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Kicksville



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:33 pm Reply with quote
...I see they're off to a great start, with that image there.
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Sakurazuka_Reika



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:36 pm Reply with quote
Kicksville wrote:
...I see they're off to a great start, with that image there.


Ah, damn. You beat me to it Anime hyper
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firedragon54738



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:39 pm Reply with quote
Why cant Miku teach Japanese now that would be some thing
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:56 am Reply with quote
OH NOEZ! They gonna learn Engrish........... Laughing
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Nineofclubs



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:04 am Reply with quote
road rolla!
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Kimiko_0



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:41 am Reply with quote
Yeah, Miku isn't exactly the best example one can give students of English. She's near unintelligible most of the time when singing in English. Luka is only a little bit better.
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MasterGhost



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 7:00 am Reply with quote
I was thinking "Hey! This is great!" and then I saw "comming soon". Words cannot describe my feelings for now.
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Mohawk52



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:03 am Reply with quote
It seems you guys aren't aware that Crypton Future Media co-creators of these two vocaloids, are working on an English version of Hatsune Miku running on the new version 3 platform, and that will be released "in Spring of 2012". But I agree I thought the same thing when I saw that picture with the misspelling. Rolling Eyes

Luka already has a "sort of English sounding" voice bank, but it's more Engrish than English, and it was originally developed for use with songs not coherant enough to use as a teaching aid. however having said that Luka was still more coherant than Miku which is even more incoherant in English, hense the language upgrade. Crypton have even paid for English lessons for Fujita Saki Miku's original voice sample for the English version. We have yet to hear any proper example of the English version thought there was what was billed as an "English Sample" during Crypton's panel in NYC, but it was very controversial as to whether it was Miku, or a sample of the Kaito Append VB. It was a very poor example and Crypton never varified.

[EDIT]I need a spell chequer too. Wink


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GhostShell



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:21 pm Reply with quote
I wasn't too thrilled when I saw the misspelling either. The only thing I can think of, other than the obvious, was that it was an intentional play on "comm"unicate (isn't that a Vocaloid's function?), but that would probably be stretching it a bit.

Edit: Corrected typo.


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ratchet573



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:45 pm Reply with quote
Yeah, I read the title, clicked the link, looked at the picture, and facepalmed.
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ronelm2000



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:52 am Reply with quote
I sense a dark future in this. Shocked (for the students, I mean)

Comming soon huh...(o to u *cough*)
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