import voices or changing them to match teens
Is it possible to import voices into Site Pal. None of the voices match any of the child or teen avatars. If not, what can I change to make the current voices sound like a teen/child? If I change the pitch, the voices sound robotic.
Hi JNJ -
You can't import voices - but you can get good results with pitch & rate adjustment by using SSML prosody tags in the text. They don't work the same way for all voices, best when used with engine 3 female voices.
Here are some examples - try these & let me know what you think.
1. Voice: Ashley - 3,1,6 <prosody pitch="+100%" rate="-5%"> My mom says too much chocolate is not good for you. So I won't give you any. </prosody>
Avatar full body on Safari for Windows ?
Hello Gil,
All my avatars on the apps and websites are not loading with an error of charcter unavailable today, my account is platinum and current . Is there an error going on?
All my avatars on the apps and websites are not loading with an error of charcter unavailable today, my account is platinum and current . Is there an error going on?
You probably have "Secure Playback" turned ON in your account.
When ON, you must specifically approve the domain of your web page which loads your SitePal.
This is a security feature available to prevent theft of your SitePal service.
You have two options -
1. List your domain under the "licensed domains" for your account.
2. Turn OFF secure playback.
Both can be managed from your "Account Info" page.
Hope this helps,
Gil
Dynamic resizing
I have embedded a scene into a web page using the AC_VHost_Embed function. To make the page responsive, I need to be able to dynamically change the size of the scene . I have tried replacing the hardcoded height and width data with variables but, that produces an error and the scene never loads.
How can I dynamically change the size of a scene?
Hi -
We've added a new function to the client api - "resize" - the Client API Reference has been updated (on the support page) to include this function. This function allows you to dynamically resize the Scene when the page dimensions change, to support responsive design. Resizing is done dynamically and does not reload the character. We recommend that original aspect ratio be maintained when the Scene is resized. This is not required, but if you want to maintain the same relative position of the character within the Scene frame, you should retain the same aspect ratio. Otherwise, character will be re-positioned as best possible.
This had taken a bit longer than anticipated, thanks for your patience.
Let me know if any comments.
Best,
Gil
i need activated, i paid using paypal
i sent several email to say i need activated, i paid using paypal how long to activate i thought it was straight away no replies to all my emails
Does the photo face in tech playground still email a preview?
The photo face activity in Tech Playground does not seem to email your creation any more. Can this be fixed?
AVATAR EXPERT NEEDED ASAP
I need a gifted person to assist with Avatar presentations on my site, need a character exported to power point,
Avatars full-body on mobile and Player Volume
Hello Gil,
On iOS, the volume always seems to be maximum whatever the scene settings or whatever setPlayerVolume (x);
cordially
François -
The problem with the audio volume on Android has been fixed.
Please review and verify.
Best,
Gil
Text-to-speech problems in 12 languages
Bonjour Gil,
In French, the following code works:
<a href='javaScript:vh_sceneLoaded();'>ECOUTER</a><script language="JavaScript">
In Swedish, the following code does not work: sayText(' <P> jorden är rund</P>',1,9,4);
Canadian French, the following code does not work: sayText(' <P> La terre est ronde</P>',1,4,4);
In Greek, the following code does not work: sayText(' <P>η γη είναι στρογγυλή</P>'1,8,4);
In HINDI, the following code does not work: sayText(' <P>पृथ्वी गोल है</P>'1,24,4);
In Hungarian, the following code does not work: sayText(' <P>A Föld gömbölyű</P>'1,29,4);
In Indonesian, the following code does not work: sayText(' <P>bumi itu bulat</P>'1,28,4);
In Romanian, the following code does not work: sayText(' <P>Pământul este rotund</P>'1,30,4);
In Turkish, the following code does not work: sayText(' <P>dünyanın yuvarlak olduğunu</P>'1,16,4);
That's a lot of languages (12) do not work on PC (IE and Chrome) with full-body avatars!
Pending an answer,
Hi François -
I tried different languages in our TTS demo - they all seem to work fine.
See -
http://www.oddcast.com/demos/tts/tts_example.php?sitepal
Why are you using the <P> tag in the text to be spoken? What are you trying to achieve?
HTML tags cannot be interpreted with the exception of documented SSML tags, and should not be used. If used, they will either be stripped and ignored, or the result might be unexpected.
Please remove these tags & try again. If you still see a problem - please post a link to your page where the problem can be seen & we will look into it.
Best,
Gil
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