Persistent issues with Read Aloud in Edge
I have Windows 11. Today I began having an issue wherein the Read Aloud feature built into Edge doesn't work. I was initially trying to use a similar function on Internet Archive, and noticed that while all the Microsoft voices seemed to be available in the onsite dropdown, the only voices that made any sound were David, Mark, and Zira---none of the "Online (Natural)" voices. I tried to use Read Aloud as a workaround, and found all the buttons greyed out completely. Mind you, everything worked fine yesterday, and I made no changes to my computer in the intervening time. I've opened up two support tickets, but neither live chat agent was able to resolve the issue. Here are the things I've tried with their help: trying the feature on different websites updating & restarting Edge resetting Edge settings to defaults updating & restarting computer switching wifi networks connecting to a hotspot using InPrivate mode using a new Edge profile (rule out interference from extensions) checking that English tts is downloaded in Time & language > Language & region turning Online speech recognition off and back on again resetting experimental features checking sound systems (they work, but just in case) doing a system reset (?) to 24 hours ago, which took about an hour and undid all the updates I just mentioned maybe something else I don't remember? The next thing I am going to try is give my computer a long nap. It's been a while, so maybe it just needs some shut eye. Otherwise, help????
Azure Sentinel Incident filter or sorting
Just a simple question, I think. We are beginning to use Azure Sentinel for our Microsoft 365 and Azure IaaS implementations and with all the incidents being generated, it would be very helpful to be able to either filter or sort the list by entity account or user name. Is there a way to do this other then viewing details on each user and selecting the entity account there? This will show the other related incidents to the account but we still have to act on the incident individually instead of applying the status to all the related incidents.
Microsoft Edge TTS refuses to read .pdf files
Hi there, [Reposting this here on the suggestion of an 'Independent Advisor' on the Microsoft Community forums.] I think the native MS Edge TTS is one of the best on the market, but it currently fails to initiate when I try and get it to read .pdf documents (even when opened in the browser and when the text is super-clear so OCR should be working). I have done everything from clearing my cache to reinstalling MS Edge and not importing anything or signing in, so that it's a completely fresh version, but the problem persists. I have also tried on Beta, Developer and Canary as well, with no luck. After a quick search online, I can see I'm not the only one with this problem - are there any fixes on the horizon? This is a real challenge from an accessibility standpoint. Kind Regards, Kristian
OCR with Form Recognizer
Hello, we're using BluePrism RPA with ABBYY for the OCR engine. This year, I'm planning to compare ABBYY to Form Recognizer. Couple of questions: 1. Which tools are are available to the business users to monitor and correct recognition issues? 2. Assuming that all MSFT tools are in cloud, what is the upgrade strategy and what kind of effort is expected from customers when Form Recognizer or other OCR related tech is upgrade? thank you, Kosta Kazantsev @ Church&Dwight
A few questions about Polish language support in t2s
Hi we're heavy users of the text 2 speech capability in Polish language. After the new voices have been introduced the quality of the speech produced is much better. I have a few questions: 1. What is the roadmap for Polish neural voices? I am asking here about - more male voices (and kids), - support for voice styles in Polish, 2. Are there any plans to support what amazon calls "specifying another language for specific words", that is, the ability to force t2s service to read e.g. english words using polish voice. 3. How about phonemes for Polish language ? 4. The Polish version of the voice we're using is a bit buggy. Some words get mispronounced, which requires us to re-write texts. Is there any fast escalation path that would allow us to contact you directly to solve the issue? 5. We're also experimenting with speech 2 text, however what we're really interested in is a scenario with speaker recognition. Any plans to implement that for Polish language?2/10/21: That's a wrap: Azure Cognitive Services – Speech AMA
Thank you for joining us for this action-packed hour and voicing your questions and feedback in this Azure Cognitive Services - Speech AMA! Please answer our poll here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-ai-ama/request-we-would-love-to-hear-your-feedback-on-your-tts-building/td-p/2120672 If you still have Cognitive Services questions, feel free to post in our Cognitive Services discussion space: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/cognitive-services/bd-p/CognitiveServices See summary of questions and answered attached!
