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Coffee House => Coffee House Boards => CH / General => Topic started by: adz on December 29, 2006, 10:52:55 PM
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This may sound a tad insane, however, I'm not the first to suggest it. Recently, there was some discussion regarding different accents from around the world. Judging by pics, locality and general conversation, I've formed my own opinions as to what some of you may sound like, not sure if anybody else does that, but I do. I doubt any of these are remotely accurate and the likelihood of meeting many of you is near invisible so my proposal is to build a web archive of peoples voices saying the same line. The line shall be the following:
"Hi, this is from Amiga.org saying hello world."
I've set up a gmail account to recieve the sound files:
voices.a.org@gmail.com
I don't really care what format you send me, so long as its nothing too obscure. They will all be converted to MP3 as I've only got a limited amount of webspace. Depending on how many responses I get, I'll begin the process of building the web archive, please note, I learnt web development on notepad and I've not progressed much further, so don't expect anything fancy :-D Anyways, I look forward to hearing from you all ;-)
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Top idea. Where's my microphone?
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Hehe, if Blobzie gives us a sample I might finally know what a Pictish accent is.
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Actually, I don't speak with an accent, unless you call middle class English an accent (although I don't sound my 't's).
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PMC wrote:
Actually, I don't speak with an accent, unless you call middle class English an accent (although I don't sound my 't's).
Thats why its called voices of a.org. accent or not, we want to hear you :-)
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Do you want iama's voice in stereo?
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iamaboringperson wrote:
Do you want iama's voice in stereo?
You can go quadraphonic if you wish, but it'll end up being converted to mono all the same.
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Cool idea, I'll send the files tomorrow!
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Only recently started posting properly on here but to hell with it, check your inbox lol
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Nice idea but how about a youtube type Amiga site? now loads of people have broadband and Im sure some of us would love to video our Amiga's and such.. or just show an A1000 running KS3.9 for example. ;-)
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Uhm...just upload it to youtube? :-P
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@adz:
Cute idea. File sent.
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Looks like my idea may actually take off, I've got two so far and I'm still waiting on Karlos and Whabang, I'm pretty sure X-ray was going to send something, but time will tell. I've recorded my own, so that makes a total of three. Come on peoples, the world must hear you!
Thanks to Wilse and mick_aka for their contribution :-)
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"...I'm pretty sure X-ray was going to send something..."
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I'm afraid I can't do it, mate. My voice is a virus and it corrupts all digital media upon which it is found. It is not recordable, the playback is just white noise :-o
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X-ray wrote:
"...I'm pretty sure X-ray was going to send something..."
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I'm afraid I can't do it, mate. My voice is a virus and it corrupts all digital media upon which it is found. It is not recordable, the playback is just white noise :-o
Use Say from Wb1.3 then ;-)
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@Wilse
Your voice is exactly as I imagined it would be like :-)
@X-ray
Thats no excuse!!! Sout Efrikan or not, we will hear your voice sooner or later ;-)
@rest
Get a wriggle on will you, I won't quit until I have a good percentage of your voices :lol: If push comes to shove I'll have to employ the mighty power of our resident spambot, you'll be bombarded until you submit :-D
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Ok I'll do it as soon as I can.
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moto
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@motorollin
Cheers!!!
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adz wrote:
Get a wriggle on will you, I won't quit until I have a good percentage of your voices :lol: If push comes to shove I'll have to employ the mighty power of our resident spambot, you'll be bombarded until you submit :-D
Sent :-D
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@adz:
Your voice is exactly as I imagined it would be like
Erm, well, I guess I am quite predictable.
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Karlos wrote:
Sent :-D
Hehe, second one had me rolling for a while :roflmao:
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@adz:
Erm, well, I guess I am quite predictable.
Well, TBH, I thought your accent would have been heavier, but as far as Scotsman go, you are easily understandable. As for the Scotsman that lives across the road...I cannae undoorstand ay woord ey sez :-D
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It's in the mail!
So, where's the site? :-)
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Y'all heard me singing already! ;-)
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whabang wrote:
It's in the mail!
So, where's the site? :-)
Will be up this weekend :-)
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Its crude, but it works:
Voices of Amiga.org (http://voicesofaorg.extropia.co.uk/)
Unfortunately the server doesn't support PHP, so it is what it is, enjoy :-)
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w00tness! 8-)
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Hehehe....
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Well, I've sent mine, hope you can dig my heavy Gronings/Frisian accent :-)
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I sent an MMS from my phone. It claims it went through. I don't even know if MMS messages can be recieved by gmail, but I tried!
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Yes! We gonna hear Cece! Yes we gonna hear Cece :banana: :banana: :banana:
Forget the dudes, bring on the dames.
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X-ray wrote:
Yes! We gonna hear Cece! Yes we gonna hear Cece :banana: :banana: :banana:
Forget the dudes, bring on the dames.
HA! before you get all excited just remember I have this horrible brooklyn accent that's been known to scare the bejesus out of people! :devildance:
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@Speel & Cecilia
I got both of yours, they will be added tonight.
@all
So did my voice sound anything like you expected?
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wow! it actually worked?? i'll be damned! (and I mean me sending a voice message via phone)
Wilse, you have quite a sexy accent, there. really.
I think I'm surprised karlos has a lower tone than "expected". whatever i was expecting, i can't imagine!
actually, everyone so far sounds far nicer than I do, but I've always hated my voice. It's not my best "feature".
nice job, adz. :pancake:
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cecilia wrote:
I think I'm surprised karlos has a lower tone than "expected". whatever i was expecting, i can't imagine!
