same here. The pro voices are something you have to buy. At one point it cost double to buy anything us with nz cash. So a 30 dollar game would be double. Its less now but still a load. At 08:55 a.m. 29/01/2007, you wrote: >sapi voices? i hate mike, mary and sam. they suck. just wish you didn't have >to pay for any of the other cooler ones. i can see your point though. it >will make the game a lot smaller. just wish the proper ones weren't so big, >weren't charged for, and would actually work without crashing the >screenreader in the process of changing synthesisers. >i think i'd make all my games self-voicing unless anyone had any objections. > > >regards, > >damien > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Phil Vlasak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:10 PM >Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Sarah game delayed by winter vacations > > >> Hi Nicol, >> I still have SAPI read the tarot cards since it would require Sarah to >> read >> almost 100 more things and would make the game much larger. >> I have the Kate voice read the cards since she is on my system but the >> game >> will read the cards by what ever voices you already have, Kate is not >> included with the game! >> You hit v to choose your preferred voice but this will only be necessary >> in >> the Divination classroom. >> When Sarah first tries out the tarot deck, she gets some magical energy >> from >> the cards. >> >> When Sarah reads the books in the library it is not her voice but the >> voice >> of the book that speaks. >> So when she gets to the book that screams, it is the book itself screaming >> not Sarah. >> Harry does something like this in the first Harry Potter book. >> Some books have clues to puzzles in the game while others give her >> additional magical power to cast spells. >> I was originally going to withhold some spells until she read the book but >> changed my mind and gave her all the spells in the demo level. >> After all, she is a graduate of the Salem school so she should have some >> knowledge of the spells. >> >> >> Both the tarot feature and the library are available only to registered >> owners of the game, and are not in the demo level. >> >> Phil >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "nicol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 5:28 AM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Sarah game delayed by winter vacations >> >> >>> Hay phil >>> I remember when you posted that mp3 file, the sneek preview that there >>> was a deck of cards that sarah picked up. >>> And that when you press x kate reads each card's description. But the new >>> game will have sarah's voice instead of the synthesized voice. Have you >>> included the deck of cards in the new version? But does the deck of >>> cards >>> aid you in your quest? >>> I'm just very puzzled how the library books are going to work. In the >>> manual >>> you said that there's some spells you have to find its meaning in the >>> library. >>> I would just like you to explain something to me. If this is going to be >>> a >>> spoiler when you explain this, then I'll rather wait to try out the demo, >>> but if this will not result in a spoiler, please satisfy my curiosity? >>> You said that when sarah reads some of the books in the library, she will >>> scream out of horror. Now this is what's puzzling me. >>> Say for instance the book that's causing her to scream is very >>> interesting. >>> Ok, I'm walking into the library, I find this book. >>> Now the moment I press x for examine sarah reads the book and starts >>> screaming. >>> How is this going to work? If sarah is the main narrating voice how >>> would it be possible for her to read a book and scream at the same time? >>> Will it be 2 sarah voices one reading and once screaming|? Sayh for >>> instance she starts reading this book and it sounds interesting to me. >>> But >>> now she is screaming at the same time. Will it be possible to still >>> clearly >>> hear each word as she is reading from the book while she is screaming? >>> Won't her screaming overwhelm the voice reading the book? Won't the >>> screaming all the time make it impossible for me to hear the book's >>> reading? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Behalf Of Phil Vlasak >>> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 6:48 PM >>> To: Gamers Discussion list >>> Subject: [Audyssey] Sarah game delayed by winter vacations >>> >>> Latest PCS Games News, >>> >>> Both GMA and Draconis Entertainment are on vacation until February. >>> David Greenwood and myself have managed to remove three major bugs in the >>> Sarah game but there is still one more to remove before I will be selling >>> the >>> game. >>> In the meantime, I will work on getting the bugs out and adding >>> additional >>> features. >>> I do not want to post the game before those major people at the two >>> companies get back during the first week in February. >>> >>> Yesterday I put three cups and three shield awards in the trophy room. >>> No, you can not take them with you, but I think they add a little more >>> detail to the otherwise bare room. >>> I also added someone who likes to bounce around in the trophy room. >>> I am sorry for the Sarah game release delay, and my contest for a free >>> magic >>> wand will be extended until the end of March. >>> You can still send me kitten sounds to add to the game, I already got >>> one. >>> Phil >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gamers mailing list .. 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