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Tetyys
tetyys.com › SAPI4
Online Microsoft Sam TTS Generator
Microsoft Sam TTS Generator is an online interface for part of Microsoft Speech API 4.0 which was released in 1998.
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LingoJam
lingojam.com › MicrosoftSamOnline
Microsoft Sam Online (play/download) ― LingoJam
This online tool lets you generate a Microsoft Sam style voice (not the exact original) that you can play and download easily.
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eli5 Why did Microsoft Sam, the old Text to Speech voice, pronounce some words so wrong?
English isn't a phonetic language, but text-to-speech needs to use specific sounds for each letter/syllable (each sound is called a phoneme). So there is usually a dictionary or set of rules to determine how to pronounce a word. Laughter vs daughter for example, polish vs Polish. If a word was pronounced incorrectly, the word probably wasn't in the dictionary and it was trying to pronounce it using the rules. Some of the improvement is just the improvement in the phoneme sounds used for text-to-speech. Some early computers didn't have the ability to playback digital samples, they didn't have much storage or access to internet, so they couldn't have recordings for every word. They had to approximate the sound using the capabilities of the sound chip. (Commodore 64 SAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4_fjy9b7WI , and the rules: https://github.com/DLehenbauer/c64-sam/blob/main/src/sam.s ) Newer text-to-speech uses digital samples for phonemes or even the entire words. More on reddit.com
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May 4, 2023
The 'Microsoft Sam' YouTube channel is gone! Anyone knows what happened?
Addding to this discussion because I’m dying to know where they went. It was heartbreaking seeing them disappear from my subscription list 💔 More on reddit.com
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July 11, 2025
Show HN: Sam TTS – Recreates the classic Microsoft SAM voice in the browser
I built a fun little side project that recreates the classic Microsoft SAM voice from Windows XP—entirely in the browser · SAM TTS uses phoneme-based synthesis (no AI models), written in JavaScript with Web Audio API. You can type any text, adjust pitch/speed/mouth/throat settings, and instantly ... More on news.ycombinator.com
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May 14, 2025
You have selected Microsoft Sam as the computer's default voice.
Everything Wrong With Microsoft Sam reads Funny Windows Errors S8E6 ... Moderator list hidden. Learn More View all moderators ... User Agreement Reddit, Inc. More on reddit.com
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SAM
discordier.github.io › sam
SAM: Software Automatic Mouth
Sam is a very small Text-To-Speech (TTS) program written in Javascript, that runs on most popular platforms. It is an adaption to Javascript of the speech software SAM (Software Automatic Mouth) for the Commodore C64 published in the year 1982 by Don't Ask Software (now SoftVoice, Inc.).
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Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Microsoft_text-to-speech_voices
Microsoft text-to-speech voices - Wikipedia
November 4, 2025 - The SAPI 5 versions of Microsoft Sam, Microsoft Mike and Microsoft Mary (as well as the "Sample TTS Voice" test voice) can also be used on Windows Vista and later by installing the SAPI 5.1 SDK, which can also be installed in versions of Windows prior to XP beginning with Windows NT 4.0 SP6a and Windows 98.
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Microsoft
partner.microsoft.com › en-us › licensing › software-asset-management.
Software Asset Management
Browse the Microsoft licensing guide and learn about options for selling and provision licenses.
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The Financial Express
financialexpress.com › business news › life › technology
Microsoft AI chief lauds Sam Altman as one of this generation’s top entrepreneurs, describes Elon Musk as a ‘bulldozer’: Here’s why - Technology News | The Financial Express
2 days ago - Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has praised OpenAI chief Sam Altman as one of the standout entrepreneurs of this generation, while also offering a striking characterisation of Elon Musk as a “bulldozer,” explaining the contrast in leadership ...
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SAM TTS
samtts.com › home
Microsoft SAM TTS - Free Microsoft SAM Text to Speech Online
January 1, 2024 - Microsoft SAM Text-to-Speech is the iconic voice synthesizer from Windows XP that was part of the Microsoft Speech API (SAPI). Our modern JavaScript implementation, SAM TTS, brings this classic Windows voice to your browser, preserving the authentic nostalgic charm while adding modern conveniences.
