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I'm using the Read Aloud feature, and the "female" voice changed its tone when it hit this one paragraph. I don't think there's anything special about the text, but the voice changed to sound emotionally elated. Why is it doing this, when I never hear it use emotion anywhere else?
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What happened to the old voice that was reading my word doc? She was personable and read beautifully. All of a sudden I have robotic voice and even when I try to change them they all are not like the other voice?
"We don't want "more human" sounding voices that pause and add inflection in weird places. We want a steady, generic voice that helps us listen for information, errors, etc. People aren't having word documents read to them for entertainment"
That is probably what you don't want, but some of us do. I am hearingf impaired, and suffer from dyslexia. The robotic voice that you obviously enjoy drives me crazy. It creates a buzz in my hearing aids that makes me question what is actually being said.
Additionally, I have a few writing projects that help to have a smoother natual sounding voice involved to that i can find the flaws in my whiting easier. Unlike you, I prefer the program to pause and take a breath where the puncntuation indicates like a real human does.
Finally "People aren't having word documents read to them for entertainment" It helps me write peices for the entertainment of others. It is hard to see if a joke will sound properly to someone else if the replay is robotic.
If you dont like the bubbly happy girl reading then switch to one of the guys especially one of robotic male voices. Like "David"
Hi Richard,
It is apparently a bug that is for all devices reintroduced with a recent update. Until it is fixed by Microsoft there is nothing you can do, except post feedback.
Writing here does not bring it to the attention of anyone who can do anything about it. You are addressing your fellow users here. Microsoft is aware of the problem, though. Again, nothing written here will get to the people responsible for fixing this. You need to use the feedback mechanisms to put pressure on to fix it. The people responsible for this, and their supervisors do see feedback.
I recommend using the Public Feedback Portal. https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/fb6d67e3-301c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472
See my response here with a list of some other feedback that has been posted. Comment and vote! https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/ive-been-unable-to-switch-the-read-aloud-function/a2acd6e5-a88f-4903-a930-39abd2ef657e (and maybe vent a little)
Then, once your own feedback is posted, copy the URL and then come back here and post it so that others can comment and vote.
Be the squeaky wheel. Keep pressure on.
For more on this using feedback, see my article: This is a user-to-user support forum. -- You can give feedback TO MICROSOFT designers and decision makers on Microsoft Word or other Microsoft Products using their feedback mechanisms, (not here). (This is a link to directions.)
Why has the voice of the woman who reads my text in Microsoft Word changed and become so bad, and how can I get it back to how it was before?
@ Mail Admin5
It is apparently a bug that is for all devices reintroduced with a recent update..
Writing here does not bring it to the attention of anyone who can do anything about it. You are addressing your fellow users here. Microsoft is aware of the problem, though. Again, nothing written here will get to the people responsible for fixing this. You need to use the feedback mechanisms to put pressure on to fix it.
I recommend using the Public Feedback Portal. https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/fb6d67e3-301c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472
See my response here with a list of some other feedback that has been posted. Comment and vote! https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/ive-been-unable-to-switch-the-read-aloud-function/a2acd6e5-a88f-4903-a930-39abd2ef657e (and maybe vent a little)
Then, once your own feedback is posted, copy the URL and then come back here and post it so that others can comment and vote.
Be the squeaky wheel. Keep pressure on.
For more on this using feedback, see my article: This is a user-to-user support forum. -- You can give feedback TO MICROSOFT designers and decision makers on Microsoft Word or other Microsoft Products using their feedback mechanisms, (not here). (This is a link to directions.)