Mmmmm..... *mumbles something only whales and elephants can hear*
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cecilia wrote:
wow! it actually worked?? i'll be damned! (and I mean me sending a voice message via phone)
The email was a tad dodgy, but I found what I needed. You and Speel are now up.
nice job, adz. :pancake:
Cheers, I do try and make a difference :-D
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Thanks, ADZ :-)
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cecilia wrote:
Wilse, you have quite a sexy accent, there. really.
He's doing that on purpose :lol:
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:roflmao: Karlos as the barry white of amiga org....you just kill me!
hey, adz, on your site I only hear me saying "hi..". I think part of my message was lost in the ether. I certainly don't want you to work hard on this. it's not like anything I say is so darn important.
Strangly enough, I'm not even sure what format a cell phone saves audio in. (why don't I know this?? I SHOULD know this. god, this is embarrassing).
I'd suggest me resending via another phone, but I don't want you struggling with this.
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Karlos wrote:
cecilia wrote:
I think I'm surprised karlos has a lower tone than "expected". whatever i was expecting, i can't imagine!
Mmmmm..... *mumbles something only whales and elephants can hear*
Well, you and ADZ have *quite* a smooth English accent 8-)
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
cecilia wrote:
Wilse, you have quite a sexy accent, there. really.
He's doing that on purpose :lol:
hmmm, he does EVERYTHING on purpose!
btw, you have nice full and well rounded voice.
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cecilia wrote:
Strangly enough, I'm not even sure what format a cell phone saves audio in. (why don't I know this?? I SHOULD know this. god, this is embarrassing).
Can't really hear whether you got an accent or not, unfortunately...
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cecilia wrote:
Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
cecilia wrote:
Wilse, you have quite a sexy accent, there. really.
He's doing that on purpose :lol:
hmmm, he does EVERYTHING on purpose!
btw, you have nice full and well rounded voice.
Aye!
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And Whabang sounds like he desperately wants to say it in Swedish :lol:
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cecilia wrote:
Wilse, you have quite a sexy accent, there. really.
Erm, well, thank you. I'm incredibly flattered. :-D
I think I'm surprised karlos has a lower tone than "expected". whatever i was expecting, i can't imagine!
I was expecting him to sound a bit more "geordie".
actually, everyone so far sounds far nicer than I do, but I've always hated my voice.
Sounds pretty nice to me.
It's not my best "feature".
Oh, that comment tempts one to flirt outrageously....... must resist! ;-)
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cecilia wrote:He's doing that on purpose :lol:
hmmm, he does EVERYTHING on purpose!
[/quote]No I mean his accent, I've been to Scotland several times and I haven't heard it like that.
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They doesn't play proper for me, innit.
Only Karlos's one works, all others are blank in the middle.
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@Wilse
I was expecting him to sound a bit more "geordie".
When I visit the folks, I do. Since moving away from there, I have had to tone it down to be understood so much that now I sound... well as I did.
It doesn't take much to bring it out though. Getting excited or angry or simply being immersed in the accent at home brings it all out, like.
I should ring my mum for a while and then re-record it :-D
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
cecilia wrote:
Wilse, you have quite a sexy accent, there. really.
He's doing that on purpose :lol:
Nah we all sound like that round here. Except the Neds.
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@Wilse
This more what you were expecting? (http://www.extropia.co.uk/karlos2.mp3)
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X-ray wrote:
all others are blank in the middle.
you aren't the first person to make that claim! :lol:
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@Cecilia
What is there is what I got, if you want to resend, please do, it only takes a minute to change. I recieved a WAV file, perhaps there is a limit on the file size?
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Well, you and ADZ have *quite* a smooth English accent 8-)
By crickey, I'm glad I don't sound like a fair dinkum slackjaw bogan :lol:
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X-ray wrote:
They doesn't play proper for me, innit.
Only Karlos's one works, all others are blank in the middle.
Bugger, what are you using to play them?
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cecilia wrote:
X-ray wrote:
all others are blank in the middle.
you aren't the first person to make that claim! :lol:
Fnaarrr!
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@Speel
So that's how you pronounce Speelgoedmannetje :-D
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@ Adz
I dunno what's up with that stuff, dude. But it doesn't play properly. The errors are consistent too.
My player here is Quicktime.
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X-ray wrote:
@ Adz
I dunno what's up with that stuff, dude. But it doesn't play properly. The errors are consistent too.
My player here is Quicktime.
*cough* Quicktime sucks *cough*
Hmmm, anybody else out there having problems???
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They all work fine here, even cecilia's. I'm using Opera and saving them to desktop before playing back in Winamp.
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Turambar wrote:
They all work fine here, even cecilia's. I'm using Opera and saving them to desktop before playing back in Winamp.
I tested it under IE, Firefox (Win & Mac) and Safari. The mac plays them via the browser, with windoze I have to download them first.
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Having done some testing with Quicktime myself, yes, there seems to be a problem with it and the MP3's. I'm looking into it.
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You all sound really nice, and I sound like a tit. I'll get my coat... :cry:
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What's wrong with your voice? Nobody hears their own voice as the rest hear it anyway.
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mick_aka wrote:
You all sound really nice, and I sound like a tit. I'll get my coat... :cry:
:roflmao:
Strangly enough, I've never heard a "tit"
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@Cecilia
You sure? (http://www.extropia.co.uk/karlos2.mp3)
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Karlos wrote:
@Cecilia
You sure? (http://www.extropia.co.uk/karlos2.mp3)
you certainly are trying to convince us all you are a sprout :lol:
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Karlos wrote:
@Speel
So that's how you pronounce Speelgoedmannetje :-D
Yeps, and I wouldn't try to pronounce it if I were you :-D
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Karlos wrote:
@Wilse
This more what you were expecting? (http://www.extropia.co.uk/karlos2.mp3)
Y-I, man. ;-)
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"...Strangly enough, I've never heard a "tit"..."
