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Googol GLaDOS Voice Tutorial, Originally from my site. re-edited in markdown. Do NOT claim this work as your own.
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Googol GLaDOS Voice Tutorial.md

Tutorial: How to create the GLaDOS voice effect. (And other robots)

If you have come here for the animation of Googol GLaDOS, I encourage you to watch it before you continue.

If you're here to see how the voices were made...

LETS GET STARTED.


This is an updated tutorial from the gist and coderwall versions. The original version is archived at the wayback machine

So we see below are the following 6 AI voice assistants in the room in Googol GLaDOS 2.0.

Click on the name to find out were they are from. (In order of appearance from the movie):

GLaDOS - Portal/Portal 2 (Video game)

Watson - IBM

Siri - Apple

Android - Google (Using Google Now)

CNTRL PANEL - RFK Trilogy (My own creation)

Macintoshiba - Apple Macintosh Plus + Toshiba.

(get it? ;P don't sue me toshiba and apple! D:)

At this point you should have a brief idea of who the characters are and where they come from.

Below are the tools and methods used to create the voices of the characters, click to find how it was made.

GLaDOS

Watson

Siri

Android

[CNTRL PANEL](#CNTRL PANEL)

Macintoshiba

GLaDOS

Tools:

Mac:

Operating System TTS Software
Mac OS X 10.7+ Samantha US English* Celemony Melodyne, Adobe Audition

Windows:

Operating System TTS Software
Windows 7 Crystal Celemony Melodyne, Adobe Audition

Steps:

  1. Type in text into a TTS software, and save the file.
  2. Use Celemony Melodyne to 'gladosify' the file. (look at the voice resources)
  3. Export it as an audio file.
  4. Edit the audio in your favourite *audio editor.

*Or you can use your own.

Voice Resources:

Celemony Melodyne

Melodyne Tutorial

TTS generator (choose Crystal)

Adobe Audition

Follow these steps and you should be able to recreate GLaDOS's voice.

*(Mac only.)

Watson

Tools:

Mac:

Operating System TTS Software
Mac OS X 10.7+ Tom US English (Mac only)* Adobe Audition

Windows:

Operating System TTS Software
Windows 7 Mike Adobe Audition

What I did:

  1. Type in text into a TTS software, and save the file.
  2. Edit the audio in your favourite *audio editor.
  3. Edited voice using effects (reverb + mastering + chorus)

*Or you can use your own.

Voice Resources:

TTS generator (choose Mike)

Adobe Audition

Follow these steps and you should be able to recreate Watson's voice.

*(Mac only.)

Siri

Tools:

iOS:

Operating System TTS Software Hardware
iOS 5+ Siri MobileTerminal, Adobe Audition, Audacity Two way audio jack.
Requirements:

iPhone 4S and above

iPad 4 and above

iPod Touch 5 and above

MUST BE A JAILBROKEN.

Steps:

  1. Go to Cydia and search speak then install package.

  2. Install MobileTerminal.

  3. Launch MobileTerminal.

  4. Type the speak command in your iDevice:

    speak hello world, I can speak.

    At this point you should hear Siri speaking, This means you can record the voice using your favourite *audio editor.

  5. Plug in a two way audio jack.

  6. Record using your favourite *audio editor (I used Audacity).

  7. Edit the audio in your favourite *audio editor.

*Or you can use your own.

Voice Resources:

Audacity

Adobe Audition

[MobileTerminal](http://cydia.saurik.com/package/mobi leterminal-applesdk/)

Follow these steps and you should be able to recreate Siri's voice.

Android

Tools:

Android:

Operating System TTS Software Hardware
Android ICS + Windows 7 Android US Male Google TTS, Android TTS software, Adobe Audition, Audacity Two way audio jack.

Steps:

  1. Download a TTS application from the Google Play Store.
  2. Type in text into the TTS software.
  3. Plug in a two way audio jack. (If you cannot save the file.)
  4. Record using your favourite *audio editor (I used Audacity).
  5. Edit the audio in your favourite *audio editor.

*Or you can use your own.

Voice Resources:

Audacity

Adobe Audition

Follow these steps and you should be able to recreate Android's voice.

CNTRL PANEL

Tools:

Windows:

Operating System TTS Software
Windows 7 FL Studio TTS (VST effect) FL Studio, Adobe Audition

Steps:

  1. Open FL Studio.
  2. Type in FL Studio TTS VST (pre-built by FL Studio)
  3. Choose the voice which sounds like a distorted martian.
  4. Type in the text you want.
  5. Save voice in FL Studio.
  6. Edit the audio in your favourite *audio editor.

*Or you can use your own.

Voice Resources:

Audacity

Adobe Audition

FL Studio

Follow these steps and you should be able to recreate CNTRL PANEL's voice.

Macintoshiba

Tools:

Windows:

Operating System TTS Software
Mac OS X 10.7+ Fred (Mac only) Adobe Audition

Steps:

  1. Type in text into a TTS software, and save the file.
  2. Edit the audio in your favourite *audio editor.

*Or you can use your own.

Voice Resources:

Audacity

Adobe Audition

Follow these steps and you should be able to recreate Macintoshiba's voice.

Where I said (TTS software) you may have to search for one depending on your OS, but there are various TTS software out there for Android, Mac, Windows and iOS so just search on Google!

If you have any questions, just ask

Have fun!

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