I reinstalled Jim Kitchen's "winkit" file. Somehow, that fixed the problem.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Thompson" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] TTS issues
Hi Charles,
Could you list what you did to fix it? I wouldn't mind haveing that info
for myself in case it happens again.
al
"The truth will set you free"
Jesus Christ of Nazareth 33A.D.
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Rivard
To: Gamers Discussion list
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] TTS issues
No, but I remembered a solution that worked for someone else some time
ago.
I tried it, and it worked. I reinstalled Jim Kitchen's Winkit file and
now
have SAPI speech again. Thanks for all the help, people.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Hayes" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] TTS issues
>I wonder if Charles has accidently muted speech somehow what apain.
> Lisa Hayes
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> From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 5:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] TTS issues
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>> Hi Allan,
>>
>> Interesting. Espeak uses the Sapi 5 API for voice output on Windows so
>> I don't know why it would work when other Sapi compliant voices
>> wouldn't with games.
>>
>> As far as ESpeak voice quality goes that is a matter of preference.
>> Yes, I'll agree it is very robotic, but I use it every day with NVDA
>> on Windos and with Orca on Linux and I find it more responsive and
>> better than Eloquence in many cases.
>>
>> On 3/2/13, Allan Thompson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi Charles,
>>> A while back I had lost sappi due to an inconvenient power outage. I
>>> ended
>>> up useing something called eSpeak. Maybe that will help you? It had
come
>>> with voices, but they were pretty bad, still it is better then
nothing.
>>> I am sorry I haven't used it since then a few years ago, but I am
sure
>>> an
>>> internet will find it. Specifically I know it did well with entombed,
>>> but I
>>> am not sure about the rest.
>>>
>>> al
>>> "The truth will set you free"
>>> Jesus Christ of Nazareth 33A.D.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Charles Rivard
>>> To: audyssey gamers list
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 8:25 AM
>>> Subject: [Audyssey] TTS issues
>>>
>>>
>>> I have no SAPI speech on my desktop PC. Even Microsoft Sam, which
I
>>> detest, does not operate. I am using Windows Home edition of XP with
>>> service pack 3 installed. In order to run Jim Kitchen's games, among
>>> others, SAPI is necessary. The program on Jim's site, which I know I
>>> will
>>> misspell, de loser lex, made no change. There is another file I
could
>>> get
>>> from his site, although it says that it is for Windows 98, 2000, and
M
>>> E, so
>>> I haven't tried it yet. I've thought of doing a repair of Windows,
but
>>> cannot find my Windows CD if needed. Is there a TTS engine that I
can
>>> download and install that might fix this annoyance? Thanks in
advance.
>>>
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