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I have. I was in the shower with a delightful young lady and I distinctly heard the squeak of boob on tile.
Okay, I'll get my coat...
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@X-Ray
Yes, it was yours.
Ever head the song, often chanted by semi intoxicated spectators at team sporting events whereupon a participant of the sport appears to be unfit relative to his contemperaries, causing them to concede to the opposition? It repeats the phrase "Who ate all the pies?"
That was written about you, that was.
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Wilse wrote:
Karlos wrote:
@Wilse
This more what you were expecting? (http://www.extropia.co.uk/karlos2.mp3)
Y-I, man. ;-)
Haddaway an' sh!te, man!
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
And Whabang sounds like he desperately wants to say it in Swedish :lol:
Haha! I don't even speak Swedish! :lol:
Las time I was in Stockholm, I had to speak English to be able to make myself understood. Scanian is a rather difficult language. :-)
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As soon as I get a chance I'm going to have to listen to you all... I imagine Karlos to sound like Billy Connoly and I'm intrigued to hear x-ray's voice - could it be eloquent but guttoral saffer?
As for la Cece, I'm expecting a slightly vampish and velvety tone to your voice...
Actually, why don't we start a thread called "Vices of a.org"?
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@PMC
I'm afraid you are in for a dissapointing experience. I'm told I sound more like Ringo Starr. Which is somewhat worrying :lol:
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Ooookay, the site has been up for a few days now and the emails have completely stopped. The following is a list of the people I'm quite keen to hear from:
Vincent
X-ray
PMC
Cyberus (where is he?)
Wayne
Blobzie
Odin
GadgetMaster
InTheSand
So chop chop :lol:
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Karlos wrote:
@PMC
I'm afraid you are in for a dissapointing experience. I'm told I sound more like Ringo Starr. Which is somewhat worrying :lol:
TBH, I'd disappointed that I'm not hearing the heavy accents I thought I would :lol:
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There's a second recording of me linked in the thread somewhere, how I sound after speaking with my folks for more than half an hour.
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Karlos wrote:
There's a second recording of me linked in the thread somewhere, how I sound after speaking with my folks for more than half an hour.
I heard it, still nout thick enough :-P
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"...I'm intrigued to hear x-ray's voice - could it be eloquent but guttoral saffer?..."
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Nothing special, just an English saffer. A dime a dozen down in Earl's Court.
Blobzie is the one we need to get. Cos I wanna hear what a Pictish accent is.
Unfortunately, according to my ASBO order, I cannot distribute recordings of myself. I think it is also a provision in one of the Geneva Conventions.
To put it another way: "I ain't going down on no tape, dog" :-P
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Strangly enough, I've never heard a "tit"
*makes comedy horn sound*
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whabang wrote:
Haha! I don't even speak Swedish! :lol:
Las time I was in Stockholm, I had to speak English to be able to make myself understood. Scanian is a rather difficult language. :-)
So... are you not Swedish or are non-Swedish speaking Swedes living in Sweden fairly common?
:-?
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X-ray wrote:
To put it another way: "I ain't going down on no tape, dog" :-P
Bawk-Bawk-Bawk
Thats you, that is.
That is the sound you make when you refuse to participate in Voices of Amiga.org :-P
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@X-Ray
As I have a rare condition that makes me unable to see the word "tape" as the penultimate word in a sentence*, excuse me whilst I roll on the floor laughing for a while...
*not true, but it happened this time :lol:
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adz wrote:
Bawk-Bawk-Bawk
Thats you, that is.
That is the sound you make when you refuse to participate in Voices of Amiga.org :-P
That's the sound he makes whenever he does anything, that is...
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Thanks to the benevolent Karlos, whom graciously donated some of his server space, Voices of Amiga.org can now be found here:
Voices of Amiga.org (http://voicesofaorg.extropia.co.uk/)
Thankfully his server supports PHP so that should make updating the site easier, assuming I can remembers any PHP that is :lol:
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@adz
Your'e welcome.
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They all play properly now. Good to hear.
Keep them coming, people.
Come on, it won't kill you to submit a sample (ask your GP if you don't believe me) :lol:
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X-ray wrote:
They all play properly now. Good to hear.
Keep them coming, people.
Come on, it won't kill you to submit a sample (ask your GP if you don't believe me) :lol:
So where is your sample???
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Nurse Tracy has it at the local surgery.
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Okay, I will make a deal with you guys and gals.
If you provide as many samples to Adz/Karlos as I have supplied images to the photo album, I will be obliged to provide a sample.
That's fair, yes?
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@X-Ray
It's on my server now. That means I could spoof you until it irritates you enough to submit a genuine recording of your own :-D
Don't make me reach for the microphone, man. Save your dignity! :lol:
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:lol:
However, I must advise you that a South African accent is very difficult to emulate. You need to have specially-designed marshmallows tucked in your cheeks to pull it off.
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I have a clip in my sample library of Joss Ackland shouting "Diplomatic immunity!"
That'd do for now :lol:
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Karlos wrote:
So... are you not Swedish or are non-Swedish speaking Swedes living in Sweden fairly common? :-?
Skånsk is a Swedish-Danish {bleep}language afaik due to big chunks of South-West Sweden having been Danish until the 17th century. And it's true, it's completely incomprehensible :-D, Danish is almost more understandable!
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{bleep}language...hm I didn't mean it to sound that harsh, hybridlanguage sounds better ;-).
