Alastair Irving
2011-07-02 22:23:42 UTC
Hi
I was wondering if there are any plans to compile a 64-bit version of
espeak for windows. The 32-bit version works on a 64-bit system, but
the SAPI voices can only be called from 32-bit applications. In
particular the espeak voices are not listed in the Windows Speech
Properties.
I found a blog post detailing how to set the default voice on a 64-bit
system to be a 32-bit synthesiser,
http://blindcrawler.com/blog/blog1.php/2010/09/09/tutorial-using-32-bit-sapi-5-voices-in-64-bit-windows-7
But this setting is lost on a reboot, which isn't ideal.
The best solution would be to install both 32 and 64-bit versions of
espeak on 64-bit systems, (looking in the registry this seems to be the
case for the default Microsoft voices).
I might try and install the necesary compilers and build a 64-bit
version myself, but thought I would check with the list first in case
someone has already done so or there's a reason why it can't be done.
Best wishes
Alastair
I was wondering if there are any plans to compile a 64-bit version of
espeak for windows. The 32-bit version works on a 64-bit system, but
the SAPI voices can only be called from 32-bit applications. In
particular the espeak voices are not listed in the Windows Speech
Properties.
I found a blog post detailing how to set the default voice on a 64-bit
system to be a 32-bit synthesiser,
http://blindcrawler.com/blog/blog1.php/2010/09/09/tutorial-using-32-bit-sapi-5-voices-in-64-bit-windows-7
But this setting is lost on a reboot, which isn't ideal.
The best solution would be to install both 32 and 64-bit versions of
espeak on 64-bit systems, (looking in the registry this seems to be the
case for the default Microsoft voices).
I might try and install the necesary compilers and build a 64-bit
version myself, but thought I would check with the list first in case
someone has already done so or there's a reason why it can't be done.
Best wishes
Alastair