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- Remove StartVoice() from prompt builder since it overwrote SetVoice() as per PTP's email suggestion (http://www.ez-robot.com/Community/Forum/Thread?threadId=9743)
- SetVolume() allows ez-b index (http://www.ez-robot.com/Community/Forum/Thread?threadId=9698)
- display the battery voltage and temperature of the ez-b when connection occurs in status window
- updated error message when importing Auto Position that doesn't match current configuration
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What kind of OS you have ?
One of my Windows machines, which was upgraded from Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit instead of Windows 8 home 64 like the other ones has a 3rd voice, Microsoft Mark. I'll test it after work tomorrow (actually, might be Thursday depending on when I get home. Taking my wife to a concert tomorrow night) and see if it supports the rate property, and research if it can be downloaded or activated on Windows 10 Home.
I also have a different voice app that I think has the rate setting. I'll confirm if it also fails on the David voice.
Alan
I just tried and the David voice supports different rates.
David voice with different rates:
DavidVoices.zip
Zira voice with different rates:
Zira.zip
Is not a fix.
I tried Emphasis - None, and different Rates.
Is anyone else from Canada having this problem?
I just checked some old SAPI code.
open RegEdit on your computer and go to the following Registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices
check if exists a DefaultTTSRate property
if exists, check if is 0 (zero), if not change to 0.
Let me know if it worked.
Can you try the following:
change your regional settings (system too) to EN-CA. The speech settings will reset.
Try ARC
If you want to return to EN-US, change it again to EN-US (System too with Reboot)
Try ARC
I have Microsoft David Mobile voice selected there and can change the rate but not in ARC.
The Roboblather page also has a link to a forum where you can download 3 additional Microsoft voices originally from Windows XP, Mike, Sam, and Mary (http://www.eightforums.com/customization/23916-microsoft-anna-windows-8-a-6.html post 56). All support the rate setting in ARC, so it is something unusual with how David is being accessed. (none of these voices sound as smooth and natural a the newer David and Zira, but might meet your needs in the short term until this issue is resolved. Mike doesn't sound too bad.
Alan
I would also like to give a special thanks to PTP for all his great input that helped to solve this issue.
Tony
Sorry to insist did you tried David's voice with Emphasis:Not Set ?
with Rate: Slow or Rate:Extra Slow ?
still not working ?
I can't try changing to Not Set until I get home from work, and maybe not until very late.
Hopefully Bob can try that today.
Alan
You can have a voice supporting both attributes, only one or having trouble mixing them together.
Is not a Windows Speech API bug.
David, Zira, Hazel all come with windows, but are implemented by different providers, it's possible to find differences between them.
To help troubleshoot i always start with one Attribute off: e.g. Emphasis: Not set, than i test the Rate attribute, then i swap, and only after i try to combine both.
Yup, that fixed David's rate issue for me too.
Thanks @PTP for helping @DJ fix this longstanding issue.
Alan