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@ Karlos
You'd be better off with Arnold Vosloo, he is at least a genuine South African (although he is more of an Afrikaans background).
"Boudreaux, Boudreaux, Boudreaux."
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Karlos wrote:
I have a clip in my sample library of Joss Ackland shouting "Diplomatic immunity!"
That'd do for now :lol:
An episode of the Goodies springs to mind :lol:
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@Adz
What do you reckon? (http://extropia.co.uk/img/voices_aorg.jpg) - just a preview version :-)
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...and yes, that is my voice ;-)
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Karlos wrote:
@Adz
What do you reckon? (http://extropia.co.uk/img/voices_aorg.jpg) - just a preview version :-)
Fan-friken-tastic, mind if I put it up straight away?
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odin wrote:
Karlos wrote:
So... are you not Swedish or are non-Swedish speaking Swedes living in Sweden fairly common? :-?
Skånsk is a Swedish-Danish {bleep}language afaik due to big chunks of South-West Sweden having been Danish until the 17th century. And it's true, it's completely incomprehensible :-D, Danish is almost more understandable!
Incomprehensible is perhaps a bit exaggerated, but many Swedes and Danes find it easier to understand eachother, than understanding a "Skåeuning", even though good ol' Terra Scaniae is right in betweeen the two. :-P
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Whabang, you sound very similar to a colleague of mine, from Denmark.
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Well, I am half dane. :-)
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@ Cece
I can't pick up your accent on that sample, maybe a longer one would show it. When you said Brooklyn I was expecting Judge Judy :-P
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adz wrote:
Karlos wrote:
@Adz
What do you reckon? (http://extropia.co.uk/img/voices_aorg.jpg) - just a preview version :-)
Fan-friken-tastic, mind if I put it up straight away?
Go for it. I can recreate it at a different size or whatever, otherwise I'll just move the image file into your subdomain somewhere.
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Karlos wrote:
Go for it. I can recreate it at a different size or whatever, otherwise I'll just move the image file into your subdomain somewhere.
Done :-D Thanks mate :-)
Edit...BTW, did you get my email???
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I can try and tidy it up a bit if you like - the spectrogram layer was quite noisy making the blue colour look flecked with jpeg artifacts by the time it was all put together. A quick guassian blur of that region of the layer would fix that...
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@Karlos
Looks fine to me dude.
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@Adz
As the original version was a preview and a bit brutally compressed as jpeg, here's a slightly tweaked version. It's a 24-bit png so you can resize or whatever before converting to jpeg for use, unless you don't mind 140KB banners ;-)
Clicky (http://www.extropia.co.uk/img/voices_aorg3.png)
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It's also a bit less tall so it doesn't use as much real estate when the page starts to fill with more content.
Which it will, right everybody?
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adz wrote:
@Karlos
Looks fine to me dude.
Remember I have superhuman blue sensetivitiy :lol:
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@Karlos
Remember I have super demented red/green sensetivity :lol:
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Karlos wrote:
@Adz
As the original version was a preview and a bit brutally compressed as jpeg, here's a slightly tweaked version. It's a 24-bit png so you can resize or whatever before converting to jpeg for use, unless you don't mind 140KB banners ;-)
Clicky (http://www.extropia.co.uk/img/voices_aorg3.png)
Saved the png as a JPG, ended up being 5K bigger than the old version, but the artifacts you were referring to seem to have disapeared.
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X-ray wrote:
@ Cece
I can't pick up your accent on that sample, maybe a longer one would show it. When you said Brooklyn I was expecting Judge Judy :-P
well, there ARE certain words which would give it away - none of which were included in my sound clip.
I may make and send a new one just to show you. :-D
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@ Cece
Just say the following sentence, and I'll know:
"I'm going to get a coffee from Starbucks"
:-P
more about brooklyn accents (http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/popcult/handouts/metaphor/gertrude.html)
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Actually, I was planning on saying,
"In Brooklyn we open Windows, drink Coffee, eat chocolate and keep our Underwear out of sight."
Trust me, THAT should completely showcase the accent!
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I dig that accent.
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Poor Cecilia.
;-)
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adz, I just sent you a new sound file - mp3. And as I used a PDA phone (windows OS) it was naturally a complicated affair. :roll:
this phone (cingular 8525) has some really nice features but sending an email is strangly confusing.
it could be me. :lotsacoffee:
anyway, let me know if it actually arrived or was lost in the ether......
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I found a nice site with some examples of accents. It has the New York Brooklyn accent and also a South African dude explaining how to hunt a crocodile :-)
http://www.gazzaro.it/accents/files/accents2.html
Edit: one of those English accents is definitely Karlos, explaining his trainspotting hobby :-P
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@cecilia
I got the file and it works fine.
@rest
To hear the second voice sample from Cecilia, click the following link:
http://voicesofaorg.extropia.co.uk/ (http://voicesofaorg.extropia.co.uk/)
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Crystal clear.
:pint:
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Good one, Cece :-)
Okay, come on, where are the rest of the samples from the other members?
Huh?
What are your excuses, eh?
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Damn, my phone only saved sound files in '.amr' format...
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@X-ray
*looks sad*
because... I have no microphone :boohoo:
...because I spent all my money on a Dell 2407wfp :-D
Andy
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AJCopland wrote:
@X-ray
*looks sad*
because... I have no microphone :boohoo:
...because I spent all my money on a Dell 2407wfp :-D
Andy
I bought one for about 4 euros to be able to chat with my sis. Even a piss-poor stud like me can afford that.
