Hello,

I was able to manage the voice in an MS word document using Set speech.Voice = speech.GetVoices.Item(6)
but i have a problem in applying a 3rd party voice, specifically Julie voice to my word document.

I put Julie 's voice under Tokens in the registry but it had an not been called in my code. Julie Voice has different attributes and characteristics. so I guess, I should call the voice from the .dll that I got from the 3rd party application (VW) after I got it installed.

I have used a software to see the modules that are inside the .dll library, but I have no skills to call the modules within the .dll library.

How can I Execute Windows\sysWOW64\speech\SpeechUX\SAPI.cpl using a VBA code?
Can I change the default voice using a VBA code?

thank you,



Ali

See:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...=vs.85%29.aspx
https://www.codeproject.com/articles...ms-sapi-to-use

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Hello macropod,

Thank you for your answer; it will take me a couple of weeks to see the links you provided. and I will keep you posted.
However, here is what came new to me since my initial post:
I can easily set up the Microsoft voices that are provided in tokens.
Why do not the token accept voices from a third party? I guess as the third party would have a different attributes and strings and their value as well.

when i open the Microsoft speech, the third party voice appears i the "speech properties" window; but, even in that window i could not manually set up Julie voice as a default voice.

by they way, I am not a professional in VBA. But I am just trying to help some students (non-native English speakers) to help then listen to correct English in Canada/ Toronto.

Thank you.

That really depends on whether the third party has implemented their voices in a way that's compatible with Microsoft's implementation and, hence, can be retrieved in the same way. Even then, the voices available are language-specific, and even the Windows defaults are limited - although my PC is fully-configured for Australia, the only options I get via:
Control Panel>Ease of Access>Ease of Access Center>Use the computer without a display>Text to speech
are Microsoft David Desktop and Microsoft Zira Desktop, both of which have US accents, even though the narrator itself lists numerous other options. The Microsoft James Mobile option, which supposedly has an Australian accent, sounds like no native-born Australian I've ever heard - it's actually more like a British accent.

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