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I have a question regarding the Speech Synthesis Settings in the ARC software.
Hello, I recently purchased a new voice from CereProc and installed it successfully on my Windows 11 machine. I tested the voice using the Windows Narrator for text-to-speech, and it functioned without any issues. However, when I attempted to use this voice with Synthiam ARC, I noticed significant noise during speech playback. Has anyone else encountered similar issues with third-party voices in ARC? Any advice or solutions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!
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Hi Support Team,
Hope your business is doing well!
I’ve tried the new project and created another sample video. It demonstrates two voices-CereProc and Microsoft Zira-and I tested them using Windows Narrator for text-to-speech. The voices sound better through Windows Narrator compared to how they sound in ARC.
You can check out the video here: https://youtu.be/ZLWMEYOmAtc
I’m wondering if this might be a CereProc quality issue, or if anyone has tried voice products from other companies that work more smoothly?
Thanks again!
I don’t know how much their product is used. Last few times anyone posted about them, it was negative experiences.
have you tried a different speech system, such as azure text to speech? Azure text to speech has hundreds of voices and works with your pro subscription.
Hi DJ,
Thank you for your response
That means I’ve wasted money on this product:(. I had already tried Azure Text to Speech, but I was concerned because it couldn’t slow down the speaking speed. That’s why I decided to try this product.
However, I’m wondering-if I use Azure Text to Speech and exceed the limitations, what will happen?
Also, I’m curious about ElevenLabs. They allow you to create your own voice and provide an API. I’m wondering if ARC will develop a plug-in for that, so we can use our own voice for the robot. That would be pretty fun:p
Maybe reach out to CereProc and ask them why the voice crackles. Tell them all that we're using is the built in System.Speech.Synthesis in .Net 4.8 and using the Speak() method. There's no fancy stuff being done - and they can try it themselves for testing using ARC Free. Or give them the link to this forum thread.
Thanks, DJ! Will do. Hope business goes great!
Looking into it a bit further... it seems as if the Windows Narrator uses a different engine than the System.Speech. I wonder if CereProc is aware that there may be a bug in their voice with System.Speech. Send them a message and inform them of this thread to get their input on the issue.
Thanks very much for the kind words as well!