Top tips for alternate voice in Text-to-speech? (New to logos)

Benjamin Quek

I'm using Logos Windows desktop. However, the robotic TTS voice is difficult and poor in emphasis. I can change speed and pitch on windows desktop. Does anyone have any suggestions for improving it further? Thank you

Aaron Hamilton

Logos uses the text-to-speech voices installed on your Windows desktop. To change the voice, you would have to adjust the default voice from Windows settings.

Certain books, especially some Bibles, have a dedicated reading voice that comes with the resource.

Benjamin Quek

Is there any way to improve the desktop TTS? E.g. Third party software or download a voice upgrade?

Aaron Hamilton

To change the voice in Logos, go to Windows control panel - Ease of Access - Speech Recognition. Then select Text to Speech to the left. In the Speech Properties popup, you can select the voice from the Voice selection dropdown. I only have two voices available to me, and I'm not sure how to point you in the right direction concerning how to expand your options here.

Yasmin Stephen

In the past I played around with the options in Windows for text-to-speech and got nothing out of it. I downloaded different English language packs to get better voices but, no matter what I tried, the only voice options I got at the end are David, Hazel, and Zira; all three sound equally awful. This left me wary of looking into buying third party voices; wouldn't it just be a waste of money if Windows didn't recognize them?

Michel Pauw

I recently started using Logos on my phone (Android), which has an excellent T2S function.