[kennyw]

Well Kodi 18 Leia is finally LIVE!

Being the software gunslinger I am, decided to install it to see if the latest Kodi Screenreader build (service.xbmc.tts-1.0.8) worked with it at all.

I'm using a powerful mini PC (6GB RAM) runnning the latest build of Windows 10 1809 for my Kodi setup by the way.

First I did a full backup of all the files/folders for Kodi v17.6. Then removed it via Windows 10 Apps and Features uninstall facillity (Also manually renamed the Kodi folder located under \Users\<MyName>\AppData\Roaming\, using Windows 10 File Explorer.

Did a fresh install of Kodi 18 Leia. Launched it (So it could create the necessary files/folder structure under \users\<MyName>\AppData\Roaming\ again,) waited about 15 seconds, then closed Kodi Leia.

Then proceeded to copy the Kodi Screenreader files/folders from the renamed Kodi Folder and pasted them to the newly created one, using Windows 10 File Explorer:

Copied: \Users\<MyName>\AppData\Roaming\<RenamedKodiFolder>\addons\service.xbmc.tts
Pasted: \Users\<MyName>\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\

Copied: \Users\<MyName>\AppData\Roaming\<RenamedKodiFolder>\Kodi\userdata\addon_data\service.xbmc.tts
Pasted: \Users\<My Name\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\addon_data

Copied: \Users\<MyName>\AppData\Roaming\<RenamedKodiFolder>\userdata\keymaps
Pasted: \Users\<MyName>\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\

Note: Only two files was saved in my "<RenamedKodiFolder>\userdata\keymaps" folder: keyboard.xml and service.xbmc.tts.keyboard.xml. Both were copied over to the newly created keymaps folder.

Now I figured since I've copied all the Kodi Screenreader files that worked perfectly under Kodi v17.6 “Krypton” it should also work perfectly under Kodi 18 "Leia."

Launched Kodi Leia again, and with great anticipation waited for the familiar Kodi Screenreader TTS to start talking. Nope! Nothing happened. Then I hit [F12] (XBMC.RunScript(special://home/addons/service.xbmc.tts/enabler.py)) to see if that would do the trick. Nope! Get an audible beep, but no speech.

Nothing I attempted got the Kodi Screenreader to work with Kodi 18 Leia.

Now I'm pretty computer literate, so I'm sure I've copied/pasted all the necessary Kodi screenreader files and folders to their proper place.

I'm hoping the wise members subscribed to this community can assist me in getting this working (Which will also assists countless others too.)

Thanks for your help.

-Kenny