Microsoft Sam Reads Computer Errors - Episode 1: Windows XP Fun
26This is my first video where a text-to-speech voice (in this case, Microsoft Sam, whose voice was programmed to sound like an adult when he was first created back in 1999) reads custom-made computer errors and comments on them. I created them on atom.smasher.org/error/. Some of the errors were also found on its error gallery, but a few were remade to keep this video G-rated and to correct the C:\ drive structure. Since I mainly grew up with the SAPI5 version of Microsoft Sam on Windows XP, he will be used during this series.
In this debut episode of this new series, Microsoft Sam has some nostalgic fun with Windows XP and reads some error messages. Enjoy!
Credit goes to PacGuy765 (a.k.a. Prince Jamie The 7th), CoolDude503 (a.k.a. CoolDude503TTS and other usernames), Thunderbirds101, kdmq, easalert88 (a.k.a. easalert88REVIVED), dialF4flipit, RRyyas, rescuehero942, and other users for the original ideas.
Note: Sorry about a few spoken dialogue glitches heard during this video (not counting Microsoft Sam's ROFLcopter sounds where he mispronounces "soy" or "soi" many times in a row, which are really cool) and an error-reading mistake heard at the beginning (I meant to have Microsoft Sam say "purchasing"). I was unaware of them until a while after I uploaded this video when I realized that there were a few things I forgot to check when I created the .wav files for Microsoft Sam's dialogue in TTSApp. For some reason, these things sometimes can happen if the SAPI5 version of Microsoft Sam is used (e.g. trying to say very long sentences). Otherwise, the audio is fine.
Note 2: I had to reupload this video via a Windows XP laptop due to a really strange text glitch that occurred during the credits sequence when it was first uploaded via my custom-built Windows 10 PC (although perhaps YouTube's video uploading system initially had a technical problem with this video's codec), despite not appearing in its video file itself.