History Main / SyntheticVoiceActor

* Used really stupidly in ''{{Portal}}: Prelude'', which was a fan-made mod for ''Portal'', whose main gimmick is that the test supervisors were human, rather than an AI. So of course the voices were done in a text-to-speech program.
** It was done because the creators of ''Prelude'' were French and weren't very fluent in spoken English. They couldn't find voice actors in the timeframe in which they wanted to develop the game.
*** This becomes especially awkward towards the end of the game after [[spoiler: [=GLaDOS=] is turned on for the first time, and she uses her sound files from the main Portal game. So we have a robot that sounds more human then the humans do.]]

*** In fact, ''Portal'' is an aversion of this, since it's an evil AI voiced by a human (heavily edited in post-production, but a human nonetheless).
*** For those of you keeping track: Portal's supervisor is a robot voiced by a human imitating a robot imitating humans, while Prelude's supervisors are humans voiced by robots imitating humans.

A Synthetic Voice Actor is a synthetic voice program that voices a character. It's not used a lot, especially when union rules would make that difficult. It's usually used for extremely robotic voices, or a CaptainErsatz of Stephen Hawking. It more commonly springs up in AbridgedSeries and {{machinima}}, partly to get extra voices, and partly because of RuleOfFunny. When used against human actors, it tends to make the speaker seem inhuman — in more serious works, it's used for threatening robotic characters, usually. Compare the computer voice on the [[StarTrek Enterprise]] (real person) to [[WallE AUTO]] (not a real person).

* Apoptygma Berzerk's Kathy's Song has the chorus sung by the Mac text-to-speech Kathy voice. Of course, the song is essentially an [[RoboSexual exchange]] between the singer and his computer. It's awesome.

* Apoptygma Berzerk's Kathy's Song has the chorus sung by the Mac text-to-speech Kathy voice. Of course, the song is essentially an [[Robosexual exchange]] between the singer and his computer. It's awesome.

* Apoptygma Berzerk's Kathy's Song has the chorus sung by the Mac text-to-speech Kathy voice. Of course, the song is essentially an [[AndIMustScream exchange]] between the singer and his computer. It's awesome.

* Apoptygma Berzerk's Kathy's Song has the chorus sung by the Mac text-to-speech Kathy voice. Of course, the song is essentially an [[AndIMustScream Locked-In Syndrome]] between the singer and his computer. It's awesome.

* Apoptygma Berzerk's Kathy's Song has the chorus sung by the Mac text-to-speech Kathy voice. Of course, the song is essentially an [[Robosexual exchange]] between the singer and his computer. It's awesome.

* Apoptygma Berzerk's Kathy's Song has the chorus sung by the Mac text-to-speech Kathy voice. Of course, the song is essentially an [[Robosexual exchange between the singer and his computer]]. It's awesome.

* Apoptygma Berzerk's Kathy's Song has the chorus sung by the Mac text-to-speech Kathy voice. Of course, the song is essentially an exchange between the singer and his computer. It's awesome.

** The results of running the text of [=GLaDOS=]'s lines through Microsoft Sam were actually used to coach actress Ellen [=McLain=] with regard to giving [=GLaDOS=] her distinctive voice in ''Portal''.

* Any character in a Speakonia video, which usually has the character featured in the video [[RapeAsComedy talk about how gay he is, have gay sex with another character, or rape someone he doesn't like to her sexual death]]. Common characters in a Speakonia video are [[{{Rugrats}} Drew Pickles]], {{Barney}} the Dinosaur, Tony Little and SonicTheHedgehog.
** In recent moments, the larger-name speakonia video makers (Such as [[Tropers/{{Akriloth2160}} this very one]]) have been trying to cut heavily down on the RapeAsComedy hate videos, and using them only if a unique idea is available.

** In recent moments, the larger-name speakonia video makers (Such as [[{{Tropers/Akriloth2160}} this very one]]) have been trying to cut heavily down on the RapeAsComedy hate videos, and only using them if a unique idea is available.

* AUTO from ''{{WALL-E}}''. As if there weren't enough Apple references in the movie already, the voice is Mac OS X's own [=MacinTALK=]. Similarly, M-O's "Foreign Contaminant" is provided by [=PlainTALK=].
* The titular robot in ''WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'' originally used MacinTalk Junior, credited as "Himself", but later switched to a synthesized human voice, and they even redubbed the earlier episodes with the real actor. YourMileageMayVary on this.

