RT-Voice - Run-time text-to-speech solution

Since Unity's new forum doesn't work, I decided use the old one

We were really busy and released 2.4.1, 2.4.2 (which is already at the store) and today the new version 2.4.3.
Some of the changes in the last versions:

2.4.3

• Editor integration improved
• Rename of all events to OnXY
• Marginal code changes

2.4.2

• 3rd party support (AC, UDEA and PlayMaker) improved
• New method to approximate the length of a speech: Speaker.ApproximateSpeechLength()
• Test-Drive added to the configuration window
• Cllbacks are now on the Speaker-class
• Error-callback 'ErrorInfoEvent' added
• Documentation improved

2.4.1

• Configuration window and "UnityPreferences" added

Some impressions of the new Editor integration:









So long,
Stefan

 

Hello all,

I just bought RT-Voice and I want to integrate that with Salsa with Random Eyes which I have. I have got my character in the scene with Salsa 3D, Random Eyes 3D, Speak scripts attached. I guess I have to write a code to attach the speechtext to the lips but I don't know how. Am I right? and if yes, how to get that works?
Could anyone please help me.

Cheers,
Hedieh

 

Hi Hedieh

Did you took a look at the provided "SALSA"-demo under "3rd party"?
There is a script called "Speak.cs" - I think that's what you need to get started.

If you have any further questions, just send me an email.


So long,
Stefan

 

Hi Stefan,

Thanks I found the demo. I think that is what I want for now

Cheers,
Hedieh

 

Fantastic news... a cross-platform real-time TTS is an instant buy for me!
Max

 

When should the mobile compatible version be available? Or has that happened and I missed it?

 

Hi MD_Reptile

We have already created the necessary native libraries for Android and iOS. We're also working on a version for UWP

Currently, we're testing everything and it looks great so far! We have control over the installed voices/cultures, pitch, volume and speak rate.
Additionally under iOS we get the current spoken word and under Android it's possible to speak many voices simultaneously.
If all test are running smooth, we expect it to be in store by the end of this month.

I hope this answers your question.


So long,
Stefan


Edit:
RT-Voice runs now on all platforms!

 

Is there any chance this will be available for Wii U in the future?

 

Hi Magique

Thank you for your interest in "RT-Voice"!

Unfortunately, we don't own a "Wii U"-dev kit until now - this means we can't implement a version for this platform
If we gain somehow access to a dev-kit, we could try to do some tests. But I don't know if this will ever happen, so the answer is "no" for the foreseeable future.

Cheers
Stefan


Edit:
RT-Voice runs now on all platforms with MaryTTS (available since 2.7.0)

 

Hi, just bought that asset. Looks very promising. Only one question - how can I move it to the custom folder in my project?
I am getting such error even if I am changing "prefab path" to a new location in settings:
Could not find the TTS-wrapper: '.../Assets/crosstales/RTVoice/Plugins/RTVoiceTTSWrapper/RTVoiceTTSWrapper.exe'

 

Yes you can
Which version are you owning - Standard or PRO?

 

standard, but please don`t say that way to do that is to buy Pro version

 

No, clearly not, we're no gangsters

Find the file "ConfigLoader.cs" and add the line 44 with your new path:

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using UnityEditor;
3. using System;
4. using System.Text;
5. using System.Collections;
6.  
7. namespace Crosstales.RTVoice.EditorExt {
8.    /// <summary>Loads the configuration of the asset.</summary>
9.    [InitializeOnLoad]
10.    public static class ConfigLoader {
11.  
12. #region Constructor
13.  
14.       static ConfigLoader() {
15.  
16.          if (EditorPrefs.HasKey(Constants.KEY_DEBUG)) {
17.             Constants.DEBUG = EditorPrefs.GetBool(Constants.KEY_DEBUG);
18.          }
19.  
20.          if (EditorPrefs.HasKey(Constants.KEY_UPDATE_CHECK)) {
21.             Constants.UPDATE_CHECK = EditorPrefs.GetBool(Constants.KEY_UPDATE_CHECK);
22.          }
23.  
24.          if (EditorPrefs.HasKey(Constants.KEY_UPDATE_OPEN_UAS)) {
25.             Constants.UPDATE_OPEN_UAS = EditorPrefs.GetBool(Constants.KEY_UPDATE_OPEN_UAS);
26.          }
27.  
28.          if (EditorPrefs.HasKey(Constants.KEY_PREFAB_PATH)) {
29.             Constants.PREFAB_PATH = EditorPrefs.GetString(Constants.KEY_PREFAB_PATH);
30.          }
31.  
32.          if (EditorPrefs.HasKey(Constants.KEY_PREFAB_AUTOLOAD)) {
33.             Constants.PREFAB_AUTOLOAD = EditorPrefs.GetBool(Constants.KEY_PREFAB_AUTOLOAD);
34.          }
35.  
36.          if (EditorPrefs.HasKey(Constants.KEY_AUDIOFILE_PATH)) {
37.             Constants.AUDIOFILE_PATH = EditorPrefs.GetString(Constants.KEY_AUDIOFILE_PATH);
38.          }
39.  
40.          if (EditorPrefs.HasKey(Constants.KEY_AUDIOFILE_AUTOMATIC_DELETE)) {
41.             Constants.AUDIOFILE_AUTOMATIC_DELETE = EditorPrefs.GetBool(Constants.KEY_AUDIOFILE_AUTOMATIC_DELETE);
42.          }
43.  
44.          Constants.TTS_WINDOWS_EDITOR = Application.dataPath + @"/<NEW PATH>/RTVoice/Plugins/RTVoiceTTSWrapper/RTVoiceTTSWrapper.exe";
45.      
46.          if (Constants.DEBUG)
47.             Debug.Log("Config data loaded");
48.       }
49.  
50. #endregion
51.    }
52. }

Then restart Unity and it should work.

 

great! thank you a lot

 

You're welcome!
If you like our asset, please rate it at the store

Have a nice weekend!

Cheers
Stefan

 

Hi Stefan!
I saw the old announcement on cooperation with IOS.
What is now the situation?

 

Hi Lambar

We're still testing it - the status is like in my post:

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/rt...to-speech-solution.340046/page-3#post-2739704

Hopefully we're ready until the end of August.
Have a nice weekend!


So long,
Stefan

 

Cool! As soon as I read I flew on an express shopping!
With great pleasure I will test it, especially since RT-Voice is connected to the Playmaker.

Fingers crossed for smooth work,
thanks and nice weekend too!

 

Hi Stefan!

Do you plan to implement callbacks like SpeakNativeCurrentWord on Mac OS? Or maybe you can advice how to implement its by myself.

Thanks

 

Hi Stefan!
I installed RTVoice, but I can't find a playmaker actions for RTVoice.
Where can I find them? It looks like I have to import something else?
But I get the message: All assets from this package are already in your project.

 

Hi Sicha

Unfortunately, that's not possible on Mac since their api dosen't provide this functionality

Cheers
Stefan

 

Hi lambar

Please take a look inside the "3rd party"-folder - there is a "PlayMaker.unitypackage" with the actions.


So long,
Stefan

 

Thanks! And still keep my fingers crossed for mobile version!

 

You're welcome!

The mobile version is looking good, but there are some restrictions since there is only one global TTS-instance available under Android and iOS. This means, there are some limits in parallel speeches and under iOS only native mode is possible at the moment.
If we're ready, we let you know and we could send all interested customers a new version.

Cheers
Stefan

 

Sorry to hear it, but thanks for your reply.

 

We went to Ludumdare 36 and couldn't release the mobile-ready version.
But next week is looking good - I will write a post when it's submitted.

Have a nice weekend!


Cheers
Stefan

 

I'm doing something dumb – but don't know what. I get this error at the start:

Could not get any voices!
System.InvalidOperationException: The process must exit before getting the requested information.
at System.Diagnostics.Process.get_ExitCode () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.Diagnostics.Process:get_ExitCode ()
at Crosstales.RTVoice.VoiceProviderMacOS.‏‏‌‫‫‎‎‌‍‫‪‏‬‍‍‏‫‌‪‮‎‮ (System.Diagnostics.Process ) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Crosstales.RTVoice.VoiceProviderMacOS.get_Voices () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
UnityEngine.Debug:LogError(Object)
Crosstales.RTVoice.VoiceProviderMacOS:‏‏‭‫‫‬‬‮‮‬‫‏‌‬‭‫‮‪‏‎‬‌‮‪‮(Object)
Crosstales.RTVoice.VoiceProviderMacOS:get_Voices()
Crosstales.RTVoice.Speaker:get_Voices()
Crosstales.RTVoice.EditorExt.SpeakerEditor:loadVoices() (at Assets/crosstales/RTVoice/Plugins/Editor/SpeakerEditor.cs:92)
Crosstales.RTVoice.EditorExt.SpeakerEditor:OnEnable() (at Assets/crosstales/RTVoice/Plugins/Editor/SpeakerEditor.cs:28)
​

