TTS Windows 10 Eva voice [SOLVED]

[yokel]

I came across this reg tweak to unlock the Eva voice within windows 10: http://wind8apps.com/unlock-new-text-to-speech-voice-windows-10/.  Only problem is it shows up as a mobile name & not accessible to VC.  Screenshot attached shows how it shows up in Win 10 tts settings.  I was wondering if it would be possible to work it into VC somehow?


Okay, so i played around with the registry & was able to get it working with VC.  Here's a link to the tweak if anyone wants to try it. 

Warning: This is a registry tweak.  It works for me but i take no reponsibility if it borks something up for you.

Tweak: https://www.dropbox.com/s/iwodppgx4hvz6nk/Microsoft%20Eva%20Desktop.reg?raw=1

[jitterjames]

Why not just use TTSMS voices? Do you find this voice actually sounds better?

[yokel]

I've never actually tried TTSMS.  Didn't really know what the difference was between the two.  Now that i try to load the TTSMS plugin it throws errors on load & can't get it loaded into commands.  Both win 8.1 & 10.  So, I can't say if it sounds better.  It's the new Cortana voice, just thought i'd try something new.  It sounds better to my ear than David or Zira do.  There's also a new Mark voice that i'm working on unlocking. 

[jitterjames]

TTSMS voices use the MS Speech Platform, so you need to install    

x86_SpeechPlatformRuntime\SpeechPlatformRuntime.msi

you can get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27225

I don't think Eva sounds very much like Cortana.

[yokel]

Im probably wrong then.  Just thought it was the cortana voice.