* FrankWelker used one to voice Soundwave from ''{{Transformers}}'', which is basically his Dr. Claw voice as heard in one episode where they forgot to use it.

* The voice of Byte from ''{{Tron}} 2.0'' is actually a voice of [=MacinTALK=].

* The titular Gantz in hbi2k's ''GantzAbridged''.
* The Rito in a ''LegendOfZelda: Wind Waker'' [[TheAbridgedSeries abridged series]].
* The judge in an ''AceAttorneyAbridged'' series uses a Spanish voice program.
* The ''HouseOfTheDead'' series used these in the first two games. Which, of course, made for some hilariously emotionless bits of drama. As well as the infamous "Suffer like G did?"
* Post-''ReBoot'' CGI series called either ''War Planets'' or ''Shadow Raiders'' had Princess Tekla (from the robot planet)'s companion device voiced by [=MacinTalk=], the same device Stephen Hawking used.

* There's an audio file kicking around the Internet called "Text-to-Speech Theatre Does '[[JackChick Dark Dungeons]]'."
* The eponymous characters of ''ArbyNTheChief''.
** In fact, let's just include 97 percent of all instances of Master Chief in ''non''-{{Halo}} videos. Microsoft Sam is a great substitute for Steve Downes. ''Disclaimer: No sarcasm intended. No offense meant to Steve Downes.''
* FrankWelker used one to voice Soundwave from ''{{Transformers}}'', which is basically his Dr. Claw voice as heard in one episode where they forgot to use it.
** On the other hand, ''[[TransformersAnimated Animated]]'' Perceptor's voice is completely synthetic, and probably so to bring to mind Professor Stephen Hawking.
*** It was, in fact, the very same sort of device. One of the writers has suggested that he "deleted his emotions and personality" to make room for more data, though (like many an "emotionless" character), he certainly seems to have both, if understated.
** Soundwave, in fact, doesn't really count as this; although Frank Welker's voice is run through a vocoder, it is still his voice behind it all, and in cases where Soundwave is voiced by a synthesized voice (which mostly occurs in parodic works), it sounds much different. Sadly, we don't have a trope for him, so he's staying here.
* Any character in a Speakonia video, which usually has the character featured in the video [[RapeAsComedy talk about how gay he is, have gay sex with another character, or rape someone he doesn't like to her sexual death]]. Common characters in a Speakonia video are [[{{Rugrats}} Drew Pickles]], {{Barney}} the Dinosaur, Tony Little and SonicTheHedgehog.
** In recent moments, the larger-name speakonia video makers (Such as [[{{Tropers/Akriloth2160}} this very one]]) have been trying to cut heavily down on the RapeAsComedy hate videos, and only using them if a unique idea is available.
* Pollo of ''AtopTheFourthWall''

A Synthetic Voice Actor is a synthetic voice program that voices a character. It's not used a lot, especially when union rules would make that difficult. It's usually used for extremely robotic voices, or an CaptainErsatz of Stephen Hawking. It more commonly springs up in AbridgedSeries and {{machinima}}, partly to get extra voices, and partly because of RuleOfFunny. When used against human actors, it tends to make the speaker seem inhuman — in more serious works, it's used for threatening robotic characters, usually. Compare the computer voice on the [[StarTrek Enterprise]] (real person) to [[WallE AUTO]] (not a real person).

A Synthetic Voice Actor is a synthetic voice program that voices a character. It's not used a lot, especially when union rules would make that difficult. It's usually used for extremely robotic voices, or an {{Expy}} of Stephen Hawking. It more commonly springs up in AbridgedSeries and {{machinima}}, partly to get extra voices, and partly because of RuleOfFunny. When used against human actors, it tends to make the speaker seem inhuman — in more serious works, it's used for threatening robotic characters, usually. Compare the computer voice on the [[StarTrek Enterprise]] (real person) to [[WallE AUTO]] (not a real person).

* Post-''ReBoot'' CGI series called either ''War Planets'' or something else had Princess Tekla (from the robot planet)'s companion device voiced by [=MacinTalk=], the same device Stephen Hawking used.

* Since Doug Walker [[strike:had a throat infection]] was traumatized into muteness by the terrible, terrible movie, [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses The Nostalgia Critic]] is forced to review ''Film/AloneInTheDark'' through Speakonia (according to a behind-the-scenes video). At least [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] and [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] are there to help.