Unable to select SAPI 5 Acapela voice

The information in this article applies to:

• SpeechKit 5

Symptoms

Licensed SAPI 5 Acapela voices enumerate properly and can be selected via SetStringProperty, but do not speak.

Cause

Attempting to set a licensed SAPI 5 Acapela voice as the default voice fails because of the way Acapela implemented its tokens to support its licensing scheme.

Status

Fixed in SpeechKit 5 build 5.0.17.7 (Win32).

Component Formats Impacted

All component formats.