Since the release of NVDA 2019.3, there has been a problem that many synthesizers did not work correctly with continuous reading, stopping speech at the end of a sentence.
I have observed that eventually this problem has been corrected: As for Sapi 5, like some version of Ivona, and other synthesizers in developed plugins, so I understand that something must have been done, but then I suggest that the driver be implemented or rewritten to Sapi 5 so that you can read continuously without problems as was the case until v 2019.2.
Test cases.
tested sapi 5 synthesizers with which this problem occurs.
Tested synths that work well on.
- Scansoft (Isabel's voice only)
- Ivona2 V1.6.63, although despite continuing the continuous reading it still skips some phrases.
- cepstral 5.
- Microsoft (the voices added to Windows 10/11)
Around:
Operating system: Windows 10 64 Bit and NVDA 2024.1.
Log:
I haven't found anything relevant when reading the log after doing a test where the continuous reading with one of these systemizers stops after a sentence, but I'm going to copy one:
INFO - main (16:31:09.987) - MainThread (1476):
Starting NVDA version 2024.1
INFO - core.main (16:31:10.404) - MainThread (1476):
Config dir: C:\Users\fermi\AppData\Roaming\nvda
INFO - config.ConfigManager._loadConfig (16:31:10.404) - MainThread (1476):
Loading config: C:\Users\fermi\AppData\Roaming\nvda\nvda.ini
INFO - core.main (16:31:13.716) - MainThread (1476):
Windows version: Windows 10 22H2 (10.0.19045) workstation AMD64
INFO - core.main (16:31:13.716) - MainThread (1476):
Using Python version 3.11.6 (tags/v3.11.6:8b6ee5b, Oct 2 2023, 14:40:55) [MSC v.1935 32 bit (Intel)]
INFO - core.main (16:31:13.716) - MainThread (1476):
Using comtypes version 1.2.0
INFO - core.main (16:31:13.716) - MainThread (1476):
Using configobj version 5.1.0 with validate version 1.0.1
INFO - synthDriverHandler.setSynth (16:31:16.553) - MainThread (1476):
Loaded synthDriver eloquence
WARNING - mathPres.initialize (16:31:16.584) - MainThread (1476):
MathPlayer 4 not available
INFO - core.main (16:31:17.266) - MainThread (1476):
Using wx version 4.2.2a1 msw (phoenix) wxWidgets 3.2.4 with six version 1.16.0
INFO - brailleInput.initialize (16:31:17.276) - MainThread (1476):
Braille input initialized
INFO - braille.initialize (16:31:17.276) - MainThread (1476):
Using liblouis version 3.28.0
INFO - braille.initialize (16:31:17.276) - MainThread (1476):
Using pySerial version 3.5
INFO - braille.BrailleHandler._setDisplay (16:31:17.286) - MainThread (1476):
Loaded braille display driver 'noBraille', current display has 0 cells.
INFO - core.main (16:31:18.164) - MainThread (1476):
Java Access Bridge support initialized
INFO - UIAHandler.UIAHandler.MTAThreadFunc (16:31:18.314) - UIAHandler.UIAHandler.MTAThread (15408):
UIAutomation: IUIAutomation6
INFO - external:sonata_neural_voices.aio._thread_target (16:31:24.444) - piper4nvda_asyncio (12292):
Starting asyncio event loop
INFO - core.main (16:31:26.014) - MainThread (1476):
NVDA initialized
INFO - external:globalPlugins.TranslateAdvanced.__inicio (16:31:26.109) - Thread-6 (__inicio) (11516):
Traductor Avanzado iniciado correctamente.
INFO - watchdog.waitForFreezeRecovery (16:31:28.090) - watchdog (22548):
Starting freeze recovery after 0.5002905998844653 seconds.
INFO - watchdog.waitForFreezeRecovery (16:31:28.545) - watchdog (22548):
Recovered from freeze after 0.955484899925068 seconds.
INFO - external:synthDrivers.sonata_neural_voices.aio._thread_target (16:31:36.095) - piper4nvda_asyncio (7276):
Starting asyncio event loop
INFO - synthDriverHandler.setSynth (16:31:38.936) - MainThread (1476):
Loaded synthDriver sapi5
INFO - synthDriverHandler.setSynth (16:32:08.617) - MainThread (1476):
Loaded synthDriver eloquence
ERROR - unhandled exception (16:32:08.783) - MainThread (1476):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "wx\core.pyc", line 3427, in
File "gui\settingsDialogs.pyc", line 1475, in refreshGui
RuntimeError: wrapped C/C++ object of type BoxSizer has been deleted
Since the release of NVDA 2019.3, there has been a problem that many synthesizers did not work correctly with continuous reading, stopping speech at the end of a sentence.
