Having MS TTS Problems

Foxx373 · 04-29-2004

I have been trying to change the horrible default Sam TTS voice in winXP. I have used MS Agent, and TruVoice TTS Engines in the past, but havent gotten them to work on XP. I was advised to download and install MS Speech SDK 5.1. I tried it, and it completely killed my TTS. After installing it, i couldn't open the Speech Control pannel. All I wanna' do is use a different TTS Voice. Does anyone have any advice?

Madhadder · 04-29-2004

Check this thread - Link

tpeer · 04-30-2004

Try following my response to you, in the link that Madhadder gave. As far as I know, with MS Speech SDK 5.1, voice changes are now on the app level, so you must change it in the script.

Ted

Foxx373 · 04-30-2004

If that is the case, why is my Speech Control Panel not loading, and locking up any program that uses it. And why cant i shut down my system when something tries to access it? And it only happens when i have the SDK installed. When i uninstall it, it works again...

tpeer · 04-30-2004

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Originally Posted by Foxx373

If that is the case, why is my Speech Control Panel not loading, and locking up any program that uses it. And why cant i shut down my system when something tries to access it? And it only happens when i have the SDK installed. When i uninstall it, it works again...

Hmmmm. You're right. Speech can be controlled from the speech applet in the control panel. It can be overridden on the application level. Show's that I don't know crap about speech, and wanted to change voices the hard way, via script, instead of setting my default.

That being said, I do not know why it does not work on your machine. I'm sorry. Of course, I am assuming that you are talking about the speech applet in the control panel, not some other Speech Control Panel.

Ted

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Foxx373 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 18	Having MS TTS Problems I have been trying to change the horrible default Sam TTS voice in winXP. I have used MS Agent, and TruVoice TTS Engines in the past, but havent gotten them to work on XP. I was advised to download and install MS Speech SDK 5.1. I tried it, and it completely killed my TTS. After installing it, i couldn't open the Speech Control pannel. All I wanna' do is use a different TTS Voice. Does anyone have any advice?

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tpeer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 21	Try following my response to you, in the link that Madhadder gave. As far as I know, with MS Speech SDK 5.1, voice changes are now on the app level, so you must change it in the script. Ted

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Foxx373 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 18	If that is the case, why is my Speech Control Panel not loading, and locking up any program that uses it. And why cant i shut down my system when something tries to access it? And it only happens when i have the SDK installed. When i uninstall it, it works again...