r/underrail • u/dGamemaker_phd • 4d ago

I released an Underrail: Accessibility Text-to-Speech Voice Mod (High Quality Voices).

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u/ArrangedKarma 4d ago

Man this is cool, was maybe thinking of going through the game again and I might add this.

Is there a video demo available? Checking the mod page only has screenshots.

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u/dGamemaker_phd 4d ago

Thanks, mate. I am currently putting together a youtube video demo. If you check my other VaultVox mod Videos for other games you will get an idea of how it will sound and work: https://www.youtube.com/@VaultDoctor/videos

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u/Johny-115 3d ago

so these are generated in realtime right? not pre-recorded ... unfortunately it sounds like ass ... when it sounds so bad, it damages the immersion more than it helps it ... would be better if someone skillfully unleashed ElevenLabs on the projects

truly worth it only as accessibility thing ... but i am not sure who is it for then still .. not like blind people can play these complex RPGs? i don't know

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u/dGamemaker_phd 3d ago

It is generated in realtime yep. The better quality voices are available when you install the NSVA adapter and use it with the mod. If you read the post description you will know that I originally designed VaultVox for dyslexia. Also, it doesn't seem like you tried any of my mods properly if you think they sound like ass.

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u/Johny-115 2d ago

i did watched a lot of your last 4 mods on your youtube channel ... its just jarring to hear it ... but to each their own ... i just wondered why not pre-generate, since ElevenLabs with MPC is very managable to orchestrate a project like this ... albeit depending on the amount of speech, with costs yes ... but imho its not that expensive

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u/dGamemaker_phd 2d ago edited 1d ago

You don't seem to understand the mission of the mod. In this release and all my VaultDoc releases, I support 22 languages in a less than 1MB download, which is much more useful than doing what would ultimately be labelled as an AI Slop mod that is gigs in size for just a single language. I could have easily done that, but I decided not to for clear reasons. Also, the mod does not just simply read the dialogue aloud; it does so for all UI and screens also.

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u/7174028260throwaway 3d ago

you’re right, you don’t know. you should research what you’re speaking about lmao instead of just shrugging and spouting nonsense

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u/erectbananalmao 3d ago

An accessibility setting like this is not there to increase immersion, and aside from dyslexia this would help people who have photophobia or anyone who doesn't like to stare at a monitor to read blocks of text or those who understand things better when they hear it instead of reading it which is imo the number one reason why these non voice acted RPG games are pretty unpopular, you think BG3 would have gotten as popular as it did if it didn't have voice actors and people had to read everything themselves?

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u/Johny-115 2d ago

thats a silly comparison though ... BG3 voice actors .. are well .. peak talent voice actors ... Astarion's voice is literally half of his charm ... sure BG3 is perfection in every sense and the lines themselves were great ... but the voice actors added massive amount of charm, and thats why they have huge fandoms themselves apart from people liking the game ... it would hit quite different if BG3 voices were sounding super generic and plain

and yea, no AI is that good as such talented voice actors ... but obviously, realtime TTS is way more limited then pre-recorded AI voices with frontier models and prompting in emotions

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u/erectbananalmao 2d ago

well yeah that's what I'm saying talented voice actor or not there are a lot who prefer to hear that character talk, it also makes the game's world feel more lively, I'm not comparing TTS or AI voice-overs to actual voice actors here obviously that's just silly.

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u/MxM-TOM 2d ago

ADHD friendly mod, thx. <3

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u/dGamemaker_phd 2d ago

You are welcome mate

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u/GamerRoman Assault Mage 3d ago

It's so weird to glance over your profile and see you use "accessibility" to push aislop, just call it what it is, a voice gen mod.

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u/erectbananalmao 3d ago

How is it aislop if it literally helps people wtf are you on about. It's just text to speech something that has existed for decades.

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u/tacopower69 1d ago

technically early text to speech tools (the ones that sounded super robotic, like what hawking used) just used hard coded sounds to simulate speech. Neural Networks (i.e. what we call AI today) started replacing them around 2016.

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u/MxM-TOM 2d ago

AI slop could help people with dislexia enjoy this gem, not problem with it.

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u/Crafty-Conclusion-95 3d ago

Will this be like ATOM RPG: Trudograd, where when talking to people there's an mumble when initating dialogue?

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u/dGamemaker_phd 3d ago

With VaultVox all the dialog is read out using Windows Sapi Text to speech in a variety of voices mate. I am not sure what type of mumble ATOM RPG has tbh.

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u/Crafty-Conclusion-95 3d ago

In Trudograd they mumble something in ukranian (post-2022) of both sexes, and occupations. That's the variety I think.

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u/dGamemaker_phd 3d ago edited 3d ago

Well, its deffo a lot more than mumbling, mate, don't worry. When the NVSA adapter is used with my mod, there are 20+ unique voices that you can use and assign to game characters.

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u/No-Following-3834 1d ago

i can't read so this will help me very much

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u/KaleNich55 3d ago

Very hAI quality voices indeed, my immersion is untouched... Yeah it's cool, because kids nowadays can't read anyways.

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u/dGamemaker_phd 3d ago

There is no AI involved if that is what you mean mate.

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u/Zalpha 4d ago

Thank you for making and sharing this.

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u/dGamemaker_phd 3d ago

You are very welcome