I came across this reg tweak to unlock the Eva voice within windows 10: http://wind8apps.com/unlock-new-text-to-speech-voice-windows-10/ (http://wind8apps.com/unlock-new-text-to-speech-voice-windows-10/). Only problem is it shows up as a mobile name & not accessible to VC. Screenshot attached shows how it shows up in Win 10 tts settings. I was wondering if it would be possible to work it into VC somehow?(https://www.dropbox.com/s/m5i5m2kvnw8ojqg/eva.jpg?raw=1)
Okay, so i played around with the registry & was able to get it working with VC. Here's a link to the tweak if anyone wants to try it.
Warning: This is a registry tweak. It works for me but i take no reponsibility if it borks something up for you.
Tweak: https://www.dropbox.com/s/iwodppgx4hvz6nk/Microsoft%20Eva%20Desktop.reg?raw=1
Why not just use TTSMS voices? Do you find this voice actually sounds better?
I've never actually tried TTSMS. Didn't really know what the difference was between the two. Now that i try to load the TTSMS plugin it throws errors on load & can't get it loaded into commands. Both win 8.1 & 10. So, I can't say if it sounds better. It's the new Cortana voice, just thought i'd try something new. It sounds better to my ear than David or Zira do. There's also a new Mark voice that i'm working on unlocking.
TTSMS voices use the MS Speech Platform, so you need to install
x86_SpeechPlatformRuntime\SpeechPlatformRuntime.msi
you can get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27225
I don't think Eva sounds very much like Cortana.
Im probably wrong then. Just thought it was the cortana voice.