Anyone else having ATC audio issues?

[eslader 1,783]

I can see ATC talking in the text log in the ATC window, but it doesn't always actually talk out loud. I hear radio clicks when it's supposed to be talking, but there's no voice. I haven't yet established a pattern for when this happens. Anyone else seeing this?

 

[Marco Manieri 194]

Confirm. Happening right now exactly as you described. No idea about the pattern... Worked on departure, sometime during cruise ATC went in strike...

[Andreas Stangenes 1,628]

I fly with ATC off. No issues 🙂 

[ckyliu 1,749]

Sounds like your missing some of the Windows text-to-speech voices, did you follow on-screen advice during the big download to go get them?

[eslader 1,783]

No, I didn't see that advice because I started the download at midnight and went to bed. I'll start looking into that now. Thanks!

 

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OK, looks like I have the full English language pack already. That's the only one I need? That said, I'm not sure that's the issue, because sometimes my pilot's voice works and sometimes it doesn't - if it were a language pack issue I'd think it would either always work or never work.

 

 

Edited August 18, 2020 by eslader

[Marco Manieri 194]

9 minutes ago, ckyliu said:

Sounds like your missing some of the Windows text-to-speech voices, did you follow on-screen advice during the big download to go get them?

Nope. I have the language packs and it worked well most times. Sometimes it just shut up...

Edited August 18, 2020 by Marco Manieri

[xenonsk 129]

Try this : Go to options, general, sound, text-to-speech settings and switch from azure to windows offline. Worked for me.

[regis9 4,013]

Happened to me too, I had voice on departure, lost it during flight following, and it came back when I contacted Tower to land.  Then tower terminated my ATC services when I was on short final but that's probably a topic for another thread.

[DaWu 779]

Seems like a new bug. Wasn’t that case before the release

[N9718 28]

1 hour ago, eslader said:

I can see ATC talking in the text log in the ATC window, but it doesn't always actually talk out loud. I hear radio clicks when it's supposed to be talking, but there's no voice. I haven't yet established a pattern for when this happens. Anyone else seeing this?

 

Yes. I've confirmed ATC is somewhat spotty. Sometimes I don't hear my own broadcast, and sometimes I don't hear ATC. Then I get ATC asking if I heard its last transmission. 

[atlflyer 138]

Confirmed. If you click on the radio pop-up too fast it shows the text of trasmi but no audio. Happens sporadically. If you slow down the response to atc then it doesn't happen nearly as much.

[smoothchat 99]

I think the Azure server is under stress and not coping with so many simultaneous users.

[wan2fly99 37]

I will use VATSIM or IVAO for atc..   I really never used the sims atc

[jhelix70 22]

Same problem here, but only occasionally.  About the option to switch from Azure voices to a text to voice pack in windows (offline)...does this come with windows by default or does one have to install separately?

[Farlis 2,287]

I noticed this as well. So I switched to offline mode. It says you need to have the english (US) voicepack installed. Which I do. As well as the english (UK) and the german voicepack.

Guess what... now the ATC speaks to me in the most embarassing german accent. 

Not exactly what I was expecting.