Windows 10: Who provided their voices for the windows xp sam, mike and mary tts voices?

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  1. GABRIEL ESPINOZAHR
    Gabriel EspinozaHR Win User

    Who provided their voices for the windows xp sam, mike and mary tts voices?


    I make this question because i saw many comedic youtube videos using the sam, mike and mary tts voices from windows xp's narrator app in the past and i really wanted to know since this year. Does somebody from the microsoft team know?

    :)
     
    Gabriel EspinozaHR, Dec 21, 2022
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  2. CODYLASH
    codylash Win User

    Microsoft Sam/Mary/Mike, old Microsoft SAPIs

    I have a question about the old Microsoft TTS voices; Sam, Mary and Mike. Since they are so old now and I can't find any information about them on official Microsoft sites, are their outputs allowed to be sampled inside of programs (example: UTAU, a voice
    synthesizer) and redistributed?
     
    codylash, Dec 21, 2022
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  3. 3D1L
    3d1l Win User
    Can't get voice for TTS listed in Control Panel - Speech Properties

    Hello,

    I'm using Windows 10 22H2 19045.2251.

    I already went to Windows Setting and added all the languages that I want and change the voice for TTS that I want to use:


    Who provided their voices for the windows xp sam, mike and mary tts voices? [​IMG]


    The problem is that I have a particular program that uses the Windows 10 system option in order to Read Aloud text within the application. But the voice that it uses is not the one display in the above image, instead the application uses the voice that configured from Control Panel - Speech Recognition - Text to Speech - Voice Selection:


    Who provided their voices for the windows xp sam, mike and mary tts voices? [​IMG]


    Problem is that the voices listed there are limited and the voices that were added at Windows Setting are not listed. Also you can see in the image that the "Settings" button is dimmed so apart from selecting a voice from the limited list I can't do anything else in Control Panel. The voices that are listed in Control Panel are only:

    Microsoft David Desktop - English
    Microsoft Helena - Spanish
    Microsoft Sabrina - Spanish
    Microsoft Zira Desktop - English

    Do you know if it is possible to get the Languages-Voices that were added from Windows Settings listed in the Voice Selection option in Control Panel? The voices I will like to add at least are:

    Microsoft Pablo
    Microsoft Laura
    Microsoft Raul

    Thanks.
     
    3d1l, Dec 21, 2022
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  4. THX1138
    THX1138 Win User

    Who provided their voices for the windows xp sam, mike and mary tts voices?

    Is it possible to change Cortana's TTS voice?


    Is it possible to change Cortana's TTS voice to something from a different TTS voice provider such as, for example, IVONA? Alternatively would it be possible to morph the voice somehow, so it sounds different, kind of like those voice changer programs that people typically use on their own voices?
     
    THX1138, Dec 21, 2022
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