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James AUSTIN #38462 Hi folks, Is it possible to use a alternative speech synth to espeak with a portable copy of NVDA please? Thanks Best wishes James
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John Isige #38464 Yes. Any synths that are addons, e.g. SVOX Pico, can be copied into your portable version with any other addons. Addons you have to license, like Vocalizer, can be licensed, e.g. if you do a copy on a portable USB key. I don't know how something like SAPI 5 Eloquence would work with licensing, it might not since it would need to be installed, but if you installed it to a USB drive, maybe it would, although I don't know if a Windows system you plugged the drive into would search the drive for a SAPI synthesizer rather than its own installed files. The Windows 10 OneCore voices will work on any Windows 10 system, same with any SAPI 5 voices installed on Windows, depending on the version. So yes, you can use other synthesizers in a portable copy of NVDA. toggle quoted messageShow quoted text On 4/13/2018 10:39, James AUSTIN wrote: Hi folks, Is it possible to use a alternative speech synth to espeak with a portable copy of NVDA please? Thanks Best wishes James
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James AUSTIN #38465 Hi John Thanks very much I think my friend uses the SAPI 5 voices. I suspected that they wouldwork, but would she havae to copy them i.e. there exec files on to the thumb drive or would NVDA's preferences take care of initialisation? Thanks James toggle quoted messageShow quoted text On 13/04/2018 19:09, John Isige wrote: Yes. Any synths that are addons, e.g. SVOX Pico, can be copied into your portable version with any other addons. Addons you have to license, like Vocalizer, can be licensed, e.g. if you do a copy on a portable USB key. I don't know how something like SAPI 5 Eloquence would work with licensing, it might not since it would need to be installed, but if you installed it to a USB drive, maybe it would, although I don't know if a Windows system you plugged the drive into would search the drive for a SAPI synthesizer rather than its own installed files. The Windows 10 OneCore voices will work on any Windows 10 system, same with any SAPI 5 voices installed on Windows, depending on the version. So yes, you can use other synthesizers in a portable copy of NVDA. On 4/13/2018 10:39, James AUSTIN wrote: Hi folks, Is it possible to use a alternative speech synth to espeak with a portable copy of NVDA please? Thanks Best wishes James
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Gene #38466 If they are just SAPI 5 voices, installed and running on the machine being used, NVDA portable will work with them just as it does with any SAPI voices that may have been placed on the machine by Windows. Until either Windows 8 or 10, Narrator used a SAPI 5 voice for Narrator and NVDA, portable or not, worked with it as it does with any SAPI 5 voice. If the voice isn't on the computer being used, it must be installed on that computer. It is completely separate from NVDA. Gene toggle quoted messageShow quoted text From: James AUSTIN Sent: Friday, April 13, 2018 1:16 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Using an alternative synth with a portal copy of NVDA Hi John Thanks very much I think my friend uses the SAPI 5 voices. I suspected that they wouldwork, but would she havae to copy them i.e. there exec files on to the thumb drive or would NVDA's preferences take care of initialisation? Thanks James On 13/04/2018 19:09, John Isige wrote: > Yes. Any synths that are addons, e.g. SVOX Pico, can be copied into your > portable version with any other addons. Addons you have to license, like > Vocalizer, can be licensed, e.g. if you do a copy on a portable USB key. > I don't know how something like SAPI 5 Eloquence would work with > licensing, it might not since it would need to be installed, but if you > installed it to a USB drive, maybe it would, although I don't know if a > Windows system you plugged the drive into would search the drive for a > SAPI synthesizer rather than its own installed files. The Windows 10 > OneCore voices will work on any Windows 10 system, same with any SAPI 5 > voices installed on Windows, depending on the version. So yes, you can > use other synthesizers in a portable copy of NVDA. > > > On 4/13/2018 10:39, James AUSTIN wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> Is it possible to use a alternative speech synth to espeak with a >> portable copy of NVDA please? >> >> Thanks >> >> Best wishes >> >> James >> >> >> >> > > > >
