Second Life gets voice!
I already wrote about it in September 2006. But it took Linden Lab until now to work on it: the application of voice (over IP) in Second Life!
According to Eric Call (creative and technical specialist) at last week’s Seminar on Second Life in Amsterdam, Second Life’s next most important feature will be launched by the end of March.
I wonder how the experience of the virtual world will change by having voice at your disposal. I did not try the Skype route, like some users have done.
For me personally, especially being not such a fast typer on the keyboard, I think I am really going to appreciate being able just to talk to someone. It makes explaining the interface (to newbies) or your latest experience so much easier. However it may also scare of a few people, who may not feel comfortable with a more confrontational mode of communication that voice is.
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posted Feb 20, 12:03 am on Feb 20, 2007 |
category: Second Life
Well… In real, there is a better solution in Second Life, which is solving almost all disadvantages of this one. Its called SECOND LIFE SPEECH TOOLS and it assigns to people good quality voices and they can write as usualy and SAPI engine will convert the chat to speech and you hear people talk. You can use speech recognition as well so it converts what you will tell to text. This solution is much more blending in the current SL world and is more usable for people who dont want to use their own voice or just don’t want to use headset etc. And when used only at client side, there is no lag caused etc. You will understand much better what people are talking, you can assing voices on your taste etc. It can be used with this new Second Life feature very well, so people will not need to speak to microphone. They will just install Speech Tools, they will select some voice and they will be talking aloud when writing as they are used too. This will help in a big way and people will still have chance to hide their identity and to be writing as they are used to. So no worries.
— JarekDejavu Mar 1, 07:35 am #
Hi JarekDejavu,
This is a very interesting comment! I was not aware of a tool like this. It sounds very well suited to support people that might feel left out with the introduction of voice in Second Life.
So here is the link to your page: SECOND LIFE SPEECH TOOLS (by the way the page could need some restyling to make the tool itself seem more professional!)Thanks for stopping by here!
— Marcel Mar 1, 10:11 am #