Classic Text to Speech voices for newer versions of Windows

UPDATE, 9-27-2017: I regret to inform everyone that I recently received a DMCA claim from Microsoft on the installer for the Windows XP voices, so both of these downloads are currently unavailable. Unfortunately, I have no predicted date for when they will come back online, or if they ever will. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.


I already posted this on EightForums, but I figured I'd share it here as well.


Have you ever wanted to use the old text-to-speech voices (such as Microsoft Sam) natively on newer versions of Windows? Well now you can! I've put together an installer that will give you the text-to-speech voices from Windows XP:
Download the Windows XP Text to Speech Voices Setup v1.3 (CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE)

This installer includes Microsoft Sam, Microsoft Mike & Microsoft Mary; all working perfectly on Windows Vista and newer.




And speaking of Vista, I also created an installer for Microsoft Anna on Windows 8 and newer:
Download the Windows 7 Text to Speech Voices Setup v1.1 (CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE)

This installer also includes the Chinese voice, Microsoft Lili, but she doesn't seem to be working for whatever reason. I'll update when I get her to work. EDIT: Lili should now work in v1.1

I also plan on doing the Lernout & Hauspie voices once I figure out how to get them to work (though chances are they'll only work with 32-bit software, due to the Lernout & Hauspie TTS engine never being made for x64).

Enjoy!