Adding more voices to Vista's text to speech?
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This is specifically for Windows 7, but may work with Vista.
Install this: SpeechPlatformRuntime.msi
Then this: MSSpeech_TTS_en-GB_Hazel.msi
And then this: MSSpeech_SR_en-GB_TELE.msi
And finally this reg file: voices1.zip
Then restart, just to be sure.
That will allow you to use the Hazel voice (included with Windows 8) instead of Anna.
I think there are paid-for alternatives too (IIRC Ivona do one (their Android TTS is awesome, so this should be good too)), but the above works with Windows 7 for free... hopefully for Vista too (the specifications all state they work with Vista, but the registry entries might be different (they are between W7 and W8).
Install this: SpeechPlatformRuntime.msi
Then this: MSSpeech_TTS_en-GB_Hazel.msi
And then this: MSSpeech_SR_en-GB_TELE.msi
And finally this reg file: voices1.zip
Then restart, just to be sure.
That will allow you to use the Hazel voice (included with Windows 8) instead of Anna.
I think there are paid-for alternatives too (IIRC Ivona do one (their Android TTS is awesome, so this should be good too)), but the above works with Windows 7 for free... hopefully for Vista too (the specifications all state they work with Vista, but the registry entries might be different (they are between W7 and W8).
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Hehe, it's not going to break anything. Either Hazel will appear in the list of voices or she won't. That's the only danger.
Still, if you're in doubt, just do a backup. Will only take 30 mins.
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Tried this and windows has a hissy fit and says that it can't be used
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Is that on Vista? That's a shame.
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Well it definitely works on Windows 7 on plenty of machines at work (~100 of them), though I only tested it on 32-bit, which is all we use for the majority of PCs - but with x64 options on the download pages it ought to work too unless the registry keys differ.