Re: [Espeak-general] Making use of voice variants

[Jacob K. <ja...@ck...>]

That voice drop-down box on the windows app form where you can save the 
output to a .wav file.

Although I get it to add things like f2 etc. with no problem, the other 
voice variants, like those called boris, zac, auntie, croak, whisper etc. 
etc. don't want to work whether I try using the file's name, or what's 
mentioned in the file's content after the name keyword.

Maybe those voice variant files are not 100% perfectly created, but they 
work in NVDA using the espeak synth driver as such - I know it's linked to 
MSSAPI, but anyway, I have also copied them into the 
eSpeak\espeak-data\voices\!v folder FWIW...

Up until now, I've sometimes made NVDA do a read all, and then recorded the 
output using Audacity, but that's not always perfect, and isn't as easy for 
full eBooks etc.

Stay well, and TIA

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Duddington" <jo...@js...>
To: <esp...@li...>
Sent: 07 August, 2008 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Espeak-general] Making use of voice variants


> On 06 Aug, Jacob Kruger <ja...@ck...> wrote:
>
>>  and while it does seem to populate the voice combo box with some of
>> the standard ones if I reinstall and then add them to the list of
>> wanted languages, I don't seem to be able to get it to 'see' some of
>> the newer variants that have been generated by users on the NVDA
>> mailing list,
>
> What do you mean by "the voice combo box"?
>
> Are you using the Windows SAPI5 version of eSpeak?  Voices only appear
> in the Windows SAPI5 voice menus if they are added to the Windows
> Registry.  With eSpeak voices, this happens when you run the eSpeak
> installer and include the voice names (including the voice variant name
> if required) in eSpeak's installation form.
>
> So, for example, you want to use the eSpeak French voice with the
> variant "f2", then you must include the voice:
>  fr+f2
>
> in the list of voices during the eSpeak installation.  Then it will
> appear in the list of available SAPI5 voices.
>
>
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