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====== Installing Alternate TTS Voices ======

  * [[installing_alternate_tts_voices#Overview|Overview]]
  * [[installing_alternate_tts_voices#Setup|Setup]]

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===== Overview =====
This will allow you to use a custom voice to be set within Deepbot. The voice can be used to read donations/use @tts@/etc.

**Note:** Works with Windows 7/8/10.

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===== Important =====

**Warning!!**: This guide involves doing manual edits to your registry. We do not take any responsibility for any damage done to your Computer/Device. Do at your own risk.
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===== Setup =====
**1.** Install the Speech Platform V11
  *A. Go [[http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27225|Here]]
  *B. Click "Download"
  *C. Select "x64_SpeechPlatformRuntime\SpeechPlatformRuntime.msi"
  *D. Run the Installer after downloading.

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**2.** Get the Alternate Voices
  *A. Go [[http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27224|Here]]
  *B. Click "Download"
  *C. Select the voice files you want. **Note**: They are the ones that have "TTS" in the file name.
    * List of English Speaking Voices:
      * MSSpeech_TTS_en-CA_Heather
      * MSSpeech_TTS_en-GB_Hazel
      * MSSpeech_TTS_en-IN_Heera
      * MSSpeech_TTS_en-US_Helen
      * MSSpeech_TTS_en-US_ZiraPro
      * MSSpeech_TTS_en-AU_Hayley
  *D. Run the installers for the Voices you downoaded.

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**3.** Extract the registry tokens
  *A. Open Regedit (Hit Windows + R Keys **>** Type Regedit in Box)
  *B. Under - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech Server\v11.0\Voices **>** Right click the "Tokens" folder and export. Save this file to your desktop as voices1.reg so it will be easy to find later.
  *C. Under - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Speech Server\v11.0\Voices **>** Right click "Tokens" and again export it, again to the desktop. Call it voices2.reg.

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**4.** Edit the Voices 1 and 2 files
  *A. Open Voices1.reg in Notepad. (Right Click **>** Open With.. **>** Select Notepad.)
  *B. Press "Ctrl + H"
  *C. Enter "\Speech Server\v11.0\" into the "Find What" Field.
  *D. Enter "\Speech\" in the "Replace With" Field.
  *E. Click "Replace All"
  *F. Save the File.
  *G. Repeat Steps A-F for Voices2.reg File

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**5.** Merge the new Registry files into your registry
   *A. Double Click to "Run" both Voices1.reg and Voices2.reg
   *B. Click "Yes" when propmted.

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**6.** You have now installed your custom voices. Start up Deepbot and you should have Access to the new voices.