Windows Narrator Voices

[ragequitbuddha]

Will Voice attack ever support the windows Narrator voices. My windows 11 has two tts voices David and Zira that are no where near as good as the Narrator voices.

[Pfeil]

VoiceAttack currently supports text-to-speech voices designed for the SAPI standard, or that are provided through Speech Platform 11.

There are a number of third-party providers for SAPI voices:

3rd Party Text-to-Speech Voices
NextUp
AT&T Natural Voices = https://nextup.com/attnv.html
Ivona Voices = https://nextup.com/ivona/ (multi-voice packs available)
Harpo Software (free trial and multi-voice packs available)
Ivona Voices = https://harposoftware.com/en/2-main/s-1/index/brand-ivona/category-single_voices
Nuance Voices = https://harposoftware.com/en/2-main/s-1/index/brand-nuance/category-single_voices
CereProc
CereProc Voices = https://www.cereproc.com/en/storesapi (see customizable demo at top of page)

Note that 100% compatibility is not guaranteed since these are 3rd party after all. You assume full responsibility for what happens to your PC if you employ any of these voices. If you encounter issues with any voices we'll update this list to reflect it.

These voices will usually sound a lot better than the default "David" and "Zira" voices.

Microsoft itself also has additional voices that can work through SAPI, but Microsoft apparently chose not to make them available.
There is an unofficial/unsupported method of enabling them, however:

Unlock More Native Text-To-Speech Voices
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/08/11/unlock-all-windows-10-tts-voices-system-wide-to-get-more-of-them/
You assume full responsibility for what happens to your PC if you employ this method

Unfortunately, Microsoft did not design their "Narrator" voices to adhere to the SAPI standard (despite it being their standard).

[ragequitbuddha]

Thank you for the response! I've been tweaking the built in voices with the effect set feature but am not to skilled with it as of yet. lol