User:Lee Ponzu/Pseudo-Voice

Most of our computers have local, client-side voice synthesis. Yes, it sounds like a robot, but it is still voice. Real voice, ala Skype, is fine. But just like we use Avatars to hide our real selves, we need a way to hide our real voice.

A huge advantage is that we could get voice without adding to the bandwidth. The text is coming anyway.

• The simplest idea is that one could mark one or more Avatars, and their Chat would be rendered as voice, as well.
• Slightly fancier---One could set the voice characteristics (male, female, pitch, etc.) for each other Avatar.
• Fanciest---Each user can set ones voice characteristics using Appearance, and those setings would be used on each local client.