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Change default speech voice from Sam to Mary
I want to change the default speech from M.S. Sam to Mary.
I downloaded the Speech SDK 5.1, but it didn't help. Does anyone know how I can change the voice to Microsoft Mary ? Thanks, Andy |
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Change default speech voice from Sam to Mary
On 12/11/2011 6:11 AM, Mint wrote:
I want to change the default speech from M.S. Sam to Mary. I downloaded the Speech SDK 5.1, but it didn't help. Does anyone know how I can change the voice to Microsoft Mary ? Thanks, Andy Open the Control Panel, Speech applet, it appears. Mine lists only Microsoft Sam though.. -- Joe =o) |
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Change default speech voice from Sam to Mary
On Dec 11, 7:39*am, Elmo wrote:
On 12/11/2011 6:11 AM, Mint wrote: I want to change the default speech from M.S. Sam to Mary. I downloaded the Speech SDK 5.1, but it didn't help. Does anyone know how I can change the voice to Microsoft Mary ? Thanks, * * * * * * * * *Andy Open the Control Panel, Speech applet, it appears. *Mine lists only Microsoft Sam though.. -- Joe * =o) Joe, If you install SpeechSDK51.zip, you will get additional voices. It's a big download. For some reason, I don't have Speech in Control Panel. I am trying to find out why. I do have sapi.cpl which lets me change voices. Andy |
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Change default speech voice from Sam to Mary
If you install SpeechSDK51.zip, you will get additional voices. It's a big download. You can also download the Mike/Mary voice package for XP. you don't have to install the whole SDK. For some reason, I don't have Speech in Control Panel. I am trying to find out why. I do have sapi.cpl which lets me change voices. I'm not sure, but I think you might be able to make sapi.cpl show using TweakUI XP. |
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Change default speech voice from Sam to Mary
There's a link here for Mary/Mike voices install:
http://www.jaws-users.com/programs/ There should be other links online. They're not official downloads. Microsoft has been stingy with the SAPI voices. They typically come only with this or that software. But some 3rd-party entities have been generous enough to build installer for them. You can also use the MS SAPI SDK link, but it's more work. Download Sp5TTIntXP.exe instead of the SDK. It contains the voices in a merge module for Windows Installer. Unpack the MSM file with any of the unpackers from he http://www.jsware.net/jsware/msicode.php5 Copy the voice files to the speech folder and add the Registry entries that the unpacker log lists. Any voice can be added that way, but it takes a little work. In addition to copying over the .sdf and .spd files, a handful of Registry entries have to be added under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens\. |
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Change default speech voice from Sam to Mary
On Dec 11, 9:01*am, "Mayayana" wrote:
If you install SpeechSDK51.zip, you will get additional voices. It's a big download. * You can also download the Mike/Mary voice package for XP. you don't have to install the whole SDK. For some reason, I don't have Speech in Control Panel. I am trying to find out why. I do have sapi.cpl which lets me change voices. I'm not sure, but I think you might be able to make sapi.cpl show using TweakUI XP. TweakUi doesn't show it. ?? I made a desktop shortcut to it. Andy |
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Change default speech voice from Sam to Mary
On Dec 11, 9:27*am, "Mayayana" wrote:
There's a link here for Mary/Mike voices install: http://www.jaws-users.com/programs/ *There should be other links online. They're not official downloads. Microsoft has been stingy with the SAPI voices. They typically come only with this or that software. But some 3rd-party entities have been generous enough to build installer for them. * You can also use the MS SAPI SDK link, but it's more work. Download Sp5TTIntXP.exe instead of the SDK. It contains the voices in a merge module for Windows Installer. Unpack the MSM file with any of the unpackers from he http://www.jsware.net/jsware/msicode.php5 Copy the voice files to the speech folder and add the Registry entries that the unpacker log lists. * *Any voice can be added that way, but it takes a little work. In addition to copying over the .sdf and .spd files, a handful of Registry entries have to be added under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens\. Installing SpeechSDK51 installs the new voices. Since I didn't need the whole package, I manually deleted the SDK leaving the voices behind. I had to delete some reg entries about the installation so it wouldn't complain. |
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Change default speech voice from Sam to Mary
You can get lots of different voices from
http://www.bytecool.com/voices.htm "Mint" wrote in message ... I want to change the default speech from M.S. Sam to Mary. I downloaded the Speech SDK 5.1, but it didn't help. Does anyone know how I can change the voice to Microsoft Mary ? Thanks, Andy |
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Change default speech voice from Sam to Mary
In message , JRosenfeld
writes: You can get lots of different voices from http://www.bytecool.com/voices.htm [] That page says "After installing new voices, you should restart CoolSpeech and click the Rescan button on the Speech Properties window in order to update your voice database." This sounds like you need CoolSpeech (proprietary, non-free?) to use the voices. Many similar pages offering free (and sometimes not free) voices seem to mention some proprietary application or other. I suspect many of the voices _will_ work with the basic TTS that is part of Windows, but it's - to me, a normal sighted user - difficult to tell which ones, from most of these pages. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Live Faust, die Jung. |
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Change default speech voice from Sam to Mary
Oops, did not notice that, sorry.
"Mint" wrote in message ... On Dec 11, 9:27 am, "Mayayana" wrote: There's a link here for Mary/Mike voices install: http://www.jaws-users.com/programs/ There should be other links online. They're not official downloads. Microsoft has been stingy with the SAPI voices. They typically come only with this or that software. But some 3rd-party entities have been generous enough to build installer for them. You can also use the MS SAPI SDK link, but it's more work. Download Sp5TTIntXP.exe instead of the SDK. It contains the voices in a merge module for Windows Installer. Unpack the MSM file with any of the unpackers from he http://www.jsware.net/jsware/msicode.php5 Copy the voice files to the speech folder and add the Registry entries that the unpacker log lists. Any voice can be added that way, but it takes a little work. In addition to copying over the .sdf and .spd files, a handful of Registry entries have to be added under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens\. Installing SpeechSDK51 installs the new voices. Since I didn't need the whole package, I manually deleted the SDK leaving the voices behind. I had to delete some reg entries about the installation so it wouldn't complain. |
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