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James AUSTIN #38468 Thanks for the clarification jean Best James toggle quoted messageShow quoted text On 13 Apr 2018, at 19:36, Gene <gsasner@...> wrote: If they are just SAPI 5 voices, installed and running on the machine being used, NVDA portable will work with them just as it does with any SAPI voices that may have been placed on the machine by Windows. Until either Windows 8 or 10, Narrator used a SAPI 5 voice for Narrator and NVDA, portable or not, worked with it as it does with any SAPI 5 voice. If the voice isn't on the computer being used, it must be installed on that computer. It is completely separate from NVDA. Gene From: James AUSTIN Sent: Friday, April 13, 2018 1:16 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Using an alternative synth with a portal copy of NVDA Hi John Thanks very much I think my friend uses the SAPI 5 voices. I suspected that they wouldwork, but would she havae to copy them i.e. there exec files on to the thumb drive or would NVDA's preferences take care of initialisation? Thanks James On 13/04/2018 19:09, John Isige wrote: > Yes. Any synths that are addons, e.g. SVOX Pico, can be copied into your > portable version with any other addons. Addons you have to license, like > Vocalizer, can be licensed, e.g. if you do a copy on a portable USB key. > I don't know how something like SAPI 5 Eloquence would work with > licensing, it might not since it would need to be installed, but if you > installed it to a USB drive, maybe it would, although I don't know if a > Windows system you plugged the drive into would search the drive for a > SAPI synthesizer rather than its own installed files. The Windows 10 > OneCore voices will work on any Windows 10 system, same with any SAPI 5 > voices installed on Windows, depending on the version. So yes, you can > use other synthesizers in a portable copy of NVDA. > > > On 4/13/2018 10:39, James AUSTIN wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> Is it possible to use a alternative speech synth to espeak with a >> portable copy of NVDA please? >> >> Thanks >> >> Best wishes >> >> James >> >> >> >> > > > >
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Brian's Mail list account <bglists@...> #38496 If its an add on and does not depend on resources of the computer, ie that some synth is an installed device. Brian bglists@blueyonder.co.uk Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@blueyonder.co.uk, putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field. toggle quoted messageShow quoted text ----- Original Message ----- From: "James AUSTIN" <james.londonsw15@gmail.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2018 4:39 PM Subject: [nvda] Using an alternative synth with a portal copy of NVDA Hi folks, Is it possible to use a alternative speech synth to espeak with a portable copy of NVDA please? Thanks Best wishes James
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Brian's Mail list account <bglists@...> #38497 It will see the device driver, but may fail if the voice itself is not installed, depending on what license it has, ie is it allowed to be portably used. I know that is no answer, but I've encountered almost every scenario on this one. Also of course, in Windows 10 nvda is a lot less useful as a portable than it is on windows 7, as in 10, some of the access to api etc, seems to need an installed copy. Brian bglists@blueyonder.co.uk Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@blueyonder.co.uk, putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field. toggle quoted messageShow quoted text ----- Original Message ----- From: "James AUSTIN" <james.londonsw15@gmail.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2018 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] Using an alternative synth with a portal copy of NVDA Hi John Thanks very much I think my friend uses the SAPI 5 voices. I suspected that they wouldwork, but would she havae to copy them i.e. there exec files on to the thumb drive or would NVDA's preferences take care of initialisation? Thanks James On 13/04/2018 19:09, John Isige wrote: Yes. Any synths that are addons, e.g. SVOX Pico, can be copied into your portable version with any other addons. Addons you have to license, like Vocalizer, can be licensed, e.g. if you do a copy on a portable USB key. I don't know how something like SAPI 5 Eloquence would work with licensing, it might not since it would need to be installed, but if you installed it to a USB drive, maybe it would, although I don't know if a Windows system you plugged the drive into would search the drive for a SAPI synthesizer rather than its own installed files. The Windows 10 OneCore voices will work on any Windows 10 system, same with any SAPI 5 voices installed on Windows, depending on the version. So yes, you can use other synthesizers in a portable copy of NVDA. On 4/13/2018 10:39, James AUSTIN wrote: Hi folks, Is it possible to use a alternative speech synth to espeak with a portable copy of NVDA please? Thanks Best wishes James
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