Comparing the 3 Different Versions of Microsoft Mike (Early vs. SAPI4 vs. SAPI5)
0Microsoft Mike (previously known as Mark Lund) was one of the most "natural" sounding voices for Microsoft from the Windows 9x to Windows XP years besides Microsoft Sam.
This year, I discovered the earliest version of Microsoft Mike (Mark Lund) found in a video by Jake Gross called "Speech Synthesis Demonstration CD". Watch here. [youtu.be/0n9LKW_PHWI]
The file called "track76f" was found in the "wave" folder in a zip file called "SpeechCD", and originated in the "Speech Synthesis CD-ROM" page on Internet Archive. Visit here. [archive.org/details/speech-cd]
Fun Fact: This is the default voice used for "@TheFormidableRobot" channel when narrating random Creepypasta stories, and also used for this channel when talking about random topics and other problems.
Anyway, you can download the L&H and Microsoft voices here.
Google Drive (SAPI5 Voices) [drive.google.com/file/d/1dtxXjvqk-P9gvED3es0lKZPrw7IuXW4q/view?usp=sharing]
MediaFire (SAPI4 Voices) [www.mediafire.com/file/h9bij9jhpxqy4cl/Microsoft_and_L%2526H_Voices_%2528SAPI4%2529.zip/file]
Mike9012's TTS Page [mike9012.neocities.org/]
You can try the "Online Microsoft Sam TTS Generator" for free.
[www.tetyys.com/SAPI4/]
CREDITS:
Anyone Else
Jake Gross (Datajake)
Microsoft
Mike9012
Intro Music: Otis McDonald - Left U Into (Sting)
Outro Music: Otis McDonald - Left U Into
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