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Originally Posted by KindleAZWorKFX
So any updates on using natural voices from windows 11 in TTS to MP3 , I almost typed TTS to MP4 format which it is not, I noticed that read aloud in edge has a lot more I guess online only TTS voices but they cannot be accessed by this plugin in calibre 64bit version, I have not tried the 32bit version but I am guessing the voices are limited, also did this plugin support stop with windows 10? or does this plugin work correctly under windows 11 too? not sure why but the learn how to add more voices button links to a page that seems to talk more about windows 10 than even windows 11 at all, it doesn't seem like it's been updated even on the new OS system. I guess the process it almost the same between the systems that it may not matter in any case. for example, under voices in read aloud under Microsoft edge on windows 11, like the voice called "Microsoft Aria Online (Natural)" its voice is not usable by this plugin.
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At the moment I'm not able to devote time to major enhancements of this plugin. However, I will be releasing a new version which allows it to continue working when calibre moves from v5.x to v6.x later this year.
The list of Voices accessible to this plugin should be the same list as is accessible in the calibre Viewer's ReadAloud feature. To the best of my knowledge that will be any Voices under a specific Windows registry key. See the first paragraph of post #2 in this thread. I don't think any of the MS Online (Natural) Voices appear under that key.
Do you see them stored elsewhere in your registry? If I open an HTML file in the MS Edge browser on Win10 I can see/use some MS Online Voices to listen to the browser text in real-time. But that's a long way from being able to automatically record to a local .WAV file in much-faster-than-real-time, which is how the plugin currently works.
I wouldn't expect it to be any different in Windows 11, but I can't be sure because I don't have access to a Win11 PC. This is unlikely to change in the near future.
Kovid Goyal, the creator of calibre, has far better in-depth technical knowledge than I do. It might be worth asking a question in the calibre sub-forum whether he thinks it's ever likely to be possible to access MS Online Voices in calibre ReadAloud. If his response is positive then maybe this plugin could piggyback on whatever he does in main calibre. I suspect neither he nor I would be prepared to develop anything which requires special logins or paying money to MS for the privilege of using their best Voices.