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G'day folks,

I was hoping somebody could assist me with the same problem chrisstefanovski experienced. Unlike chrisstefanovski though, the website wouldn't let me download any of Kodi's previous versions (they're still visible, but not downloadable) as a potential resolution described in post 512.

So, firstly, I downloaded/installed the Kodi screen reader setup with no problems, unchecking the box asking to open Kodi after the installation. I then went and opened Kodi, waited for a few seconds, pressed F12 a few times, heard Kodi's default sounds, but no speech. Then, as I mentioned above, I attempted post 512's strategy but was unable to download previous versions of Kodi.

FYI I'm running Windows7 and blind as a bat.

Keen to hear ANY suggestions.

Cheers

  
By default on Windows, the Screen Reader will use the built in TTS - SAPI. Previously it used to have SAPI generate a WAV file and play that back via a built in Kodi command. It appears that this is causing Kodi to crash in recent versions, so I changed this to play the sounds directly via SAPI. I'm not sure, but possibly there is something to do with the volume mixer or some speech settings? I only have Windows 10 to test on currently. Also, if possible, a log might shed some light on this. It's located at:
 

Code:

%APPDATA%\Kodi\kodi.log

I'll PM you an email address you can use if you'd like to sent me a log.