Good Evening-
I just thought someone may be interested in doing what I did the other night. I use World Alarm Clock (the Sony product not provided with the TH damn it!) and I wanted a few
alarms to alert me to my morning coffee break, starting time, afternoon coffee break, quitting time, etcetera. So here is what I did:
•Went to this web site:
http://www.naturalvoices.att.com/demos/
•Typed in a phrase that I wanted the alarm to say (note that there is a 30 word limit)
•Chose a
voice (male, British English) and told it to play my selection
•The
voice is played through Windows Media Player, in a seperate window
•After the phrase is played, simply click "File" and "Save media as..." and then save it to the Desktop
•Use dbPowerAmp to convert the new file into a IMA ADPCM file format, tweaking the kHz settings to keep the file under the 64k size limit for
alarms
•Install this WAV file onto your Memorystick with DataImport, right into the MSSOUNDS folder
•Then fire up the
Voice Recorder app on the CLIE (after you have disconnected from your PC and DataImport); you will see the newly transferred file listed
•From the drop-down menu, select Data/Convert to Alarm and then from the next list, check this new file
•Voila! you have a cool digitally spoken alarm to use within any app so capable
This may not interest anyone else, but I must tell you, it is quite a conversation starter. And I had fun developing thoroughly British sounding phrases for the computer to say.
If you have fun with it, post your experiences.
-Jhintonh
P.S. There is a 40 use limit per 24 hour period when using the above web site. I know because I encountered it. There are other web sites that offer similar services, but their digital voices are not nearly so polished as the AT&T versions.
Computerized Voice Alarms 
Linear Mode
