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Speech Technology / Re: Installing Voices
« on: September 30, 2012, 02:21:20 pm »
I'm getting used to Microsoft Anna, but I do wish there was the choice of a British voice. I don't have any animated face in my Ultra Hal, no face at all, nor even a mouth. Have I installed the program wrongly?
I'm not too bothered by the absence of a character, as I usually run the program from the system tray, with just the little ear icon, with it set to read anything I 'copy'; but I would very much like a British accent voice. The ones I downloaded were free, and I'd rather avoid paying for one if possible. A voice I really like is the BrowseAloud Daniel one. Unfortunately, BrowseAloud works on very few sites; I think the sites have to pay for the priviledge. If I could get a free or at least a cheap voice similar to Daniel and which worked with Ultra Hal, I'd be a very happy bunny.
Am I doing something wrong in installing the voices? If I try anything but Anna, I get a message saying that the program has stopped working and Windows is checking for a solution. After this another box comes up say that the program needs to close and Windows will inform me of a solution. It never does.
Please help, I've nothing against US voices, but infinitely prefer UK ones. Thanks.
PS will I have to do the capcha (sp?) verification every time I post?
I'm not too bothered by the absence of a character, as I usually run the program from the system tray, with just the little ear icon, with it set to read anything I 'copy'; but I would very much like a British accent voice. The ones I downloaded were free, and I'd rather avoid paying for one if possible. A voice I really like is the BrowseAloud Daniel one. Unfortunately, BrowseAloud works on very few sites; I think the sites have to pay for the priviledge. If I could get a free or at least a cheap voice similar to Daniel and which worked with Ultra Hal, I'd be a very happy bunny.
Am I doing something wrong in installing the voices? If I try anything but Anna, I get a message saying that the program has stopped working and Windows is checking for a solution. After this another box comes up say that the program needs to close and Windows will inform me of a solution. It never does.
Please help, I've nothing against US voices, but infinitely prefer UK ones. Thanks.
PS will I have to do the capcha (sp?) verification every time I post?