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@Speelgoedmannetje
It was mostly a sarcastic reply to X-ray's challenge for excuses :-)
But even if mic's are that cheap I still dont have one here right now :-D
Andy
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Even a piss-poor stud like me...
There's so many levels to that one that I lost count :lol:
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I'll be moving in 2 weeks and my microphone is already packed somewhere, but I'll try to remember this thread and send in my own horrible excuse for an English phrase.
Well, I'm not that bad in English, but I pretty much think it's audible that I'm not a native speaker :lol:
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PMC wrote:
Damn, my phone only saved sound files in '.amr' format...
my phone uses the Notes PWI format and I had to find a converter to change it to wav in the phone (which I then converted to mp3 on my computer).
doing a quick google i found Mobile AMR converter (http://www.miksoft.net/mobileAMRconverter.htm). I have no idea if this works, but obviously there are converters all over the place.
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...and this is why I probably shouldn't own a sampler (http://www.voicesofaorg.extropia.co.uk/cecilia3.mp3)*
*note, I did get Cecilias blessing to post this, I'm not a total git.
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Just submitted mine - even though I hate my voice :roll: Just a few comments on the ones that are there so far:
@adz
Your voice is strangely identical to how I imagined it :-)
@cecilia
I *love* your accent
@speel
Thank God - now I can stop wondering how to pronounce that EVERY time I see it :lol:
@whabang
For some reason I can imagine you narrating a Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams audio book :crazy:
@wilse
Marry me :-P
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moto
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Awww, I didn't even rate a mention *sniff*
:lol:
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Sorry Karlos, I forgot you :boohoo: Though your voice is exactly how I imagined it.
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moto
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It is?
I'm actually quite surprised. Most people think I should sound just like Ross Noble on a bad day :-D
Of course, after I've had a particularly bad day.... :lol:
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No, I was not surprised at all when I heard your voice :-)
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moto
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Karlos wrote:
It is?
I'm actually quite surprised. Most people think I should sound just like Ross Noble on a bad day :-D
You sound like Ringo Starr narrating "Thomas The Tank Engine" to me! [lol]
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@CannonFodder
Cheers :lol:
If you'll excuse me, I'm just off to kill myself.
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Karlos wrote:
It is?
It is very sexy... :-)
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motorollin wrote:
Just submitted mine - even though I hate my voice :roll: Just a few comments on the ones that are there so far:
@adz
Your voice is strangely identical to how I imagined it :-)
@cecilia
I *love* your accent
@speel
Thank God - now I can stop wondering how to pronounce that EVERY time I see it :lol:
@whabang
For some reason I can imagine you narrating a Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams audio book :crazy:
@wilse
Marry me :-P
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moto
Yes, and now it's your turn :banana:
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That's probably why I didn't get the Thomas the Tank engine narration job then. A bit too sultry for kids TV, ey? :lol:
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motorollin wrote:
@speel
Thank God - now I can stop wondering how to pronounce that EVERY time I see it :lol:
I am sorry if it puzzled you guys :lol:
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@moto:
:-P
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@Wilse
I choose to take that as a "yes" :evilgrin:
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motorollin wrote:
@cecilia
I *love* your accent
HA! is that the forwards or backwards version???
I think we will have to wrestle for wilse.
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I think we will have to wrestle for wilse.
I don't think he's that sort of boy Cecilia! ;-)
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cecilia wrote:
motorollin wrote:
@cecilia
I *love* your accent
HA! is that the forwards or backwards version???
I think we will have to wrestle for wilse.
Naah, you ppl are too much 'southerners' for Wilse.
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motorollin wrote:
Just submitted mine - even though I hate my voice :roll: Just a few comments on the ones that are there so far:
@adz
Your voice is strangely identical to how I imagined it :-)
Your voice is up now, don't worry, I think everybody hates the sound of their own voice ;-) So I don't sound like a certain deceased croc hunter? Phew!!! :-P
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Yay :-)
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moto
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motorollin wrote:
Yay :-)
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moto
Yay :-D
BTW, how come Mr. Vincent hasn't sent in a sample yet?
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motorollin wrote:
Yay :-)
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moto
For some reason I thought you would have a South Yorkshire type accent.
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Never even been there :-) I'm actually from Essex, but repress my accent...
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moto
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motorollin wrote:
Never even been there :-) I'm actually from Essex, but repress my accent...
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moto
No offence mate.... You don't. :-P
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CannonFodder wrote:
No offence mate.... You don't. :-P
You mean I don't hide it as well as I thought? :-o
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motorollin wrote:
CannonFodder wrote:
No offence mate.... You don't. :-P
You mean I don't hide it as well as I thought? :-o
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moto
Well, having spent yesterday night and this morning in Essex, the accent was still fresh in my ears when I heard your voice.
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Aren't you at Birmingham Uni?
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Good God, what on earth must I sound like if I'm not dulling my accent down 0_o :lol:
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moto
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motorollin wrote:
Good God, what on earth must I sound like if I'm not dulling my accent down 0_o :lol:
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Jamie Oliver!
/me Runs very very fast............ ;-)
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CannonFodder wrote:
Aren't you at Birmingham Uni?
Not yet. Assuming I pass my OU course and the CRB and medical checks, I'll be starting in September.
CannonFodder wrote:
Jamie Oliver!
Actually you're not that far from the mark...
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motorollin wrote:
CannonFodder wrote:
Aren't you at Birmingham Uni?
Not yet. Assuming I pass my OU course and the CRB and medical checks, I'll be starting in September.
Ar, yam'll be talkin' right bostin brummie soon bab! :lol:
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That's fine - I think most Northern accents are more attractive than my native "wide-boy" anyway :lol: Maybe I'll just adopt a different accent. I always quite fancied Yorkshire...
