Localized Version

Hi,

Because making a localized version means a lot of under the hood text-to-speech system changes, the version 1.0.1.9 version is marked as a beta. This new version allows full customization of all TTS phrases. You could change the language, to French for example, change the order of the vocabulary, or even modify the English to what you want.

In the Flight1 Agent you will see the beta as a dropdown option. Give it a try if you like the idea of customizing TTS voices and report any issues here.

You now save the language in the .voice configuration. There is more info in the manual, but the left side column is the default command, and the right side is what you can customize using the text box below. To reach this screen, you select the Customize option in the Voice Designer... I know, many windows...

You can even test all commands in the screen.

About the commas... that should be able to be "switched". It would only be in the [DISTANCE] tag. Maybe an alternate tag, such as [DISTANCEC] where the [C] would convert it to a comma.

Good idea about the 1.0.

Found the issue on the French lat/lon data. Some would be correct, and some not. Alternate parsing was required on that data and I found the error.

Thanks for the translation! I will post here when the next beta is uploaded with the fixes.

Using French also showed that I needed to account for extended ASCII (UTF-8). The data is loading incorrectly. "Après avoir quitté le circuit" does not show correctly when I load it.

The next build should have these fixes.

Hi,

The new 1.0.2.0 beta was uploaded. I found a better way than using [DISTANCEC]. I added "point" to the vocabulary. So now you can change it to "virgule" .

I downloaded Microsoft Hortense (French) and I could not understand her, so maybe that is a good thing.

Also, re-download the French database. It has the corrected LAT-LON points.

I discovered we will have to add more phrases to the languages, primarily related to the end of the adventure when scoring is presented... but we can start testing with where it is at now and add that later.

I will check the opening and closing of the data to make sure it is not held open in that instance.

Thanks for the testing!

The way the language system is constructed, adding varied phrases would not be too difficult. It could be accomplished in several ways. You could likely add several phrases with a delimiter (separator) on a given line and it would randomly pick from them. A good feature to add!

Hi,

The latest beta should have the final vocabulary for now. You can actually load your existing file and see the new entries.

The Exclude option can be saved to presets when Wikipedia data is used.

Hi Philippe,

Thanks for the French template!

I tested the assigning of the language template. It seemed to save. But if the Geo window is already loaded you would have to close and re-open it for it to be assigned. Make sure the language file is selected and highlighted in blue before saving the voice preset.

I added an Exclude option in the Map window. When you select Wikipedia, it would exclude a search term. Note it is not in the Geo window yet... See if it works on the filter items you want to exclude. See "Station" below.

The newer data and version pulls directly from Wikipedia in real time, with better flexibility to add extended information. You will see the option for extended data in Settings of the beta version... But that is interesting about ChatGPT!

Yes, comma separated... no spaces needed.

The test version I have now implements it in the Geo Window. It will be in the next beta!

It appears you have it correct.

Let's say your preset includes Wikipedia, and the grayed box is FR, and you saved "station" as an exclude name. When you open the Geo Windows, you will not see any entry with station in the title.

As a test, start without a filter. Jump to a populated area and note the list of entries. Find a word that is common to a few locations. Close the Geo Window, edit the preset with that exclude word and set it as active (Wiki Exclude), then load the Geo Window. They should now be missing.

You should have the full Wikipedia excerpt. If not, see if your have the Disable Wikipedia Information box checked. It should be unchecked in voice settings.

The product is even complex for me and I put the settings there!

It is only Preset, and that needs to be ticked. Your Wiki Exclude name works and helps you identify it is Wiki. A preset can use any of the databases.

The Wikipedia/Language/Extended will carryover however when Preset is selected, and you are using a Wikipedia database. Technically, they could be left enabled for BOTH the Wikipedia and Preset tick boxes. Maybe it is best do do that to not cause confusion.

Like this:

But you still should have had an extract for that location... however, if the Wikipedia server was momentarily unreachable, maybe that is why you got that? See if you get others that have extracts.