I have observed that eventually this problem has been corrected: As for Sapi 5, like some version of Ivona, and other synthesizers in developed plugins, so I understand that something must have been done, but then I suggest that the driver be implemented or rewritten to Sapi 5 so that you can read continuously without problems as was the case until v 2019.2.
Test cases.
tested sapi 5 synthesizers with which this problem occurs.
Tested synths that work well on.
Around:
Operating system: Windows 10 64 Bit and NVDA 2024.1.
Log:
I haven't found anything relevant when reading the log after doing a test where the continuous reading with one of these systemizers stops after a sentence, but I'm going to copy one:
INFO - main (16:31:09.987) - MainThread (1476):
Starting NVDA version 2024.1
INFO - core.main (16:31:10.404) - MainThread (1476):
Config dir: C:\Users\fermi\AppData\Roaming\nvda
INFO - config.ConfigManager._loadConfig (16:31:10.404) - MainThread (1476):
Loading config: C:\Users\fermi\AppData\Roaming\nvda\nvda.ini
INFO - core.main (16:31:13.716) - MainThread (1476):
Windows version: Windows 10 22H2 (10.0.19045) workstation AMD64
INFO - core.main (16:31:13.716) - MainThread (1476):
Using Python version 3.11.6 (tags/v3.11.6:8b6ee5b, Oct 2 2023, 14:40:55) [MSC v.1935 32 bit (Intel)]
INFO - core.main (16:31:13.716) - MainThread (1476):
Using comtypes version 1.2.0
INFO - core.main (16:31:13.716) - MainThread (1476):
Using configobj version 5.1.0 with validate version 1.0.1
INFO - synthDriverHandler.setSynth (16:31:16.553) - MainThread (1476):
Loaded synthDriver eloquence
WARNING - mathPres.initialize (16:31:16.584) - MainThread (1476):
MathPlayer 4 not available
INFO - core.main (16:31:17.266) - MainThread (1476):
Using wx version 4.2.2a1 msw (phoenix) wxWidgets 3.2.4 with six version 1.16.0
INFO - brailleInput.initialize (16:31:17.276) - MainThread (1476):
Braille input initialized
INFO - braille.initialize (16:31:17.276) - MainThread (1476):
Using liblouis version 3.28.0
INFO - braille.initialize (16:31:17.276) - MainThread (1476):
Using pySerial version 3.5
INFO - braille.BrailleHandler._setDisplay (16:31:17.286) - MainThread (1476):
Loaded braille display driver 'noBraille', current display has 0 cells.
INFO - core.main (16:31:18.164) - MainThread (1476):
Java Access Bridge support initialized
INFO - UIAHandler.UIAHandler.MTAThreadFunc (16:31:18.314) - UIAHandler.UIAHandler.MTAThread (15408):
UIAutomation: IUIAutomation6
INFO - external:sonata_neural_voices.aio._thread_target (16:31:24.444) - piper4nvda_asyncio (12292):
Starting asyncio event loop
INFO - core.main (16:31:26.014) - MainThread (1476):
NVDA initialized
INFO - external:globalPlugins.TranslateAdvanced.__inicio (16:31:26.109) - Thread-6 (__inicio) (11516):
Traductor Avanzado iniciado correctamente.
INFO - watchdog.waitForFreezeRecovery (16:31:28.090) - watchdog (22548):
Starting freeze recovery after 0.5002905998844653 seconds.
INFO - watchdog.waitForFreezeRecovery (16:31:28.545) - watchdog (22548):
Recovered from freeze after 0.955484899925068 seconds.
INFO - external:synthDrivers.sonata_neural_voices.aio._thread_target (16:31:36.095) - piper4nvda_asyncio (7276):
Starting asyncio event loop
INFO - synthDriverHandler.setSynth (16:31:38.936) - MainThread (1476):
Loaded synthDriver sapi5
INFO - synthDriverHandler.setSynth (16:32:08.617) - MainThread (1476):
Loaded synthDriver eloquence
ERROR - unhandled exception (16:32:08.783) - MainThread (1476):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "wx\core.pyc", line 3427, in
File "gui\settingsDialogs.pyc", line 1475, in refreshGui
RuntimeError: wrapped C/C++ object of type BoxSizer has been deleted