get voices by langage on windows ?

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get voices by langage on windows ?

Post by jmburnod » Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:08 pm

Hi All,
Is there a way to get the voices by langage on windows ?

P.S: English speakers are always faster :mrgreen: , and it’s been a long time since I’ve managed to be quick enough. To restore fair competition, I suggest that English speakers type their answers while wearing boxing gloves.

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Re: get voices by langage on windows ?

Post by Klaus » Wed Jan 14, 2026 11:26 am

Bonjour Jean-Marc,

well:

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put revSpeechVoices("female") into tLovelyVoices
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should do the trick.
The new Speech Library will only work on Mac, iOS and Android.

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Re: get voices by langage on windows ?

Post by jmburnod » Wed Jan 14, 2026 2:25 pm

Hi Klaus,
Thanks.
I mean, a work around to get the same thing as the new speech library.

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Re: get voices by langage on windows ?

Post by Klaus » Wed Jan 14, 2026 2:38 pm

jmburnod wrote:
Wed Jan 14, 2026 2:25 pm
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I mean, a work around to get the same thing as the new speech library.
Sorry, don't understand, what are you exactly looking for?

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Re: get voices by langage on windows ?

Post by richmond62 » Wed Jan 14, 2026 5:32 pm

He's looking to do that in a version of LiveCode before in introduction of the new speech thing.

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Re: get voices by langage on windows ?

Post by jmburnod » Wed Jan 14, 2026 5:36 pm

Sorry Klaus for Lemanic english I use,

In my app user must choose an english and a french voice.
The revSpeechVoices function return the list of all voices female or male.
User must heard each voice to find an english or french voice.

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Re: get voices by langage on windows ?

Post by jmburnod » Wed Jan 14, 2026 5:46 pm

Hi Richmond,
He's looking to do that in a version of LiveCode before in introduction of the new speech thing
No, new speech library doesn't work on window and LC 10 use revSpeechVoices() on windows

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Re: get voices by langage on windows ?

Post by Klaus » Wed Jan 14, 2026 6:08 pm

jmburnod wrote:
Wed Jan 14, 2026 5:36 pm
Sorry Klaus for Lemanic english I use,

In my app user must choose an english and a french voice.
The revSpeechVoices function return the list of all voices female or male.
User must heard each voice to find an english or french voice.

Best again
Jean-Marc
AHA! :-)
Well revSpeechVoices() returns a loooooong list of available voices and looks like this (german system)
...
Amira
Anna
Aru
Schlechte Neuigkeiten
Bahh
Glocken
Boing
Seifenblasen
Carmit
Cellos
Damayanti
Daniel
Daria
Wobble
Eddy (Deutsch (Deutschland))
Eddy (Englisch (UK))
Eddy (Englisch (USA))
Eddy (Spanisch (Spanien))
Eddy (Spanisch (Mexiko))
Eddy (Finnisch (Finnland))
Eddy (Französisch (Kanada))
Eddy (Französisch (Frankreich))
Eddy (Italienisch (Italien))
Eddy (Japanisch (Japan))
Eddy (Koreanisch (Südkorea))
Eddy (Portugiesisch (Brasilien))
Eddy (Chinesisch (China, Festland))

Ellen
Flo (Deutsch (Deutschland))
Flo (Englisch (UK))
Flo (Englisch (USA))
Flo (Spanisch (Spanien))
Flo (Spanisch (Mexiko))
Flo (Finnisch (Finnland))
Flo (Französisch (Kanada))
...
so depending hat it returns on your system you could filter this list with UK/USA/Frankreich(France or whatever your list may display).

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Klaus

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Re: get voices by langage on windows ?

Post by richmond62 » Thu Jan 15, 2026 1:49 pm

Between Frankreich and Allemagneroyaume . . . :D

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