Read Aloud TTS engine used by Logos 10, How do change the voice?
Hi again,
I did search the forums and found a couple of related posts but they are not here in the Logos 10 sub-forum and I don't want to "hijack" the ones that are here so I'm posting a new one.
Ok read aloud, correct me if I'm wrong but this is not something specifically new for Logos 10, right? Anyways, I'm using Windows 10 (I supposed that it will be the same for 11), and I'm trying to change the voice used by Logos so I made all the changes in Windows Settings adding all needed languages and changing the voice:
But it made no difference in Logos. But there are two places where you can make changes to the text to speech settings (perhaps even two TTS engines), so I went to the old and trusty Control Panel but in there it is not possible for me to add additional languages neither change to the voices that I want:
If you notice the settings button is dimmed, but there I do have 4 voices to choose and when I change to one of the listed voices Logos does change to that voice, only problem is that none of those fours is the voice that I want. So it seems that Logos is taking the voice that is set from Control Panel (or is using the TTS engine that is configured from Control Panel with limitations) and not the voice that is set from Windows Settings.
Do you have any idea if that can be changed?
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Forgot to mention - using Windows 10 22H2 19045.2251
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It looks like the Control Panel only displays 64 bit voices. This might help: https://nextup.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=6076
Using Logos as a pastor, seminary professor, and Tyndale author
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It looks like the Control Panel only displays 64 bit voices. This might help: https://nextup.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=6076
Justin thanks but the article basically say that you have to setup the voice using the option that I already use. From there I can't select the voice I want. I found that the voices that are listed in Control Panel are here:
C:\Windows\Speech_OneCore\Engines\TTS\en-US
But the voices that I want to use are listed here:
C:\Windows\Speech_OneCore\Engines\TTS\es-MX
C:\Windows\Speech_OneCore\Engines\TTS\es-ES
I'm also checking the registry.
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Ok, found the solution. Check this three articles:
Unlock all Windows 10 TTS voices system-wide to get more of them
How to unlock extra Text to Speech Voices in Windows 11/10
Unlock Extra Text to Speech Voices in Windows 10
You have to repeat the process for each voice that you want to be available for Logos. After completing the configuration you have to logout/login or restart the PC. After that you should see the voice you want listed in Control Panel. Remember Logos use the voice selected from Control Panel and not Windows Settings. If you change the voice with Logos running it won't get the change. You have to close Logos and reopen it again.
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