Text-to-Speech - User Dictionary Editor
Adobe Captivate 4 Text-to-Speech feature gives a Dictionary Editor tool to add or change the pronunciation for a word. This tool is available at <Adobe Captivate Installation Dir>\VT\<agent>\M16\bin\UserDicEng.exe. The default version of this tool is not unlocked. So when a word is added/changed and its pronunciation is tested, it announces that it is a trial license. This post explains how to fix this. Follow the steps below to correct this problem in your installation -
1. Open the Windows Explorer and browser to the directory where Adobe Captivate is installed. By default it is 'C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 4'.
2. If the Text-to-Speech engine is installed, then there will be a 'VT' directory in this directory. This directory will have directories for 'Kate' and 'Paul' agents.
3. Go to directory 'VT/Kate/M16/bin' directory.
4. Rename the 'UserDicEng.exe' as 'UserDicEng_backup.exe'.
5. Download the new UserDicEng.exe file from here and put it in this directory.
6. Repeat the same steps for 'Paul' agent.
Now, you should not hear the trial license message when you add/change the pronunciation of any word.
Quick Tip - We have seen that 'Create' is not pronounced properly by the speech engine. So, you can fix this by specifying the target as 'cree ate' for this source word 'create'.
Comments
I am successfully using the Dictionary Editor, It works great! However, I get all of these messages saying that I need to buy it. Where do I go to find the price and purchase?
Posted by: William Johnson | August 5, 2009 5:04 AM
You don't need to buy it. Put the new dictionary editor as outlined in this post and you will not hear any 'trial' or 'purchase' message.
Posted by: Ashish Garg
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August 5, 2009 9:57 AM
I can create the new pronunciation but when I save it, there is an error and the new pronunciation can not be used by Captivate. HELP
Posted by: Vicki Leon | September 4, 2009 10:16 PM
Hi Vicki,
Can you please file a bug report at https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=5 . I will get back to you on this.
Posted by: Ashish Garg
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September 8, 2009 10:18 AM
q8n9kV I want to say - thank you for this!
Posted by: lilikindsli | October 1, 2009 11:06 AM
when I click on the "here" to access the download, nothing happens. On a different blog from RJ when I click on the download button it gives me an error. How else can I get the dictionary editor?
Posted by: Jennifer Feldman | October 26, 2009 10:01 PM
when I click on the "here" to access the download, nothing happens. On a different blog from RJ when I click on the download button it gives me an error. How else can I get the dictionary editor?
Posted by: Jennifer Feldman | October 26, 2009 10:02 PM
I can mail it across. If that is OK, please send me an email at 'asgarg@adobe.com'.
Posted by: Ashish Garg
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October 27, 2009 9:03 PM
hello,sir...
am workig on text to speech software.its very good.and could u get the program codes.
Posted by: somashekar | October 30, 2009 11:45 AM
I downloaded the new 'UserDicEng.exe' and tried. Although I do not get that license message, when I reconvert the speech, the change is not heard? Did I forget a step?
Posted by: Claire Herstein | December 30, 2009 4:22 AM