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Karlos wrote:
@X-Ray
It's on my server now. That means I could spoof you until it irritates you enough to submit a genuine recording of your own :-D
Don't make me reach for the microphone, man. Save your dignity! :lol:
Might have to give that one a go myself :lol: What else is one supposed to do on a balmy Friday night???
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I'm chooning you straight that you okes will never emulate my accent. Can't be done, my chaaainas.
It's not Kevin Pietersen catching one in the ribs...
It's not some guy saying jislaaik out of a Cortina window...
Don't forget to get the marshmallows and biltong strips if you intend to try it :idea:
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Voices page interface idea... (http://extropia.co.uk/img/voices_concept.jpg)
Any comments or suggestions?
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Looks awesome :-)
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Initial prototype (http://voicesofaorg.extropia.co.uk/surprise.php) Don't expect it to work on all browsers, it's pretty much gecko at the moment - needs javaascript enabled too.
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The icons are undragable :boohoo:.
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@odin
I know. Making them draggable isn't hard but making them draggable from layer to layer is a little more involved ;-)
Just use Opera 9. Then it's all equally undraggable :lol:
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No thanks, Opera's GUI makes me queasy. Good thing VOA.O doesn't make my Firefox crash anymore though. For some reason after it has played 3 mp3-files it crashes. =).
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You mean the original page crashes and this doesn't?
That's pretty weird, both of them directly point the browser to the mp3 file. The only difference is that this version opens it in an iframe :-?
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Yep, this doesn't make FF crash and the original does.
Oh and: BOING BALLS MUST DIE! We want ticks! (That is me and the bodyless voice behind me) ;-).
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There's no pleasing some people :lol:
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Surely everybody knows by now that Boing-balls simply are not done?
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Happy now? (refresh)
No boing, but no tick either. Just grey :-D
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Less is more, now all you have to do is get rid of that distracting picture at the top! ;-)
Seriously though, it did look better with the Boing in the window-background :-D. There's just no pleasing me!
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Okay, i'll shoot myself now!
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I didn't have time to make any special stuff and just used the images I had to hand.
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Blurry boing ball background brought back.
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C'mon everybody, git yer yap aroond a mic and start recording!
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Oh, my gawd, Karlos! I just saw your AV change right before my eyes and that startled me no end! :lol:
you web page is very cool. I need to upgrade my opera. (just too lazy, now)
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Cheers.
Which version of Opera is it and can you drag the "windows" ?
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(http://www.avatargraveyard.extropia.co.uk/av/bliar.jpg)
Probaby the shortest lived avatar I've had yet :lol:
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Karlos wrote:
Cheers.
Which version of Opera is it and can you drag the "windows" ?
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(http://www.avatargraveyard.extropia.co.uk/av/bliar.jpg)
Probaby the shortest lived avatar I've had yet :lol:
love it!
and I'm SOOOO lazy I'm still using Opera 7 something. and, no, I can't drag the windows. don't bother trying to fix anything for my sake. I need to get off my lazy behind and just get #9.
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@cecilia
I wouldn't bother: It doens't work in 9 properly either ;-) It does seem to work fine in Fx 1.0.3+, KHTML and IE5.5+
Trouble is, no two browsers exactly agree on CSS/DOM even now. No doubt I'll get to the bottom of it when I have time later.
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@cecilia
In the meantime, you can enjoy this preview (http://voicesofaorg.extropia.co.uk/img/preview.jpg) instead... (as rendered in Firefox 2.0)
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cecilia wrote:
motorollin wrote:
@cecilia
I *love* your accent
HA! is that the forwards or backwards version???
I think we will have to wrestle for wilse.
I'd probably buy a ticket to watch that.
:lol:
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CannonFodder wrote:
I think we will have to wrestle for wilse.
I don't think he's that sort of boy Cecilia! ;-)
Oh, I dunno......
;-)
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Naah, you ppl are too much 'southerners' for Wilse.
:roflmao:
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Where the hell are all you guys? Come on, get recording already!
The following people are officially named and shamed as not yet participating :-D
Glaucus, GadgetMaster, FluffyMcDeath, Doobrey, Bobsonsirjohnny, Cyberus, the_leander, Cymric, Argo, Wayne, Bloodline, Jose, Agafaster, Kronos, PMC, Redrumloa, Vincent, Patrik, Xeron, Blobrana, Tomas, Piru, Mikeymike, The_Editor, Turambar, Oliver, Lempkee, Nadoom, T-bone, NoFastMem, Seehund, JaXanim, Coder, Quixote, x56h34.
Oh and X-Ray and anybody not already on the above list :lol:...
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Oh my. Sorry I missed this thread. I'll see what I can do to add to your little project.
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So thats it, is it??? No one else wants to participate. Sad really as I though this would have been a lot of fun. I guess I can stop wasting my time checking the mailbox each day :-(
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@Amiduffer
Yours has been uploaded, thank you :-)
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Sent. I think I sound a little tired.
Classic New Yawk accent Cecilia. Although, I think the Joisey folks sound pretty nifty too.
Motorollin, slow the heck down! :-o
Thanks Adz.
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Sent!
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Yeah, keep them coming in folks, the Amiga kitty wants to hear more:
(http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g154/Odd_Job/BoppinCat1.gif)
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X-ray wrote:
Yeah, keep them coming in folks, the Amiga kitty wants to hear more:
Still waiting for yours, X-Ray :-D
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Wilse wrote:
Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Naah, you ppl are too much 'southerners' for Wilse.
