[misterhouse-users] Speech SDK 5.1 vs 4.0

[Craig S. <csc...@ya...>]

Hi all,

Well, I decided to try the Windows Speech SDK 5.1 again this morning, and then
quickly reverted back to 4.0.  The quality of the voice is just terrible. I
don't know if it the timing or pacing or whatever, but the voice just doesn't
sound right. Some words seem to be slightly stretched out, like dooor. If I
hadn't been as familiar with the sound of 4.0 (for 3 years now), it might have
been ok. Certainly won't be confused with the speech of a real person, but
acceptable. But compared to 4.0, I found 5.1 so annoying that I decided to go
back.  In addition, installation of 5.1 somehow left me without the msvoice
functionality.  I didn't use vr very much, but it was fun at parties. 

I don't know if I am the only one who is having this problem. The first time I
tried it was under XP and this morning with Win2000.  The voice sounded about
the same under each OS. I have a sound blaster live audio card which is about
as mainstream as you can get. Any thoughts or advice? Is there some magic 
registry setting I am missing?

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