Dr. Sbaitso (1992) vs. Microsoft Sam

As demonstrated in numerous other videos, there are quite a few words which the infamous Microsoft Sam text-to-speech synthesizer cannot pronounce correctly. So how does Creative Labs' speech synthesis from a decade earlier compare? I pulled out an old 486 PC with an original Sound Blaster Pro card to give a demonstration of the included Dr. Sbaitso "talking psychiatrist" program. He's a lot of fun to chat with -- just don't curse too much, or he'll give you a parity error!

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[BadEditPro]

I remember seeing a program like this in my brother's college computer lab. It was called Eliza and the only way to stop the game was to tell her to shut up. Is this the same way? :) JC

[vwestlife]

@BadEditPro It's the same basic idea as Eliza, just with voice synthesis added. If you tell Dr. Sbaitso to shut up, the program pauses for about 30 seconds.

[weasel2htm]

Anybody else notice that right before the computer told him "Don't get fresh" the F-bomb was in that string of characters?

[vwestlife]

@weasel2htm I did that on purpose. I wanted to show the "parity error" that Dr. Sbaitso generates if you curse at him more than once.

[leileilol]

You can force a parity error by just typing "say parity"

Also, Sbaitso can't pronounce "retard" or "retarded"...

[leileilol]

@SlimeTron5000 That's said in the earlier version 1.01. The widely seen version is 2.20 which came off the Sound Blaster Pro.

[NeoLightElectro]

am i the only one here who actualy likes microsoft sam? :[

[awesomemann1234]

NuuUUUUUU! Let's change the subject.

LOL!

[Lachlant1984]

Oh how I hate Microsoft Sam so damn much, it's a horrible voice. At least now I'm on the Mac i have better speech synthesis voices to use. This voice sounds very much like the DoubleTalk voices used on things like the BrailleLite Millennium and ID Mate, only it's more expressive with it's intonations.

[wilkes85]

Dr. Spätzle? I'm hungry now lol

[skypedog221]

At the 3:14 mark, you put the "f" word in the scrambled text. LOL

[jatimatiktimoska]

awwwwwwwwwwww.....



[dispatcher50100]

@Vwestlife, Hello, I have a question reference the SBTALKER application.

I downloaded the DOSBOX DOS emulator, using Windows XP. However, I am new to DOSBOX. If there are commands to type in order to get the SBTALKER application running, what are they.

I've also never really worked that much with MSDOS myself.

If there are no commands, what exactly am I doing incorrectly?