:roflmao:
:lol:
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adz wrote:
So thats it, is it??? No one else wants to participate. Sad really as I though this would have been a lot of fun. I guess I can stop wasting my time checking the mailbox each day :-(
Well, I can make a new one if you like...
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"...Still waiting for yours, X-Ray..."
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Nah, I am a picture man, not a sound man. If you check the TOS you will see it says that anyone who has contributed more than 70 images to the photo album is absolved of any further contribution, whether audio or social :-P
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But then, do it for me!
:kitty:
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@X-Ray
You were warned :-P
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What do I have to fear from a man who lives in a VW camper-van? :-P
Hey you just reminded me of something. I picked up a copy of the free newspaper "South African" at the local Nandos today on my way back from work.
There is a mini-review of the new film "Blood Diamond" in it.
Of course, Di Caprio's attempt at a South African accent didn't go down well with the reviewer, who described it as somewhere between a Jamaican and broad Australian accent. They commended him on at least being consistent though.
Here's the top five list (according to the paper) of worst attempts to emulate a South African accent on film:
1) Pete Postlethwaite in The Constant Gardener. It was described as Afrikaans-Cockney.
2) Joss Ackland in Lethal Weapon 2. All they said was he should have been ejected off set. I wouldn't put him at number 2, but it was obviously an over-rehearsed attempt to emulate an Afrikaans accent.
3) Daniel Craig in Munich. He rolled the R wrong, and veered between Australian and Irish.
4) Val Kilmer in The Saint. (Actually I didn't think it was that bad an attempt).
5) Richard Roxburgh in Mission Impossible. He changed accents mid-sentence from fake US to fake SA.
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I'm happy to leave it there until you provide a genuine sample.
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What do I have to fear from a man who lives in a VW camper-van?
Well, if he came from a Texan town on the Rio Grande, the blacked-out interior of his camper van festooned by strangely soiled copies of "Guns and Ammo" magazine hoarded amidst a collection of hand weapons, firearms and various hate material, quite a bit I imagine...
Luckily I don't fit that profile and neither do I live in a camper van.
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"...I'm happy to leave it there until you provide a genuine sample..."
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:-o
That sounds EXACTLY like me!!
:-o
:eek:
:egad:
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:-D
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Ok now that my sample is uploaded, I expect all you other fukkas to contribute.
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That sounds EXACTLY like me!!
Joss Ackland or Danny Glover?
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Neither.
I am talking about the sound in between, the one that emulates the effects of a large meal comprised of brussels sprouts, lentils, butter beans and cabbage ;-)
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X-ray wrote:
Neither.
I am talking about the sound in between, the one that emulates the effects of a large meal comprised of brussels sprouts, lentils, butter beans and cabbage ;-)
Ah, whilst driving single-handedly in the townships, you mean?
*ducks*
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You mean drive-by farting (http://s55.photobucket.com/albums/g154/Odd_Job/?action=view¤t=drivebyfarting.flv) ?
Don't need a car for that :lol:
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After all that fibre, wouldn't it be more like a shotgun blast?
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Adz:
Sent! I have to tell you though - its all the phones fault!
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@NFM & Mel_zoom
Thank you, will have them uploaded soon.
@X-ray
You are in for a tasty treat my dear friend, once I've finished the sound capture of the Goodies episode entitled...."South Africa" :roflmao:
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Aaaah, so it's that_poonk_guy. Had it wrong all along :-D.
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My accent has become increasingly gutteral since moving back to Yorkshire. :-D
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"...You are in for a tasty treat my dear friend, once I've finished the sound capture of the Goodies episode entitled...."South Africa"..."
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I can't wait, dude.
I always like it when people try :-D
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NoFastMem:
You sound very clear to me - unlike many people Ive met since coming to Manchester!
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x-ray:
"Nah, I am a picture man, not a sound man. If you check the TOS you will see it says that anyone who has contributed more than 70 images to the photo album is absolved of any further contribution, whether audio or social"
It seems you are making that one up :-P
Too afraid people will laugh? I sent a recording and I have a "funny" accent.
This is not doing your manliness any good at all :-P
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But I'm not a man, I'm a boy.
A Saffer boy at that.
And this Saffer ain't going down on no tape. (I have diplomatic immunity) :-P
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An insufferable boy, did you say? :-D
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@X-ray
I warned you...
http://voicesofaorg.extropia.co.uk/voices/x-ray.mp3 (http://voicesofaorg.extropia.co.uk/voices/x-ray.mp3)
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Just sent my voice too. ;-)
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@falemagn
Thank you very much, it's just been uploaded :-)
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adz wrote:
@X-ray
I warned you...
http://voicesofaorg.extropia.co.uk/voices/x-ray.mp3 (http://voicesofaorg.extropia.co.uk/voices/x-ray.mp3)
:lol: :lol: :lol:
:roflmao:
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falemagn wrote:
Just sent my voice too. ;-)
This proves to me that appearences can be deceptive. You sound quite softly spoken but I'd imagined you'd sound quite different looking at your avatar :-)
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X-ray wrote:
And this Saffer ain't going down on no tape. (I have diplomatic immunity) :-P
"It's just been revoked!"
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Nice Lethal Weapon quote there Karlos :-D
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@X-ray
Gee its taking an awful long time for you to retort. Looks like we finally have a sample of X-ray's voice :lol:
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Punkies voice is soooooo sexy 8-)
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Punkies voice is soooooo sexy 8-)
You can't beat the yorkshire accent speel - if only I still had a copy of that classic track "Who's that!"......
