[RELEASED] Easy Voice - Text to Speech Editor Extension

Sorry, this tool is not designed for runtime use. It will generate sounds at design time in the editor for use by the developer.

 

We don't have adjustments in the tool itself currently but depending on your system you can choose different voices that may work better for you.

 

Many thanks, it's very clever stuff you have If I may ask, is this based from Microsoft speech api possibly, or another library? Just curious

 

@khos85 yes, this is using the Microsoft speech API on Windows. The source code is included in the package as well.

 

I tried to sign up to your forum, but the captcha isn't working properly. I tried five times and it always failed. It started showing one picture on the left that didn't have a valid choice on the right, and when I dragged it into one category and dropped it the picture changed. As it is, it is too difficult to sign up for your forum.

I wanted to suggest integration with another asset, I2 Localization. It would make my life easier at least. ;-)

 

@Tinjaw sorry about the captcha issue on the forums. We just switched to Google's No Captcha system which should make registration a breeze now, give it a try when you get a chance.

Thank you for the suggestion, we'll take a look at I2 Localization.

 

ok it's less funny

 

Hello,

How can I get all the voices (or some) from Mac onto Windows?

I want to be able to change voices within easy voice - which is great using a Mac but using Win7 I only have 1 ...

Thank you.

 

Unfortunately, the voices available vary based on the operating system as you mentioned and are not interchangeable as far as I've seen. Even between different versions of Windows OS releases I've seen differences in available voices. You can purchase additional 3rd party voices for either OS but I haven't seen a set that is shared across both.

 

The "Delete" (this line) action doesn't seem to work. I'm using 5.6.1.f1. Is there another way to delete a line?

 

Hi, thank you for bringing this to my attention. There is no alternate way to delete a line so I'm looking into what happened. I will let you know as soon as it's been resolved. Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

No problem. Thanks for the quick response!

 

Just a quick update, the issue has been resolved and an update submitted to the asset store. If you need it sooner I can provide the fix if you contact me directly.

 

The plugin won't update in my project:



Also, added it to a new project and the "Delete" button still doesn't work. I suspect the Asset Store has the old code even though it shows new version 1.3.

 

Thank you for following-up, something didn't work with the package upload the first time. I've re-submitted and made sure the 5.6.1 built version is there this time.

 

Sorry, I'm seeing the same "Nothing to Import" message and in a clean install the Delete button still doesn't work.

 

I don't think Unity has processed the update yet. We should see a version built with Unity 5.6.1 in the store page as well as an updated ReadMe file with an entry for version 1.3. I submitted it on Thursday so I'm hoping it should be live soon.

 

That's probably what is happening, although Asset Store page shows Version: 1.3 (Jun 07, 2017) for some reason.

 

Yeah, I didn't update the version number with resubmission since the release with the changes is 1.3. The previous submission didn't include the code changes so waiting for them to push the updated package built with the latest Unity build.

 

Just a quick follow-up, the updated version 1.3 is now live in the asset store. Please let me know when you have a chance to try it.

 

Thank you! Works great. I really like how you implemented delete confirmation with the small red "delete" button. It's much nicer than an annoying pop-up dialog.

 

What am I doing wrong? I cannot get the panel to show entire easy voice options. I've used this with past version of unity just fine but now resizing the window, resetting layouts, doesn't work...can't see options to the left. Mac 10.11.5 Unity 5.6.3

 

That is strange, can you try undocking the Easy Voice window and see if that displays properly? Also, does it work fine in a new project for you?

 

Im not convinced its an EasyVoice problem.....maybe my unity install but I'm mid project and was wondering if anyone else had ever seen this before. I have used EasyVoice in times past and it works great. Wonder if there is a settings file lurking about that I can delete. I have used default window settings and reset window settings. Tried it docked and undocked.

 

I just tried it with a new install of Unity 5.6.3 and works the same as in Unity 2017 so I'm not able to reproduce it. You can try deleting the data file in the Assets folder called EasyVoiceData. It will automatically re-create that file for you when you open the Easy Voice window. However, I'm not sure that would solve the issue you are seeing.

