What voices are people using with NVDA these days by chance other than Eloquence.
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What voices are people using with NVDA these days by chance other than Eloquence. Also, are they compatible with 2026.1 at this point?
@JeffBishop The updated driver's in the beta channel.
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What voices are people using with NVDA these days by chance other than Eloquence. Also, are they compatible with 2026.1 at this point?
@JeffBishop I swear by eSpeak Klat 5 and have for years. I think I am the only one though.
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@JeffBishop I swear by eSpeak Klat 5 and have for years. I think I am the only one though.
@prism @JeffBishop surprised you haven't tried the new synthe. The tg speech box.
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@JeffBishop There's a working Orpheus out there. I think WinTalker works as well. Oh and let's not forget TG Speechbox. That's getting better and better with every update.
@daygar @JeffBishop Ah yes, good ol TGSpeechBox, I love it!
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What voices are people using with NVDA these days by chance other than Eloquence. Also, are they compatible with 2026.1 at this point?
@JeffBishop Microsoft Sera. Not sure of correct spelling as I am not near my computer. I think it is a One Core voice.
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@JeffBishop Microsoft Sera. Not sure of correct spelling as I am not near my computer. I think it is a One Core voice.
@JamiePauls @JeffBishop I use the Vocalizer voices from Tiflotecnia and they are definitely compatible with 2026.1.
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What voices are people using with NVDA these days by chance other than Eloquence. Also, are they compatible with 2026.1 at this point?
@JeffBishop Using the 1Core engine with David.
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@JeffBishop Using the 1Core engine with David.
@ralfaro613 @JeffBishop Also, the Acapela voices, while not free of cost, are also compatible with 2026.1.
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What voices are people using with NVDA these days by chance other than Eloquence. Also, are they compatible with 2026.1 at this point?
@ChrisDuffley @JeffBishop i'm trying to find a eloquince addon that works with 2026.1 but haven't found it yet, i know there is one but don'[t know where to find it, i am using Sapi 5 64 bit for now
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What voices are people using with NVDA these days by chance other than Eloquence. Also, are they compatible with 2026.1 at this point?
@JeffBishop I sometimes like to play around with, believe it or not, Keynote Gold/Bestspeech (first heard of this being done by @Tamasg) and sometimes even RHVoice. I proudly made Keynote Gold compatible and it's a pull request on @samtupy's repo (thanks Claude and VS Code
). RHVoice I believe that's in the Add-On Store now and you can download the voices you want from the website.
Bestspeech: https://chrisduffley.com/bestspeech.nvda-addon - PR: https://github.com/samtupy/b32tts_wrapper/pull/6
RHVoice: In the Add-On Store and at https://github.com/RHVoice/RHVoice/releases/download/1.18.2/RHVoice-1.18.201.nvda-addonThere are several others that you can find thanks to @datajake1999's website that should also work. WinTalker being one of those. https://datajake.braillescreen.net/TTS/SynthesizersForNVDA/
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@ChrisDuffley @JeffBishop i'm trying to find a eloquince addon that works with 2026.1 but haven't found it yet, i know there is one but don'[t know where to find it, i am using Sapi 5 64 bit for now
@J3317 If you want the IBMTTS driver, get it here: https://github.com/davidacm/NVDA-IBMTTS-Driver/releases/download/26.4.1/IBMTTS-26.4.1.nvda-addon
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@JeffBishop @alexhall Same. and I grew up with hardware forment-based synths... Accent, DoubleTalk, etc. I find eSpeak stressful.
@VE3RWJ @JeffBishop @alexhall I would love to have a software based version of the DoubleTalk!
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@VE3RWJ @JeffBishop @alexhall I would love to have a software based version of the DoubleTalk!
@douglawlor @VE3RWJ @JeffBishop I'd try it for nestalgia's sake, but Doubletalk was never my favorite. I used it a whole lot on the Bookport from, what, 2003 or 2004. I never quite got used to it, not like I did KNG or some others.
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@douglawlor @VE3RWJ @JeffBishop I'd try it for nestalgia's sake, but Doubletalk was never my favorite. I used it a whole lot on the Bookport from, what, 2003 or 2004. I never quite got used to it, not like I did KNG or some others.
@alexhall @douglawlor @JeffBishop Whereas I'd love a software version of the Accent. Actually, I'd like to hear a sample of one now, to see if I still think it's the best. I haven't heard one in 30 years.
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@douglawlor @VE3RWJ @JeffBishop I'd try it for nestalgia's sake, but Doubletalk was never my favorite. I used it a whole lot on the Bookport from, what, 2003 or 2004. I never quite got used to it, not like I did KNG or some others.
@alexhall @douglawlor @JeffBishop Did you guys like DecTalk back in the day? I always thought it was mumbling when sped up.
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@alexhall @douglawlor @JeffBishop Did you guys like DecTalk back in the day? I always thought it was mumbling when sped up.
@VE3RWJ @douglawlor @JeffBishop I enjoyed plenty of Dectalk's performances. I remember when someone made skits, Red Dwarf episodes, and more using its text commands. But for an everyday synthesizer, no, I never found it all that appealing.
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@alexhall @douglawlor @JeffBishop Whereas I'd love a software version of the Accent. Actually, I'd like to hear a sample of one now, to see if I still think it's the best. I haven't heard one in 30 years.
@VE3RWJ @alexhall @JeffBishop Oh my God! The last time I heard an Accent was back sometime i 1989 or 1990.
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@alexhall @douglawlor @JeffBishop Whereas I'd love a software version of the Accent. Actually, I'd like to hear a sample of one now, to see if I still think it's the best. I haven't heard one in 30 years.
@VE3RWJ @alexhall @douglawlor @JeffBishop I still haven't had the same kind of responsiveness with software speech as I got with my Echo 2 on an Apple IIe or IIgs, or my Accent SA. Sure, it's better now than it has ever been, but still just not quite on the same level.
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@VE3RWJ @JeffBishop @alexhall I would love to have a software based version of the DoubleTalk!
@douglawlor @VE3RWJ @JeffBishop @alexhall As would I, especially if we could somehow have it without all the 8-bit-ness that Doubletalk had.
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@VE3RWJ @alexhall @JeffBishop Oh my God! The last time I heard an Accent was back sometime i 1989 or 1990.
@douglawlor @VE3RWJ @JeffBishop I don't know about that one. My first-ever synthesizer was a Cricket connected to a computer we got in... Maybe 1995? I don't really remember its sound. I remember a plastic box with a stiff volume knob. We got a Windows 98 machine in 1998 that had an early version of Jaws with Eloquence. That's what I grew up using, until the Braille 'n Speak and later BrailleNote.
