MS Anna speaks on XP.

[drozwood90]

I can't seem to get rid of the tinny-sound (clipping).

Any ideas?

 

[GraysonPeddie]

Now if only I can get Anna under Ubuntu...

Anyway, that's pretty cool that you can get that under XP.

I can't seem to get rid of the tinny-sound (clipping).

Any ideas?

Did you perform \MSTTSEng_20\TTS_Nested.msi?

 

[drozwood90]

yeah...I installed it under WinXp, seems good.

I think it's something to do with Win2k3 Server.

There's quote a bit of strange audio stuff in that. Oh well...

--Dan

 

[sic0048]

I tried installing the MSTTSEngine installer program found under both the MSTTSEng_20 and MSTTSEngine_21 on my WHS machine. Both installers seem to work and I now have a "Microsoft Anna - English" choice in my Windows TTS engine, but when I try to choose Anna, I get a "This voice cannot be played. Please try selecting another voice or selecting a different audio output device." error.

 

[123]

Hmm. The System Requirements for Streets & Trips 2007 includes Windows Server 2003 but does not mention Windows Home Server.

 

[drozwood90]

Maybe I'll try to redownload the ISO from M$ and let THEM install it...

--Dan

 

[ewelin]

yeah...I installed it under WinXp, seems good.

I think it's something to do with Win2k3 Server.

There's quote a bit of strange audio stuff in that. Oh well...

--Dan

Did you ever get anna working on win2k3? I've been trying to get it running on WHS and it sounds very pingy.

 

[Dave X10]

Vista's default voice is Anna. Anna is a far superior voice to those found on XP (Sam, Mary, Mike). Although there's no installer program for Anna on XP, there is a roundabout way to get it done.

The 60-day trial version of MS Streets and Maps 2010 (huge download: 1.4 Gb) will install Anna on XP. Before installing the full product, it will install a few support programs including Anna and the associated speech engine. After it installs the voice, it pauses and lets you abort before proceeding to install the balance of Streets and Maps. Abort it and, thanks to this loophole, you now have Anna on XP without having to install the full product.

OMG! this is the coolest tip I think I've read at a forum in some time. Thank you for sharing 123.