voice set creation and the standard constant improvement on the quality.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)