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02-26-2011, 05:44 PM
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It may be another function, or the iPhone might take longer to load the GameSpeak screen for some reason, or maybe it's an entirely new function. Perhaps they have managed to make Abe's head read out text messages, for example.
Another function of what?

And as for the latter example, have you any idea how complicated that is? A tiny team of contracted developers would not be able to put together a text-speech convertor with custom voice without spending a massive pile of cash on either R&D or predeveloped packages. And that's not likely for a cheap iPhone app with niche appeal.

People need to flash their memories back to the podcast where Stewart Gilray first announced JAW's partership with OWI. He pulled out his phone and started playing Abe's voice. I think that we've just now found out what he was fiddling with.
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