Anyway, glad to see my voice on there. Cheers guys! :-)
Oh, and listen out at the end of my clip for CU_AMiGA blowing a raspberry trying to mess up the recording......he's still as immature as ever...... :crazy:
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Karlos wrote:
falemagn wrote:
Just sent my voice too. ;-)
This proves to me that appearences can be deceptive. You sound quite softly spoken but I'd imagined you'd sound quite different looking at your avatar :-)
He looks well 'ard. :-)
I've only just realised the windows drag, that's awesome!
Anywho...
adz - If I didn't know already, I don't think I would have pinned down your accent!
Cecilia - Hello! :-D
Karlos - Somehow you're speaking in the exact same accent I always heard in my head reading CU Amiga and C&VG mags from the early 90s. That sort of simultaneously laddish and nerdy journo vibe. I think I just gave your voice a wine review.
mick_aka - You don't sound bad to me...?
Speelgoedmannetje - My ignorant attempts at pronouncing your handle weren't as far off the mark as I'd thought! P.S.: I just have a good microphone. ;-)
Whabang - that is some enunciation!
Wilse - Well, I love tons of things about Scotland, the accent is definitely one of them. :-)
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Jeez, I've been so busy with my new job...
I'll borrow a mic at some point and do mine.
Every time I've heard my voice recorded, it sounds really nasal though :-(
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NoFastMem wrote:
adz - If I didn't know already, I don't think I would have pinned down your accent!
Didn't even know I had an accent, I always thought my voice was quite neutral, I'm kinda curious to know what you were expecting.
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Cyberus wrote:
Jeez, I've been so busy with my new job...
I'll borrow a mic at some point and do mine.
Every time I've heard my voice recorded, it sounds really nasal though :-(
Don't worry, nobody likes the sound of their own voice :-D
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adz wrote:
Didn't even know I had an accent, I always thought my voice was quite neutral, I'm kinda curious to know what you were expecting.
...Er, Australian? :-D
Everyone has an accent, they just don't think they do 'cause people assimilate and assume the local standard is the norm.
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Karlos wrote:
falemagn wrote:
Just sent my voice too. ;-)
This proves to me that appearences can be deceptive. You sound quite softly spoken but I'd imagined you'd sound quite different looking at your avatar :-)
You should hear me now, my sore throat is having quite a deepening effect on my voice. :lol:
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NoFastMem wrote:
...Er, Australian? :-D
Everyone has an accent, they just don't think they do 'cause people assimilate and assume the local standard is the norm.
So I don't sound Australian??? Were you expecting something like the late Steve Irwin? Back further, someone thought I sounded like Karlos :-o :lol:
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adz wrote:
So I don't sound Australian???
You don't sound un-Australian, but I wouldn't have really picked it up. Maybe with a longer sample there'd be more artifacts of your locale. :-)
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adz wrote:
NoFastMem wrote:
...Er, Australian? :-D
Everyone has an accent, they just don't think they do 'cause people assimilate and assume the local standard is the norm.
So I don't sound Australian??? Were you expecting something like the late Steve Irwin? Back further, someone thought I sounded like Karlos :-o :lol:
That was me :oops:
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NoFastMem wrote:
P.S.: I just have a good microphone. ;-)
I am not falling for that, Punkie :)
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Everybody sounds so much clearer than I do :-(
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NoFastMem wrote:
adz wrote:
So I don't sound Australian???
You don't sound un-Australian, but I wouldn't have really picked it up. Maybe with a longer sample there'd be more artifacts of your locale. :-)
A few strategically placed ¨G´day¨ś and ¨Strewth sheila!¨´s perhaps? ;-)
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There was nothing strategic about Lou Carpenter.
(http://encyclopedia.quickseek.com/images/Lou-Carpenter_Tom-Oliver-1988-and-1992....jpg)
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Gah!!
Anyone else remember him on 'Prisioner Cell Block H' pre-neighbours?
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mel_zoom wrote:
Everybody sounds so much clearer than I do :-(
At least you don't have such a peasantish accent like me.
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NoFastMem wrote:
There was nothing strategic about Lou Carpenter.
(http://encyclopedia.quickseek.com/images/Lou-Carpenter_Tom-Oliver-1988-and-1992....jpg)
I'm pretty sure you guys suffer the "Home and Away" curse too, so I'm sure you meant Alf Stewart;
(http://www.homeandaway.utvinternet.com/images/alf2.jpg)
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Well looks like the spam bots have visited the forum recently, I got my first spam message in the Voices of Amiga.org mailbox today :lol: Took just over month :-D
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adz wrote:
Well looks like the spam bots have visited the forum recently, I got my first spam message in the Voices of Amiga.org mailbox today :lol: Took just over month :-D
it wasn't me!! :lol:
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adz wrote:
I'm pretty sure you guys suffer the "Home and Away" curse too, so I'm sure you meant Alf Stewart;
No, I meant Lou Carpenter... I just find his mention funny. You're right though, Alf is definitely much more, uh... strewthy than Lou, from what I recall. Didn't really watch H&A. :-)
I met a couple of Australians last week though and to be honest I think I spend so much time listening to Americans speak that I find it harder to differentiate between Aussies and Brits.
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Speelgoedmannetje:
"At least you don't have such a peasantish accent like me."
Theres nothing wrong with your accent as far as I can tell.
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I'll be sending mine over soon as I get a chance...
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mel_zoom wrote:
Speelgoedmannetje:
"At least you don't have such a peasantish accent like me."
Theres nothing wrong with your accent as far as I can tell.
Thanks
:-)
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dezignersrepublic wrote:
"I'll be sending mine over soon as I get a chance..."
You seem to be in a minority there. I know people generally dont like having their pictures taken but thats evidentally nothing compared to how much they must hate their own voices! :-)