[WIP] SH3Speech Conversion from SH4SPeech - Almost Done, Looking for Beta Testers

Tomcattwo · 02-16-08, 12:12 AM

All,
Over the past month or so, I have been working with minsc_tdp on converting his outstanding SH4Speech program for use with SH3. I am almost done with the conversion - all of the commands I want to have in for the release are in and appear to be working on my machine. Here are some of the details:

1) Uses the same 2.50 version of SH4Speech as minsc's SH4 uses (minsc kindly altered parts of the code to make it compatible with both SH4Speech and SH3Speech).
2) Will do all of the commands SH3 is capable of doing with keypresses plus also rudder orders, steering orders, depth orders, speed orders, input of firing solutions, input of torpedo parameters (sorry - I did not program in FAT or LUT settings yet - maybe in a future enhancement), etc. using the mouse.
3) I have made versions for both SH3 with GWX2 (will also work for "stock" SH3 with patch 1.4b) and for SH3 with OLC GUI 1.2.1 (by One Life Crisis) & GWX 2.
4) The voice commands include over 4500 recognized phrases in both English and in (rudimentary) German. Most key commands (there are about 320 or so of them) and dial orders have a half-dozen different ways to say the command that the SAPI will recognize, and many have rudimentary orders in German as well (though I am not a natural German speaker and the MS SAPI is set up to recognize English pronunciations, not German, but I have used "phonetically correct" German phraseology as much as I could given the limitations of the SAPI)
5) Just like SH4Speech, the voice commands are easily customizable by the user.
6) Uses a slightly revised command_en.cfg file, easily installable using JSGME over either GWX2's or OLC's command_en.cfg
7) Just like SH4Speech, you'll need to have installed Micro$oft's Speech Recognizer SAPI 5.1 (available free from Micro$oft.com) and train up on it to get it to understand and recognize your voice (takes about a half hour or so). If you already have it installed, you don't need to install it again or train up on it any more. You'll also need a microphone to communicate with the SAPI.

This weekend I am working on the "U Boot Innerkommunikatzion Handbuch" for SH3Speech (which will be written in English) which will provide all of the understandable commands. After this is done, I'd like to get a few folks who are interested in beta testing the program and have the testers run it through its paces.

If you are interested in beta testing SH3 speech (in either GWX2 or OLC+GWX2 or both) please drop me a PM, and tell me which program you'd like to test in (GWX2 or OLC+GWX2 or Stock with 1.4b or some of each). I'd particularly like to have a couple of folks who have run SH4Speech and who also have and enjoy SH3. I'd like to have folks trying different screen resolutions as well for testing purposes. If you are selected for beta test, I'll get in touch with you by PM.
Thanks in advance,
TC2

02-16-08, 12:12 AM	#1
Tomcattwo Loader Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Montclair VA Posts: 84 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	[WIP] SH3Speech Conversion from SH4SPeech - Almost Done, Looking for Beta Testers All, Over the past month or so, I have been working with minsc_tdp on converting his outstanding SH4Speech program for use with SH3. I am almost done with the conversion - all of the commands I want to have in for the release are in and appear to be working on my machine. Here are some of the details: 1) Uses the same 2.50 version of SH4Speech as minsc's SH4 uses (minsc kindly altered parts of the code to make it compatible with both SH4Speech and SH3Speech). 2) Will do all of the commands SH3 is capable of doing with keypresses plus also rudder orders, steering orders, depth orders, speed orders, input of firing solutions, input of torpedo parameters (sorry - I did not program in FAT or LUT settings yet - maybe in a future enhancement), etc. using the mouse. 3) I have made versions for both SH3 with GWX2 (will also work for "stock" SH3 with patch 1.4b) and for SH3 with OLC GUI 1.2.1 (by One Life Crisis) & GWX 2. 4) The voice commands include over 4500 recognized phrases in both English and in (rudimentary) German. Most key commands (there are about 320 or so of them) and dial orders have a half-dozen different ways to say the command that the SAPI will recognize, and many have rudimentary orders in German as well (though I am not a natural German speaker and the MS SAPI is set up to recognize English pronunciations, not German, but I have used "phonetically correct" German phraseology as much as I could given the limitations of the SAPI) 5) Just like SH4Speech, the voice commands are easily customizable by the user. 6) Uses a slightly revised command_en.cfg file, easily installable using JSGME over either GWX2's or OLC's command_en.cfg 7) Just like SH4Speech, you'll need to have installed Micro$oft's Speech Recognizer SAPI 5.1 (available free from Micro$oft.com) and train up on it to get it to understand and recognize your voice (takes about a half hour or so). If you already have it installed, you don't need to install it again or train up on it any more. You'll also need a microphone to communicate with the SAPI. This weekend I am working on the "U Boot Innerkommunikatzion Handbuch" for SH3Speech (which will be written in English) which will provide all of the understandable commands. After this is done, I'd like to get a few folks who are interested in beta testing the program and have the testers run it through its paces. If you are interested in beta testing SH3 speech (in either GWX2 or OLC+GWX2 or both) please drop me a PM, and tell me which program you'd like to test in (GWX2 or OLC+GWX2 or Stock with 1.4b or some of each). I'd particularly like to have a couple of folks who have run SH4Speech and who also have and enjoy SH3. I'd like to have folks trying different screen resolutions as well for testing purposes. If you are selected for beta test, I'll get in touch with you by PM. Thanks in advance, TC2