ROMHACK Code: Thayer's Quest Speech Example

Deconstructing Thayer's Quest Speech

EXAMPLE ONE: Thank You

Text
A500: 20 2F 44 44 54 48 2F 2D 41 2D 4E 43 4B 20 55 20 | /DDTH/-A-NCK U
A510: 28 29 20 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | () ............

Filter Freq
A000: E6 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 | ................
A010: E6 E6 E6 E6 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
<PAUSE> D_HVC_D_TH_TH_A_Y1_N_K_HFC <PAUSE> <PAUSE> Y1_U <PAUSE>

Amplitude (Volume)
A100: 6C 6F 6F 6F 6F 6F 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C | looooollllllllll
A110: 6C 6C 6C 6C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | llll............
<PAUSE> D_HVC_D_TH_TH_A_Y1_N_K_HFC <PAUSE> <PAUSE> Y1_U <PAUSE>

Speech Rate
A200: A8 98 98 98 98 98 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 | ................
A210: A8 A8 A8 A8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
<PAUSE> D_HVC_D_TH_TH_A_Y1_N_K_HFC <PAUSE> <PAUSE> Y1_U <PAUSE>

Inflection
A300: 5E 76 76 76 76 76 6E 66 5E 56 4E 46 46 46 46 46 | ^vvvvvnf^VNFFFFF
A310: 46 46 46 46 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | FFFF............

Duration Phoneme
A400: 40 A5 AB 25 36 36 08 04 38 29 AD C0 40 44 16 40 | @..%66..8)..@D.@
A410: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
<PAUSE> D_HVC_D_TH_TH_A_Y1_N_K_HFC <PAUSE> <PAUSE> Y1_U <PAUSE>

EXAMPLE TWO: Initializing System

Text
A500: 20 2F 49 2F 4E 49 2F 53 48 2F 41 4C 2D 49 5A 49 | /I/NI/SH/AL-IZI
A510: 4E 47 20 2F 53 59 2F 53 54 55 4D 20 00 00 00 00 | NG /SY/STUM ....

Filter Freq
A000: E6 E7 E6 E6 E7 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E7 E7 | ................
A010: E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 E6 4D 20 00 00 00 00 | ..........M ....

Amplitude (Volume)
A100: 6C 6F 6C 6C 6F 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6F 6F | lollollllllllloo
A110: 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 00 00 00 00 00 00 | llllllllll......

Speech Rate
A200: A8 98 A8 A8 98 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 98 98 | ................
A210: A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 A8 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................

Inflection
A300: 5E 8E 5E 5E 76 5E 5E 5E 5E 5E 5E 5E 5E 5E 76 76 | ^.^^v^^^^^^^^^vv
A310: 6E 66 5E 56 4E 46 46 46 46 46 00 00 00 00 00 00 | nf^VNFFFFF......

Duration Phoneme
A400: 40 47 38 07 32 20 4E 4E 84 2F 07 C1 B8 40 30 47 | @G8.2 NN./...@0G
A410: 30 28 58 58 37 40 00 00 00 00 37 40 00 00 00 00 | 0(XX7@....7@....