Using iMac; El Captián; Unity 5.4

Thanks, Peter

 

Hi Peter

These exception seems to happen inside the Editor, not in the build/run - is that correct?

Some questions:

• Are you using the latest version 2.4.4 of RT-Voice?
• How many voices have you installed on your Mac?
• Which Mac-computer model are you using?

Can you please also test this for me on your Mac:
Start the "Terminal" and enter say -v '?'
You should the see all the voices of your Mac. How long does it take, is it instant or some (seconds) delay?

Thank you!


So long,
Stefan

 

HI Stefan,

Many thanks for the quick answer (and sorry I'm slower).

I just bought RT-Voice on Saturday, so presumably it's the latest.

My mac is an iMac 21.5-inch, late 2013, 2.7GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, running El Capitán 10.11.6. According to sav -v '?' it has 64 voices; it showed me that list pretty quickly, maybe a delay of a second.

I'm running from the Editor environment, if that's what you mean. If I load your 3DAudio demo and click on the run button, I get that error message. On the screen, I see 'No OS voices found! - TTS not possible!' However, what I presume is the (Irish) system voice does work in 3DAudio. There's also this warning:

No voice for culture 'en' found! Speaking with the default voice!
UnityEngine.Debug:LogWarning(Object)
Crosstales.RTVoice.Speaker:‌‭‏‫‬‏‪‎‎‌‌‌‪‪‎‪‬‮(Object)
Crosstales.RTVoice.Speaker:VoiceForCulture(String, Int32)
Crosstales.RTVoice.Demo.<DialogSequence>c__Iterator3:MoveNext() (at Assets/crosstales/RTVoice/Demo/Scripts/Dialog.cs:68)
UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour:StartCoroutine(IEnumerator)
Crosstales.RTVoice.Demo.GUIDialog:StartDialog() (at Assets/crosstales/RTVoice/Demo/Scripts/GUIDialog.cs:53)
UnityEngine.EventSystem​

Thanks, Peter

 

Hi Peter

I have verified our latest development version (2.5.0) with two other Macs running on the same OS version as your setup.
I also get 64 (standard) voices and it works without any problem.
We will release this version today, so please send me an email with your invoice number and I send you the new version asap.

Cheers
Stefan

 

OK, doing that now. Thanks, Peter

 

Hi Stefan,
Greatly enjoying this very useful asset, recently ran into an issue with builds, I was wondering if you might have any pointers.. In Editor all is fine, build throws this:

Non platform assembly: data-000000000EA635F0 (this message is harmless)
Fallback handler could not load library D:/UNITY/GNOSIS_EXE/VR_Data/Mono/data-000000000EA635F0.dll
UnloadTime: 0.791092 ms
'voiceProvider' is null!
Did you add the 'RTVoice'-prefab to the current scene?

Adding RTVoice from Tools->RTVoice and rebuilding doesn't fix it.
Reimporting the asset, adding prefab and building neither, nor does building into a clean directory.

I did manage to get a working standalone build before where the speech synthesis worked, but I cannot replicate what I've done to achieve it - I didn't really do much aside from the above steps.. Is there something obvious that I am missing?

-Rob

 

I've sent you an email with the new version.
I'm sure that we will find a solution together


So long,
Stefan

 

Hey,

I am happy to know that iOS support is added, I have one problem though, when I import the Playmaker package I get these errors:

Assets/crosstales/RTVoice/3rd party/PlayMaker/Scripts/SpeakBase.cs(18,14): error CS0246: The type or namespace name `SpeakMode' could not be found. Are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?
Assets/crosstales/RTVoice/3rd party/PlayMaker/Scripts/SpeakBase.cs(65,55): error CS0246: The type or namespace name `SpeakEventArgs' could not be found. Are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?
Assets/crosstales/RTVoice/3rd party/PlayMaker/Scripts/SpeakBase.cs(75,61): error CS0246: The type or namespace name `SpeakNativeEventArgs' could not be found. Are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?

