LGR - Storybook Weaver Deluxe

Myouehayha... LOL I had more fun with text to speech programs (and their opposites) back in the day than anyone should have. Those things never got old. You could have a bit of fun making a story in this and just posting it as a video.

Paul

Sounds like a very early primitive version of the automated system used on buses to call out bus stops.....

Mark Pompeo

I would have absolutely loved this as an 8-year old kid in 1994. Alas, it must have passed me by at the time, as I have absolutely no recollection of the title Storybook Weaver or the software itself, and I would have remembered a cool name like that!

Space spiders, the literary masterpiece of our generation

Zachary Outen

Is it odd that I will always prefer the not-deluxe version? Only one I got to play as a kid. b/w and probably 1/4th the features, but I loved it

SuperBunnyBun

EFFING SPACE SPIDERS!!!!! I have the best mental image of you shaking your fist angrily at the sky now. I cant thank you enough for that. 😁

Carey Brown

It's a great adjective, right? Crispy disc edges are wonderful

LGR

You know, I know you were being alliterative when you mentioned the crispy compact disk, but.. To be honest, when you have a brand new CD in a brand new, tight-fitting jewel-case, 'Crispy' is exactly how I would describe taking it out for the first time. Mmm.. Satisfying.

Adam Chan

Haven't tried Hollywood yet, but I certainly got some recommendations when I covered The Movies a while back

LGR

That's what the registration card in game boxes were for then :) And nah, the tower is a bit too cumbersome to bring out for each game

LGR

I was interested in how someone registered the product and received an upgrade. Time not wasted! Did you try the opening music on the midi tower?

Matt Standish

Muahahahaha

Evan B

I probably got more mileage out of this than Opening Night, though I loved both. Theatrix's Hollywood was my go-to movie making tool (much superior TTS), but I spent a lot of time writing stories with my cousins about us going on adventures and such. In that regard, the movie makers didn't have as many settings and assets to offer.

Wow that's weird. I'd used this back in Elementary School and had 100% forgotten about the actual program, but I remembered the part where I'd recreated The Blues Brothers with it for ages and couldn't remember what I'd used. <3

PUKE SKYWALKER (formerly 410,757,864,530 GAY COPS)

hoping it wasn't MEDIOCORE

LGR

Sad but true

LGR

A new LGR video Oh what a day! What a lovely day!

Dr Sbaitso has more class than that TTS engine. :P

BastetFurry

I am laughing my ass off from that text-to-speech voice! That made my morning!

Alyxx the Rat

Haha, glad to hear it :D

LGR

I lost it at the the effing space spiders! Or gained it? That's right, pure joy. Thanks for the joy, Clint. It's totally welcome at 2am.

Steve Skafte

Much better

Paul Unser

Yep, trying out the new mic. Thank you!

LGR

Mew uh hay ha

John Covil

I've got to say, the new mic sounds really good (or you've done something to your audio processing since last video. Either way, sounds nice).

Gabe Grace

Yeah there were a crapload of them over the years, although Deluxe v1.1 is the only one I have and cover here! Would like to try the earlier ones sometime

LGR

EFFING space spider, fools!

LGR

oh neat! I can't watch this yet but I can't wait. I've actually been planning to do a video on Storybook Weaver versions, cause it turns out there's TONS of variations and they're basically not at all documented. I've got like 3 in box and another couple in disk/disc and ISOs for more and you found a completely different box to the ones I have!

Foone Turing

Never underestimate the power of space spiders! :D

Kris Asick

Thank you for the info! I found practically nothing about it relating to this software though, no idea where the expansion came from haha

LGR

Oh man, that TTS engine is a real hoot! And hearing it pronounce Spanish words is even more hilarious!! (starts laughing uncontrollably .......XD XD XD XD XD XD....... Ay, Dios mio!). Still, I'll give this "educational" title some kudos for at least trying '^_^'. Thanks for a very funny review Clint :)

The Hollywood Hounds only ever had a TV Christmas special (precisely in the mid 90's). It's weird that they made an expansion featuring them. Perhaps they though they were going to be bigger or it was merely an attempt at cross promotion that clearly didn't pan out, because they didn't amount to anything else. Meanwhile, the other expansion, regarding the "Dinkytown Day Care Kids" had not only a book but a line of dolls as well (which, apparently, each came with its own individual book as well).

Pablo Rodriguez

That's another piece of software where I've always enjoyed the name. I guess I just like the word weaver.

LGR

Hehe, sure thing

LGR

That was hysterical. Thanks for making me laugh this morning.

Gary Leigh

Need more spider stories.

Justin Dotson

I was confusing the title with the webpage designing software called Dreamweaver

Terry Lee

Haha. For going out of their way to include Spanish story-reading ability, they sure didn't do much to make it accurate

LGR

Haha, not with this particular TTS

LGR

Have never come across that one, I'll keep an eye out!

LGR

Another edutainment game you might enjoy: Spelling Blizzard. I played it on win 3.1

evistre

I love this so much, thank you. I need a copy to play now, for old time's sake :)

evistre

I think that same terrible text-to-speech was used in an episode of Stargate SG-1. Or at least it reminded me of that episode to the point that I couldn't stop picturing Amanda Tapping reading about Effing Space Spiders.

Tanner Schultz

So by worst text-to-speech you mean the best text-to-speech ;) Also, have you tried making it say soisoisoisoisoi?

Wow. How right you are Clint with that TTS. It's atrocious. But hey that's early 90s edutainment!

Christopher Bassett

This was my favorite PIN-EYE-A-TA

avfusion

Makes my tweet moot, haha. Really looking forward to this one. Loading now!