title: Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis - Chinese speak error (zh-CN, HuiHui)
body: <p><br/>
  It seems like the Microsoft Speech Synthesis issue with Chinese (HuiHui) is still running into the wild.<br/>
  After some researches online and few tries to fix it I couldn't find any solution.
  <br/><br/></p>
  
  <p>The setup</p>
  
  
  
  <pre><code>Windows 10 (x32) (tested on x64 too)
  SDK 11
  Visual Studio 2017
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The error</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-error prettyprint-override"><code>InnerException = {"Catastrophic failure (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8000FFFF (E_UNEXPECTED))"}
  Message = "Speak error '8000FFFF'."
  Source = "Microsoft.Speech"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The troublesome code</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-c# prettyprint-override"><code>using Microsoft.Speech.Synthesis;
  
  using (var ss = new SpeechSynthesizer())
  {
    ss.SetOutputToWaveFile("output.wav");
    ss.SelectVoice("Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (zh-CN, HuiHui)");
    ss.Speak("我喜欢和很多珍珠奶茶"); // speak error here
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This code is working perfectly using English (en-US, Helen).</p>
  
  <p><br/></p>
  
  <p>Failed fix attempt</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-html prettyprint-override"><code>Download "chsbrkr.dll" &amp; "chtbrkr.dll"
  Add it to "Program Files((x86))\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Speech\TTS\v11.0"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><br/><br/>
  Does someone has succeeded in running this script in some way or has found an alternative ?
  <br/>
  Thank you.</p>
  
  <p><br/><br/>
  Previously posted on the same topic</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35541173/chinese-tts-fails-while-english-works">Chinese TTS fails, while English works</a>
  <br/>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27394304/tts-for-chinese-is-throwing-sapi-error-e-fail/28042294#28042294">TTS for Chinese is throwing SAPI ERROR E_FAIL</a>
  <br/>
  <a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/2766969/asp-net-and-microsoft-speech-error-with-chinese" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ASP.Net and Microsoft.Speech error with Chinese</a></p>