Voice Announcements

Voice Announcer

Voice Announcements

Information about the Voice Announcer feature

The ability to use the "Voice Announcements" is controlled by your OS. Most Vista and XP versions of Windows come with "Text-To-Speech" already installed. If you can enable the "Voice Announcer", then you are able to use this feature.

The voices available are also controlled by your OS, which usually come pre-installed with 1 to 2 free voices.

You can often times purchase other voices from 3rd party suppliers such as Cepstral.

Incompatible Voices

FanDraft is not compatible with LH "Text-to-Speech" voices. If you have any voices, such as "LH Michael" or "LH Michelle" installed on your system,
you will not be able to change voices within FanDraft. You will be limited to using the default initial "Text-to-Speech" voice.

This issue is only problem for users with Windows XP, as these voices are not compatible with Windows Vista / Windows 7 either.

If you would like to avoid this problem, you can remove the "LH" voices by uninstalling Microsoft Reader.

To uninstall Microsoft Reader, go to the Windows "Control Panel" and select "Add Remove Programs", then uninstall "Microsoft Reader"

Voice Announcer Information

Enable Voice Announcer

If you would like to use the "Voice Announcer" to vocalize your pick selections, check mark the "Use "Voice Announcer" for draft selections" checkbox.

This option can be accessed in the "Additional Preferences" area, accessed by clicking on the "More Preferences" button in the Preferences area.

Change the Announcer Voice

To change the announcer voice click on the arrows to the right of the "Announcer Voice" text box.

Typically Microsoft XP comes pre-installed with 2 voices (Microsoft Sam and Microsoft Anna). Vista comes pre-installed with just Microsoft Anna.

The voices available are also controlled by your operating system. You can often times purchase other voices from 3rd party suppliers such as Cepstral.

If no voices are showing up, it is likely due to your operating system having the "Text-To-Speech" capabilities installed/enabled, and this feature

will be unavailable to you in FanDraft.

Sample/Test the Announcer Voice

If you would like to hear a sample of what the announcer sounds like, click on the button.

Note: Once you enable "Voice Announcer", you can then add/edit the "Phonetic" team names.