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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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I loved the super perky chick because I write marketing copy...but now she is gone and I'm back to the scary robot lady. No idea how Perky got here, no idea how to get her back. I'm thinking she disappeared when I restarted recently. Gonna try that again and see what's what.
Umm... no. For me 'perky lady' is still there. I'm not fond of perky lady. I prefer the female robotic voice, if you are referring to Zira. The inflection and dramatic over stimulated voice that is currently a part of my Microsoft Read Aloud is just annoying for me. I'm hoping Microsoft will get this straightened out soon and with AI rapid advances and being that it IS Microsoft, you would think they could come up with a variety of voices for Read Aloud. But since it has been months now and the same male and female voices are still there (sigh), I'm not holding my breath.
I would like to have the read aloud voice that was taken from me. I would describe as very close to Siri’s voice…. just perfect. I had it for more than two years. Right now i’m back to no read aloud at all … except this choppy… hesitant voice that no one could use. Microsoft can afford to fix this!!
I’m very sure that MicroSoft can afford to fix this…. I don’t feel that we’re asking too much. Thanks
I've been writing a short story using Word and I use the Read Aloud feature to make sure what I've written makes sense and flows. I like the older version of Read Aloud with just the male and female voice option - the 'reader' reads with a natural rhythm, using appropriate pronunciations and inflections. However the newer version (with Zira, Mark and David) has a distinctive computer generated quality to it, and lacks a natural sound and rhythm of speech - very stilted at times. Is there a way to override the newer version and use the, in my opinion, the better of the two.