Additional voices in Windows 10 and Pilot2ATC

[JPR 2]

Hi Dave   🙂

In Windows 10, the default voices are set in the registry here:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens]
Example: Hazel, David Zira and Hortence (for Windows in French)

When we add news voices in Windows 10 they are added to this registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Voices\Tokens]

Pilot2ATC uses only the default voices located in this registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens]

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✔️   Until now, to be able to use the additional voices, I exported the register:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Voices\Tokens]
Then I changed all the references "\Speech_OneCore\" to "\Speech\".
Then I imported this modified reg file into the registry and Pilot2ATC saw and used these new voices as they were copied into the default voice registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens]

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❌  With the latest Windows 10 update, this export/import in registry of additional voices no longer works.
The import into the registry shows that the update went through successfully... but the new voices not appear in the registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens]
and Pilot2ATC does not see these new voices anymore.

❔   Is there a solution for Pilot2ATC to see and use the voices located in the both registers to be able to use the default voices and additional voices?
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Voices\Tokens]

Thank's   🙂

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 871]

Unfortunately, Not that I know of.  The Registry mod was tricking Windows into thinking the voices were Desktop voices instead of Mobile voices.

I guess Microsoft must have changed something to prevent that.

Dave

Edited November 13, 2021 by Dave-Pilot2ATC

[JPR 2]

 Ok, thank you for your answer   🙂 

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 871]

However, You can get other Desktop voices from other languages.  Either manually installing the languages and their Speech engines, or using the utility that is described in the Pinned Thread on the Microsoft Voice topic.

 

[JPR 2]

Thank you, I will look at this topic.

[JPR 2]

Work fine with: https://www.neuber.com/free/voicesinstaller/