SpeechSynthesizer.SelectVoice() Fails with “No matching voice is installed or the voice was disabled”

Question

I am modifying Scott Hanselman\'s BabySmash code to support other languages.

1. I installed the speech platform and a new language per these steps.

2. Th

Answer 1

ha ha I feel special: this post on Python actually solved my problem: build configuration platform needs to be x64, not Any CPU!

Answer 2

Another solution is to install (x64) bits version of Microsoft Speech Platform SDK and Microsoft Server Speech Platform Runtime. I think that you had installed (x86) bits of both and the plataform try to read it in (x64) bits.

I had the same problem that you but on the contrary and this works to me!

Answer 3

In my case Instead of the library System.Speech.Synthesis i need to use Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis. For that we need to go to Solution Explorer on VisualStudio --> References and Browse for Microsoft.Speech.dll

using Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis;

After that you will have other Runtime Languages available.

        SpeechSynthesizer synth = new SpeechSynthesizer();    

        // Output information about all of the installed voices. 
        foreach (InstalledVoice voice in synth.GetInstalledVoices())
        {
            VoiceInfo info = voice.VoiceInfo;

            Console.WriteLine(" Name:          " + info.Name);
            Console.WriteLine(" Culture:       " + info.Culture);
            Console.WriteLine(" Age:           " + info.Age);
            Console.WriteLine(" Gender:        " + info.Gender);
            Console.WriteLine(" Description:   " + info.Description);
            Console.WriteLine(" ID:            " + info.Id);
        }

Answer 4

changing the user identity to Localsystem solve my problem !