How to install the voices to Windows Speech?

!!! WARNING!!!

This involves manual edits to your registry. If you mess it up, don ' t blame me. Do at your own risk.

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Install the Speech Platform v11

a) go here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27225b) click "Download"c) select the "x64_SpeechPlatformRuntime\SpeechPlatformRuntime.msi"d) run the installer (duh :P)

Step 2:--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Get The alternate Voices

There is 6 中文版 (all female). I have no listened to the other languages, so I dont know how they sound. Gb_hazel and Us_zirapro are IMO the better sounding voices.

MSSpeech_TTS_en-CA_HeatherMSSpeech_TTS_en-GB_HazelMSSpeech_TTS_en-IN_HeeraMSSpeech_TTS_en-US_HelenMSSpeech_TTS_en-US_ZiraProMSSpeech_TTS_en-AU_Hayleyd) run the installers for each (duh :P)

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Extract the Registry Tokens

a) Open Regeditb) Under - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech Server\v11.0\Voices - right click the "Tokens" folder and export. Save this file to your desktop as voices1.reg so it will be easy to find later.b) Under - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Speech Server\v11.0\Voices - right click "Tokens" and again export it, again to the desktop. Call it voices2.reg.

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Edit the VOICES1/2 files

a) open Voices1.reg in Notepad.b) press "cntrl + H"c) enter \Speech Server\v11.0\ into the "Find What" fieldd) enter \Speech\ into the "Replace With" fielde) click "Replace All"f) Save Fileg) Repeat a-f with the Voices2.reg file

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Merge the new Registry files into your Registry

a) double click to "run" both Voices1.reg and Voices2.regb) Click "Yes" when it prompts

You should now has access to the new voices in Voice Attack, and in the Windows TTS options menu.

This is a process may also work with other voice packs.

How to install the voices to Windows Speech?