Steps to reproduce:

1. open the synthesizer dialog with insert+control+s,
2. try to choose any speech synthesizer available from the list.

Actual behavior:

Speech synthesizer doesn't change at all, error sound is present, and the following exception is in the log.

Expected behavior:

speech synthesizer should change to the requested one properly without errors and logged exceptions.

NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:

ERROR - unhandled exception (13:16:15.925) - MainThread (10860):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "gui\settingsDialogs.pyc", line 1136, in onOk
AttributeError: 'SynthesizerSelectionDialog' object has no attribute 'deviceList'

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

installed

NVDA version:

NVDA version alpha-29361,87d5b5a5

Windows version:

Windows version: Windows 11 23H2 (10.0.22631) workstation AMD64

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:

not applicable

Other information about your system:

Other questions

Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?

yes

Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.

Not applicable

If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?

yes

Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?

yes