Thanks,
jrDev

 

Hey,

No problem it happens.

I had a namespace clashing issue with EditorHelper too in both SpeakEditor and SpeakUIEditor. I seem to have another asset in project using same class name. The errors are:

I had to add " Crosstales.RTVoice.EditorExt" to both lines of errors to fix just fyi.

Thanks,
jrDev

 

Recently bought this asset, standard edition.

Works great for PC and Mac, but I can't seem to get any voices for iOS (vers. 9.3.4 and 10.0.1). Tried both standard and native modes. The tablet has voices installed, verified by checking Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Voices.

I'll keep trying, seems like I'm missing something trivial, but not sure what it could be.

Added a debug log to output the number of voices, it returns 0
Debug.Log( Speaker.Voices.Count );

Any ideas?
Unity 5.2.2f1

 

Hi

Do you use version 2.5.0 of our asset?
Because it's a very strange behaviour, you should always receive a default list of iOS-voices...

Can you send me the complete log from XCode?

Thank you!


So long,
Stefan

 

Ah, I see the problem... The package for Unity 5.2.2 wasn't updated last time and is still 2.4.4...
Sorry for that, but we fixed it with the newest version 2.5.1 - you can send me an email to get it.

 

We've just submitted version 2.5.1 to the store. Some of the changes:

• PlayMaker actions improved
• 32bit-mode for Windows changed
• Unity 5.5-ready

We also created a new video showing the supported platforms:

So long,
Stefan

 

Hi Stefan!
Perhaps this is a strange question, but for me Unity is like Martian soil.
To be able to play with Unity I'm using the Playmaker.

The question is: how do I make RT Voice to read the TXT file?

Moreover I would like to random read some of the texts. I feel this is probably question for the Playmaker team, but if you have any idea go ahead.

BTW, you made funny RT demo on YT!

 

Hi lambar

I made a possible solution for you:

<REMOVED>

Add the script "TextFileSpeaker.cs" to any gameobject in your scene, Then use "SendMessage" from PM to communicate with it. The three methods are Speak (= random), SpeakText (with an int-index for the text file) and Silence to stop talking.
It's not perfect but I think it should do the trick. I will add a more complete version in the future.


So long,
Stefan


Edit:
TextFileSpeaker is part of RT-Voice since 2.5.0

 

I'm in shock! You said it's not perfect but it's just beautiful!
Beautiful and simple which makes it very useful for people using Playmaker.
I guess you do not appreciate the fact how much such visual tools makes life easier. Not everyone is a programmer, and what is more important - not everyone wants to be!
Thank you thank you thank you!

 

I'm happy when my customers are happy
If you like our asset/support, please rate us at the store. Or write a review, it's very much appreciated!


Cheers
Stefan

 

But to be completely happy one more thing I am missing, I need the radio effect.
How do I apply a highpass filter? I saw it in the demo version. Maybe just something paste into your script, a little of code?
And of course, soon I will write an opinion on AssetStore.

 

Ok, that's easy
You must have an AudioSource on your character or on an empty gameobject in the scene.
Then add a "Highpass"-filter to this object and drag it to the "Source" field in your "TextfileReader".
That's all.


Cheers
Stefan

 

Wow, this is simple amazing!
Thanks again!

 

Very cool. I double-checked the asset version as you suggested and I was indeed using 2.4.4. Updating had no effect in Unity 5.2.2. I noticed that 2.5.0 was present in Unity 5.3.x and 5.4.x. I was holding off to replying until I could verify that RT Voice was working on iOS, and well, it's working beautifully . Thanks a lot for the help and super quick response.

 

Hello all, Has anyone tried RT Voice with the Hololens? Since it runs Windows 10 I would assume that it would run just like the standalone PC would.

 

Hi Vern

We don't own a HoloLens but I think RTV should run just fine.

We're also working on an UWP-version which should be available in October. This version should definitely work with HoloLens since UWP is the platform of choice for MS...


Cheers
Stefan

 

Just purchased. I'll let you know.