Sony ERS-7M2 Users Guide, AIBO Entertainment Player - Page 52

Having the AIBO robot read to you, From the media list, select Voice Synthesis, and click

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Using the Player • Sound reproduced by the AIBO® Entertainment Robot robot itself may be picked up and interpreted as a voice command. To prevent this, you should avoid speaking words that are listed in "Words understood by the AIBO® Entertainment Robot" (page 79). The entered text is registered under "Voice Synthesis". zWhat is a voice synthesis (text-to-speech) engine? • A voice synthesis engine (also called text-to-speech engine) is a special piece of software that transforms text data into audible speech. • Microsoft® Sam is an English-language text-to-speech engine that comes standard with Windows XP. Having the AIBO robot read to you 1 From the media list, select "Voice Synthesis", and click the (Play) button. 1 Select "Voice Synthesis". 2 Select the text to read. 3Click here. The AIBO robot reads the text. How are you? 52

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Using the Player
52
Sound reproduced by the AIBO
®
Entertainment Robot robot itself
may be picked up and interpreted as a voice command. To prevent
this, you should avoid speaking words that are listed in “Words
understood by the AIBO
®
Entertainment Robot” (page 79).
The entered text is registered under “Voice Synthesis”.
z
What is a voice synthesis (text-to-speech) engine?
A voice synthesis engine (also called text-to-speech engine) is a
special piece of software that transforms text data into audible
speech.
Microsoft
®
Sam is an English-language text-to-speech engine that
comes standard with Windows XP.
Having the AIBO robot read to you
1
From the media list, select “Voice Synthesis”,
and click the
(Play) button.
The AIBO robot reads the text.
1
Select “Voice
Synthesis”.
2
Select the
text to
read.
3
Click here.
How are you?