Hi Jim, I have tried going to the control panel, and not even the Microsoft voices work. I tried the deluserlex program, that didn't do anything. As for my Windows XP CD, I lost that ages ago. I tried the sapisvr.exe program as I was writing this email, and that didn't work either. There seems to be a critical error with it, since when I select a voice, or preview a selected one in the control panel, it comes up with the following error: Speech Properties This voice cannot be played. Please try selecting another voice or selecting a different audio output device. OK This happens with every voice I select, including Microsoft Sam, and I know for a fact that it's not my sound card, since screenreader speech and sound effects play fine. Thanks. Regards, Damien
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Kitchen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Damien Sadler" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Puppy1 > Hi Damien, > > I'm sorry to hear that your sapi5 text to speech engine is not working. > > You could try going to the control panel and speech to set your computer's > default voice to one of the Microsoft voices like Sam, Mary or Mike and > then running the DelUserLex.exe file from my site. > > Another fix that I have heard of is to go to > > c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Speech > Then, press enter on Sapisvr.exe. It won't say anything, but it should > correct the control panel entries for Sapi. > > And another fix that I have heard of is > > 1. Put your xp cd in and, if you have autorun turned on, hold down the > left shift when the disk tray is closing, holding the key until the disk > stops or slows. > 2. Open the c:\windows\inf folder and highlight the sapi5.inf file. > 3. Press the applications key and arrow down to install and press enter. > 4. When you get the message saying file needed sapi.dll, go to browse and > point to and open the i386 file folder and press enter on ok. > 5. Go to ok on the install procedure and press enter and you're done. > > Or you could put your windows XP CD in and do a system repair as the sapi5 > text to speech engine is part of the Windows XP operating system. > > Oh yeah one other thing that I have heard is that the program Total > Recorder seems to mess with the sapi5 text to speech engine. > > I hope that some of that might help. > > BFN > > Jim > > Sign on my door: "Go ahead and knock, I'm already disturbed!" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.kitchensinc.net > (440) 286-6920 > Chardon Ohio USA > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
