Topic by Pineapple Pizza 2020-06-07 18:36:30

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I'm tired of the Windows 10 voices and want something a little more responsive, that's free. What are the best free sapi 5 voices out there?

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Reply by defender 2020-06-07 19:20:38

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Well, Espeak has a version for SAPI...
Other than that, maybe RH Voice?  I like SLT the best.

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Reply by Meatbag 2020-06-07 19:52:35

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what is RH voice?

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Reply by ManFromTheDark 2020-06-07 20:06:36

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https://github.com/Olga-Yakovleva/RHVoice

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Reply by jack 2020-06-07 21:24:10

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Question is what's good for 64bit these days. Other than Vocalizer, Eloquence, and RH Voice. I know Espeak has a 64bit but it's reported to be the one that clips the ends of utterences.

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Reply by queenslight 2020-06-07 21:37:13

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https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/releases.


, is about  the only place I know of where ya could find it.

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Reply by FamilyMario 2020-06-08 01:56:46 (edited by FamilyMario 2020-06-08 03:16:12)

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Another honorable mention for a free and responsive SAPI 5 voice is the classic Windows XP versions of Microsoft Sam, Mike, and Mary, if you're in to those.
Jake Gross has an installer that lets you install one or all the voices and use them on modern versions of Windows. It also works on 64-bit versions of Windows as well, which means separate voice entries will show up in the 32-bit and 64-bit Text-to-Speech control panels.

Here is a direct link to the file on Jake's site: http://grossgang.com/tts/sapi_voices/Wi … s_v1.3.exe

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Reply by datajake1999 2020-06-08 02:45:58

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I actually didn't create that installer. This was created before I created my own, so I am hosting this one instead because it is better than my own.

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Can't forget that.

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Reply by Socheat 2020-06-08 04:36:25

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Earlier post mentioned Espeak-ng. The synth does not available for sapi5 voices. Someone feel free to correct me in this.

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Reply by defender 2020-06-08 06:18:12

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Was last time I checked... But that was a couple years ago so...

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Reply by datajake1999 2020-06-08 06:23:42

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eSpeak NG is available for SAPI5, but it is kinda broken.

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Reply by Socheat 2020-06-08 09:44:33

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Ah, that's why when I installed using the MSI installer, and I couldn't found any espeak voices in my sapi5 voices list.

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Reply by electro 2020-06-08 13:04:20

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I really don't know if that's fixed since I don't want to have an old SAPI 5 eSpeak version. Talking about it can eSpeak NG convert phonemes so I... umm...

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Reply by Rich_Beardsley 2020-06-08 13:42:58

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There's also NVDA SAPI which allows anything that uses SAPI to be routed through NVDA

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Reply by Minionslayer 2020-06-08 14:56:01 (edited by Minionslayer 2020-06-08 17:39:40)

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@rwbeardjr, I'd generally consider it still experimental though as it uses nvdacontroller and it doesn't work 100% of the time. Still, go ahead and try it; it's pretty cool, just a word of warning.

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Reply by Rich_Beardsley 2020-06-08 20:50:21

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It's not perfect, but from the little bit of time I've messed with it things seem to be working ok

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Reply by Simter 2020-06-09 00:42:35

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@17 where can you get nvda sapi from?

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Reply by ammericandad2005 2020-06-09 01:57:44

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I'm also looking for NVDA sapi.

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Reply by Socheat 2020-06-09 03:34:06

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@19 and 18, check a post in the general game discussions.

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Reply by Rich_Beardsley 2020-06-09 15:20:24

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@simter I could also go upload the zip to your TT server if you'd like

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Reply by Simter 2020-06-09 23:22:45

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@21 Ok, but that wouldn't help so much the other guys here that ask for it. Can you maybe send a link or contact me in skype so i can upload it to my ftp?

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Reply by Rich_Beardsley 2020-06-10 00:11:50

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Not sure when but yes I can send you a beam link or something

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