Narrator Voices As TTS?

[mrsubway]

The Narrator voices in Windows 11 are phenomenal.  But, they're not TTS.  Is there a way to use those voices to create talk files?

I'm legally blind and very familiar with Rockbox.  If the above doesn't work, can anyone recommend any free TTS engines?  The few built in TTS voices aren't that bad, but I kind of like playing with different voices. 

Thanks.

[speachy]

The Narrator voices in Windows 11 are phenomenal.  But, they're not TTS.  Is there a way to use those voices to create talk files?

I'm legally blind and very familiar with Rockbox.  If the above doesn't work, can anyone recommend any free TTS engines?  The few built in TTS voices aren't that bad, but I kind of like playing with different voices. 

This seems to answer your question:

   https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78184469/can-i-use-the-narrator-natural-voices-added-in-windows-11-in-system-speech-synth

The short answer:  No.
The longer answer:  Not without paying Microsoft to use their (online only) Azure Speech APIs.

[bahus]

The short answer:  No.

But why? Your link mentions https://github.com/gexgd0419/NaturalVoiceSAPIAdapter which if I understand correctly, allows the use of offline Windows 11 natural narrator voices as a standard SAPI engine

[speachy]

But why? Your link mentions https://github.com/gexgd0419/NaturalVoiceSAPIAdapter which if I understand correctly, allows the use of offline Windows 11 natural narrator voices as a standard SAPI engine

In other words, Microsoft used a different API for local "Narrators" and a third party wired it up to SAPI.

Presumably if someone installs that, the Rockbox Utility's existing SAPI support will JustWork(tm).