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The Indian Express
indianexpress.com › news › technology › tech
Sam Altman ‘courageous’, Musk is ‘bulldozer’: Microsoft AI chief on key tech leaders | Technology News - The Indian Express
2 days ago - Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s AI chief, has said that he is in constant touch with some of his peers in the industry, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, and Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis.
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IMDb
imdb.com › name › nm5972126
Microsoft Sam | Actor
Microsoft Sam. Actor: Arby 'n' the Chief. Microsoft Sam was born on 17 February 2000 in Microsoft Headquarters. He is an actor, known for Arby 'n' the Chief (2008), Bravo 2: Machinima Heroes (2018) and Bravo: Machinima United (2016).
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Fandom
mssam.fandom.com › wiki › Microsoft_Sam
Microsoft Sam | Microsoft Sam and his Fellow TTS Voices Wiki | Fandom
2 weeks ago - Sam is a speech synthesizer provided for use with applications that use the Microsoft Speech API (SAPI), known for appearing in hundreds of YouTube videos in which he sings, read errors and signs, do voice-overs, play games, directs a logo, ...
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Reddit
reddit.com › r/explainlikeimfive › eli5 why did microsoft sam, the old text to speech voice, pronounce some words so wrong?
r/explainlikeimfive on Reddit: eli5 Why did Microsoft Sam, the old Text to Speech voice, pronounce some words so wrong?
May 4, 2023 -

I’ve read the infamous soi bug was because it interpreted it as French, but some other words were also way off. Most notably, “crotch” would be pronounced as “Crows Nest”. What caused this, and what has happened in the development of Text to Speech that has made voices better?

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Fandom
davemadson.fandom.com › wiki › Microsoft_Sam
Microsoft Sam | Davemadson enterprises inc. Wiki | Fandom
October 29, 2024 - Microsoft Sam is a davemadson character, the short-tempered brother of Mike and Anna's husband. Never admitting that he is in the wrong, Sam is quick to throw tantrums and saying "It was just a gut reaction." or "It felt great." when he does ...
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Ai-speaker
ai-speaker.net › microsoft-sam-text-to-speech
microsoft sam text to speech - AI speaker
online microsoft sam text to speech generator, Convert any text into audio file and download.
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Microsoft
microsoft.com › en-us › download › details.aspx
Download Software Asset Management (SAM) from Official Microsoft Download Center
Shop Microsoft 365 · Software Asset Management & Piracy Protection · Select language · EnglishDownload · Expand all | Collapse all · 1 · 7/15/2024 · SAMGuide.pdf · 1.2 MB · Software Asset Management & Piracy Protection - find information on implementing best practices around managing ...
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HackMD
hackmd.io › 7xzc9yD5TnCAc7vH9dOiwg
Experience SAM TTS – The Classic Microsoft SAM Voice Reimagined Online - HackMD
Now, thanks to **[SAM ... SAM TTS? **SAM TTS** is a free, browser-based text-to-speech tool that faithfully recreates the legendary **Microsoft SAM** voice using modern web technologies....
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Text To Speech Robot
texttospeechrobot.com › text-to-speech-sam
Text To Speech SAM | Free Online | Multilingual TTS for your Computer,Phone And Tablet.
SAM RECITER takes care of the rest. The program uses about 450 rules to convert English into S.A.M.'s phonetic language. Included among these rules are some stress markers for situations where the stress choice is unambiguous. In addition, S.A.M.'s usual punctuation rules still operate with some additional symbols ("!", ";", and ":") being considered as periods.
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Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com › item
Show HN: Sam TTS – Recreates the classic Microsoft SAM voice in the browser | Hacker News
May 14, 2025 - I built a fun little side project that recreates the classic Microsoft SAM voice from Windows XP—entirely in the browser · SAM TTS uses phoneme-based synthesis (no AI models), written in JavaScript with Web Audio API. You can type any text, adjust pitch/speed/mouth/throat settings, and instantly ...
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Steam Community
steamcommunity.com › sharedfiles › filedetails
Steam Community :: Guide :: How 2 get Microsoft Sam Text-to-Speech voice for Soundpad/Windows
Step 3 Open up Soundpad (close if it was already open), and now press Ctrl+T to get Text-to-Speech Select ''Microsoft Sam'' for narrator voice and then you would be able to use his voice again