Rather then me coming up with a voice and having to upload a simply enormous file and having every Pleo who downloads it sounding exactly the same I have worked out a simple method that anyone can use to give your Pleo his or her own unique voice in the simplest possible way
(Although I will continue to work on the Lilo voice)
All you will need is an SD card and a Pleo.
All you need to know, is how to download and rename a file, and drag a file/s onto the SD card.
Start by visiting this webpage:
http://cepstral.com/demos/(Why this page? Because it is one of the few that output .wav files, so there is no need for any conversion at all.)
Have a play with the different voices, rates, pitches and effects. I recommend using the slow rate, but everything else is completely up to you. Once you are happy with your 'voice' write the settings down somewhere so you remember it for later.
Time to start recording for Pleo. In the left hand box type in what you want Pleo to say, remember keep them pretty short. Once you click -say it-, your computer will download a ready to go .wav file. I find it easiest to rename the files as they are downloaded to describe what is being said.
For example: I want to change the start up '
huh' to
hello. I type Hello in the left hand box, click -say it- the file is downloaded and I rename it '
hello'. renaming each file as it is downloaded means that you don't have to play a gazillion files later to find the one you want
When you have a file or files you need to decide which sound you would like to change. Bjoreman has already been so kind as to provide a complete list. You can find it here:
http://www.bjoreman.com/files/resources.txtMost of the
names (and you are only interested in the names, not id) are pretty self explanatory but I will explain the basics.
Bark: is the various yips and yaps that Pleo emits when excited.
Cur: means curious, sounds Pleo makes when investigating something.
Gotit: When Pleo gets something
Hi: (Kinda obvious
)
Honk: (again obvious)
Howl: (obvious)
Ques: When Pleo asks about something
Tickle: Laugh
Whimper: Cry
Ang: When Pleo is mad
Belch: Burp
Sneeze: (Duh)
Bor: Things Pleo utters at random when left alone
Chew: (Obvious)
Crunch: Chomping sounds
Cud: (Not sure)
Lipsmack: (yeah)
Gag: choking
Moan: (Happens mostly when sick)
Sing: (obvious)
Fat: (not sure of the trigger, seems random)
Hap: Happy sounds
Hun (or hung): Hungry
Noi: Pleo hears something
Pai: (not sure)
Prr: The various coos and purrs
Sbn: (not sure)
Sad: (obvious)
Sca: Scared
Soc: Social
Most of the others are obvious.
startup is the startup sound etc. You can ignore the birthing sounds, since you only get to hear them once sadly. Yes it is an enormously long list but Pleo has a lot of sounds to cover
I recommend starting with
cur files,
bor files and
startup, since these sounds are common, you can add more later. Its also fun to make your Pleo scream, yell or cry when you dangle them by the tail by shadowing the
dyn_tail files.
Once you have downloaded some files from the website provided and decided which sound you want to replace from the list simply rename the .wav file with the name from the list. Copy it onto an SD card and insert into Pleo, and you are done.
For example: Change my 'Hello' file from earlier to '
startup'. (Be careful to copy the file name exactly, you cannot use
Startup or
start up, it must be
startup)
I know it sounds very complicated, and the list of sounds is intimidating but honestly all you are doing is downloading a sound and renaming it. This is the simplest possible way of doing it, since most other methods required either changing file types, recording sounds with a microphone or editing sounds with another program.
Just give it a go:
Go to the voice page, pick a person to say '
Hello", click say it (which will download it) locate the file, rename it
startup and copy it to an SD card to insert in Pleo. Start Pleo and he/she should say Hello.