You might try a side-by-side install of Unity 2017 to verify Easy Voice is working fine on your system which would then point to something with the Unity 5.6.3 install. Let us know what you find.

 

Hi there,

i understand that it can play text to speech. is there anyway it can be done via coding..

i.e.. i want like this..

welcome $username$, today date is $date$, $day$
welcome jessica, today date is 16, dec, 2017, its saturday...

is there possiblity in this plugin..

 

That isn't currently supported. Just to make sure I understand, can you explain the scenario where you would need to use dynamic values in voice lines at design time?

 

Hi, is it somehow possibile to manage multi-language? So, for example, generating english, italian and french versions of every line of dialog and being able to switch between language sets at runtime.

Thanks!

 

Interesting idea, so you mean being able to define sets of voice lines associated with a language so you can switch between them and only generate those? I want to clarify if you meant the tool itself would do the translation since that's not something it would do.

 

Yes exactly, I didn't intend the tool should do the automatic translations, simply have N pre-translated language versions for every set of dialog lines and switch between them at runtime.

Of course it would be nice to update the lines set once created. So, for example, I could start with a single set for english language, then later I could add italian and french sets, and so on.

 

got this in 2017.3b
Assets/Easy Voice/EasyVoiceSettings.cs(185,42): error CS0619: `UnityEngine.RuntimePlatform.OSXDashboardPlayer' is obsolete: `Dashboard widget on Mac OS X export is no longer supported in Unity 5.4+.'

 

frenchy is welcomme
and hope for mobile real time

 

@RiccardoAxed the other clarification is "dialog lines and switch between them at runtime." To be clear, this tool is for use in the editor only, so switching between languages at runtime would just mean playing the different voice files generated by the tool.

 

@kilik128 Thank you for the report, there is a new version awaiting approval in the asset store that resolves this error.

 

Hi,

I'm currently dealing the same issue as 3CH012, just curious if the issue was ever resolved or if there are any other tips you may have to troubleshoot this?

Thanks

 

@Jwatler, I was never able to reproduce the issue myself. If this is happening for you, can you try with a new project and let me know if it always happens?

 

how get french voice ? please

 

@kilik128 On Windows you can try the instructions below to get different languages:
How to download Text-to-Speech languages for Windows 10

 

thank's have only Hortence for this time

 

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Cant type text into text to say box

 

Please post a screenshot and let me know what version of Unity you are using as well as platform.

 

Just found this, is there an example of all the voices that are possible with it?

 

Hi @radiantboy, it depends on your platform. Windows and Mac have a different set of TTS voices that come with the OS. Also, additional 3rd party voices are available from providers on both platforms.

 

I have really enjoyed this asset and it helps immensely. I'm wanting to expand the number of voices I can use. Would it possible to extend this to access the Google text to speech API?

 

Thank you, I'm glad you've found it useful. There are 3rd party add-on voices you can purchase individually if you are looking for more. Google text to speech is interesting and I'd certainly consider it as a future feature if enough people would find it valuable.

Please feel free to comment on this thread.

 

i 2nd that, may be useful indeed

 

Hi, I have 13 TTS files installed on my windows 10 system. They are basically accent versions of the 3 basic English voices - Australian, Indian, British, etc. However, the only choices that show up in Easy Voice are David, Hazel, and Zira (and the default Michael). There should be 9 more TTS voices listed. Is there a way for me to get them to show up in easy voice? They all are accessible through the Windows Speech Settings panel.

 

One other thing I noticed is that the lines panel doesn't show the buttons at the bottom when your windows display is set to a zoom value other than 100%. This makes the plugin unusable on a 15" notebook panel with a native resolution of 3840x2160. The settings panel however, works fine and has a vertical scroll bar so you can get to all the settings. Was hoping this wouldn't be an issue anymore based on the change log note of window resize issue was addressed for hi rez displays.