Voice preferences¶
Voice type¶
Use the Voice Type combo box to select distinct voices for:
Uppercase text
Links
On-screen vs Orca-injected text
Multiple voices¶
Select a voice in Voice Type
Adjust Person, Rate, Pitch, and Volume
Speech system¶
Choose your installed speech backend, e.g., Speech Dispatcher.
Speech synthesizer¶
Choose the synthesizer compatible with your selected speech system.
Person¶
Select the voice persona (e.g., David, Alice).
Options vary by synthesizer.
Capitalization style¶
- Icon
plays a tone
- Spell
speaks “capital”
- None
(default)
This can be toggled dynamically via Orca commands.
Rate, pitch, volume¶
Sliders to fine-tune the selected voice output.
Global Voice Settings¶
- Break speech into chunks between pauses
Adds short pauses between spoken attributes.
Default value: Checked- Speak multicase strings as words
“MultiCaseString” becomes “Multi Case String”
Default value: Not checked- Speak numbers as digits
“123” becomes “1 2 3”
Default value: Not checked