Hi again everyone!
This is a Muro Mellow to talk about a neat program a friend introduced me to that hooks into VRChat!
It's called TTS Voice Wizard and has multiple features and integrations. I like discussing new, interesting software I come across, so I wanted to share it with you!
This is a Muro Mellow to talk about a neat program a friend introduced me to that hooks into VRChat!
It's called TTS Voice Wizard and has multiple features and integrations. I like discussing new, interesting software I come across, so I wanted to share it with you!
Let's check it out!
Media Integration is the add-on I use the most! This way, when listening to music, people can see what song I'm playing, how far along I am in the song, and even my Spotify volume if I feel like including it! It shows up in the game as a bar over my head, and the picture below is how it looks when it's running.
See the frog emoji? You can even customize the player bar! This is my preferred set-up, with all the bells and whistles. While the home page of the program touts a Voice Wizard Pro monthly subscription, this aspect of the program is free, as well as most basic functions. Automatic word replacement, heart rate tracking, The paid aspect comes from the TTS (Text-to-Speech) aspect of the program. Most programs offer the system default as a free option while providing higher quality and less robotic-sounding voices as paid options. To make it clear, TTS Voice Wizard does not produce the voices used. It's a program that integrates TTS from other services such as Google, Amazon, and OpenAI for TTS use in VRChat.
VRChat has a large community of people who are either mute or choose to be mute. While VRChat has tried to bridge the gap by offering in game text chat, it's very slow and awkward in comparison to verbal communication. You can speak to text, using your microphone to quickly get words written, and then hit play to make the voice speak, all without anyone hearing your real voice. VRChat is often considered a very inclusive community because of how accommodating to disability the technical side of the community can be. I consider it the Wild West of tech development, a frontier that's ran mostly by independents. And I love it! I think it's fascinating how people can rally together, or how much one person can assist and reach others just by making something that helps them and deciding to share it. Even 'useless' tech that adds file bloat but also adds immersion (like Akami's Interactive Fingers, where you're able to touch someone else's fingers instead of phasing through them) is something I find admirable, because I appreciate the engineering that goes into it.
That's all from me today! I hope your new year has been good so far, and I'll see you next time!
VRChat has a large community of people who are either mute or choose to be mute. While VRChat has tried to bridge the gap by offering in game text chat, it's very slow and awkward in comparison to verbal communication. You can speak to text, using your microphone to quickly get words written, and then hit play to make the voice speak, all without anyone hearing your real voice. VRChat is often considered a very inclusive community because of how accommodating to disability the technical side of the community can be. I consider it the Wild West of tech development, a frontier that's ran mostly by independents. And I love it! I think it's fascinating how people can rally together, or how much one person can assist and reach others just by making something that helps them and deciding to share it. Even 'useless' tech that adds file bloat but also adds immersion (like Akami's Interactive Fingers, where you're able to touch someone else's fingers instead of phasing through them) is something I find admirable, because I appreciate the engineering that goes into it.
That's all from me today! I hope your new year has been good so far, and I'll see you next time!
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