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Changing Microsoft default voice

How to change Microsoft default voice sam as the computers voice....cannot access the setting in the speech properties of the control panel.So each time talking on skype or playing mp3...having microsoft default sam voice!!! very irritating

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  • Anonymous Oct 06, 2008

    can anyone help

  • Anonymous Oct 22, 2008

    This same ...

  • Anonymous Nov 06, 2008

    Same problem...

  • Anonymous Nov 23, 2008

    The same for me when i try and change the default voice micrsoft sam is the only one you can have and it is pi*sing me off

  • IndyJones98 Dec 18, 2008

    I can only choose microsoft sam.

  • Anonymous Jan 30, 2009

    same here

  • nightmaster1 Apr 25, 2009

    same

  • mohd_tanveer Sep 28, 2009

    HALLO



    SIR,

    I WANT TO CHANG MICTOSOFT DEFAULT VOICE THATSAT







    OK THEN

  • meabup May 11, 2010

    Hi Mr. kaka,



    Do u have an email so I can contact you ?



    Thanks

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Use the Speech Engine Configurations tab of the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in for Microsoft Speech Server (MSS) 2004 to change the default voice used by applications for text-to-speech (TTS) processing, or to specify an application-specific TTS voice.
This is the voice that callers hear when an application must synthesize speech output rather than use prerecorded prompts. For more information, see the section on the prompt engine in the topic Producing Speech Output.
To modify the default voice

  1. Open the MMC Administration console. (For instructions,
    To open the MMC Administration console for MSS
    1. Click Start.
    2. Select All Programs, Microsoft Speech Server 2004, and then click MSS Management Console.
      Note If you do not have Administrator rights on the computer you are using to open MMC, you will be prompted to enter a valid Administrator ID and password)

  2. In the console tree, expand the applicable group.
  3. In the details pane, double-click the computer running SES to open the SES properties page.
  4. Click the Speech Engine Configurations tab.
  5. Under Engine Configurations:, select DefaultVoice.
  6. In the Engine Name drop-down list, select the voice to use for all applications by default.

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Try this,
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Check if you have a proper "Audio Output" selected and installed, maybe is disabled.

Maybe you need to install something,

here is the Speech SDK 5.1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5e86ec97-40a7-453f-b0ee-6583171b4530

Read the content page above and make your choice.
Hope this can help you.
Regards

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Is there a simple way to change my sounds from ''microsoft Sam'' to a natural human voice?? please advise

NO, Microsoft Sam is the default voice for ur computer...... I mean Microsoft Windows.....
but u can google it....... search for "narrtator download"......

there is one way I know, but u askd for simple ways..... I gues there is none......

search for an alternative..........
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