TALK (Command)

In the Japanese version, the following can be used in the TALK command, much the same way as MML commands:

@H<number>	Intonation	H0: Standard H1: Girl H2: Foreigner H3: Kansai dialect
@N	Pitch	N1447: C3 N1510 = C # 3 N1559 = D3 N1626 = D # 3 N1686 = E3 N1745 = F3 N1792 = F # 3 N1858 = G3 N1916 = G # 3 N1971 = A3 N2031 = A # 3 N2093 = B3 N2137 = C4
@T	Speech speed	"T0" to "T1000"
@V	Volume	"V0" to "V80"
@S	Voice	S0: Young man S1: Young woman S2: Man S3: Woman S4: Old man S5: Old woman S6: Boy S7: Girl S8: Young woman sister (?) S9: Anime character S10: Alien S11: Giant
@E	Emotion/Feeling	E0: Angry E1: Businesslike E2: Calm E3: Disappointed E4: Excited E5: In falsetto E6: Happy E7: Loud E8: Monotone E9: Healthy E10: Quiet E11: Ironic E12: Frightened E13: Crying E14: Tense E15: Whispering E16: Singing

"Normal" functions for speech follow.

Kana characters: Pronounces the character.
' : Accent.
/ : Accent separate.
| : Phrase separate.
_ : Pause.
. : End of a sentence.
? : End of a sentence (question).
! : End of a sentence (surprise).
% : Disabling before a vowel.

V1

This command is not in SmileBasic V1.

V2

In the Japanese release of SmileBasic V2, TALK takes between one and nine string parameters (inclusive). The system 'speaks' the string(s) (one after another) on an audio channel using a speech synthesizer. In the North American release, the command does nothing.

See also TALKSTOP (Command) and TALKCHK (Function).

V3

TALK "text to be spoken"
In Version 3, TALK only takes one parameter: the text to be spoken. Many of the intonation features have been removed.