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| Character Builder Download
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CB420.exe 60 MB |
In evaluation mode, the Character Builder will include a faint "Evaluation" watermark in its SWF output. This watermark will disappear when you re-render with a licensed product. Please see our purchase page for pricing. The Character Builder requires Windows XP or higher and works well with Vista. To install the Character Builder, please download and run the installation file. The Character Builder includes several stock characters. Additional characters can be downloaded from the characters page. When upgrading from versions prior to 3.0.153, please be sure to uninstall the old version using your computer's Control Panel (Add/Remove Programs). Otherwise, use Help > Check for Updates. Please see KB100, on the support page, for a complete update history.
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| Character Server Download
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CS420.exe 6 MB |
The Character Server is used to create applications involving dynamic character animation. You do not need the Character Server in order to use the Character Builder. To evaluate the Character Server, please download it to your development machine, along with the Character Builder. You should have web server software such as IIS installed prior to running the installer. For more information on installing IIS on Windows XP Pro or Vista, please see KB112. For Apache installation notes, please see the post-installation Readme. In evaluation mode, the Character Server generates watermarked output via the CGI API, and the COM API will be disabled. Please contact our sales team if you require a timed trial that unlocks all features.
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| Speech Pack Download
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MSMikeMary.msi 4.3 MB 
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You can check to see which TTS voices are available on your
system by looking for the Speech applet in the Control Panel. If you don't have
a Speech applet, or if you only have the Microsoft Sam voice, then you should install the
Microsoft Speech Pack. The Microsoft Speech Pack includes Microsoft Mike and
Mary, both good TTS choices for quick voiceovers during content development.
IMPORTANT: The Microsoft Mike and Mary packages do not work with Vista. Vista comes with Microsoft Anna, a female TTS engine.
There are no free male TTS engines for Vista at this time.
Media Semantics is able to offer a wide range of high-quality voices by Loquendo. We currently offer male and female voices in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and more. These premium voices include several features ideal for use with character, including expressive cues, speech acts, and voice changing parameters. Media Semantics has partnered with NeoSpeech to offer some of the highest quality North American voices on the market. We also carry Neo's eastern language voices. Evaluation versions of the NeoSpeech Speech packs are available upon request. Media Semantics has partnered with Cepstral LLC, a US-based TTS vendor with several English and foreign language voices, including Canadian French and American Spanish. Please see the purchase page for Speech Pack samples and pricing.
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| Additional Characters
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Additional characters are available from the characters page. |
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| Product Documentation
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UserGuide.pdf 1.5 MB |
Not quite ready to download? Try browsing
through the User's Guide. This PDF document contains tutorials that illustrate
the use of the Character Builder. This and other documentation is also
available from the Builder's Help menu.
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