Set new default voice

[coldes]

How to set new default voice rather than using the dropdown menu each time, eg Daniel en-GB?

[acoti]

You can set a default voice in the code without using the dropdown menu by using any of the three methods described in the "Get and Set Voices" section on the following page:

http://articulate.purefreedom.com/guide.htm

I hope this helps.

Adam

[coldes]

...yes was on that page, I must be missing something, I forked one of the codepens and this is what I edited that is not working function speak(obj) { $(obj).articulate('getVoices').articulate('setVoice','Daniel',voice).articulate('speak'); }; Any assistance appreciated, thank you

[acoti]

How about this? function speak(obj) { $(obj).articulate('setVoice','name','Daniel').articulate('speak'); }

[coldes]

...found the problem with codepen external link

WORKS USING [even though insecure http] http://articulate.purefreedom.com/assets/js/articulate.min.js

NOT WORKING WITH [only default voice does] https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/915932/articulate.min.js

[pinecreativelabs]

How would I make it have a female voice?

[acoti]

There isn't an option in the speechsynthesis API that allows choosing a voice based on gender. Each platform/OS combination usually does have at least one male and female voice, but you would have to find out which ones on your own.