@MewProjects FastPlay: Even if speak track changes is unchecked, NVDA still speaks new track names as they appear in the title bar. Winamp doesn't. Does this mean there's some magical code in NVDA that can figure out that it's not supposed to speak title bar changes in Winamp because the user would find that annoying? Or is there an NVDA setting I'm missing? I like having the track name in the title bar, as I'm used to things working that way, but I don't want NVDA to speak it whenever it changes. Any thoughts? Thanks.

I don't know. To get that "smoothness" the Bobby voice had, or "shelly", we would actually need to add Spectral Tilt as a frame parameter. This means a new frame setting that controls that. Without it, "male" and "female" will always have the same sharpness.

I wonder if there's any correlation between a blind person using gdb (the GNU debugger) and using a guide dog trained at GDB (Guide Dogs for the Blind), or using a guide dog in general.
Probably not.

NVSpeech Player with phoneme editor and NVDA Addon version 1.8. Those on the NVDA driver from yesterday can update it from the last button in the Speech Player settings panel, too.
This release adds a new Voice Profiles system to NV Speech Player packs. Voices are now defined in phonemes.yaml and can be selected at runtime, letting you ship multiple voice characters without maintaining multiple full phoneme tables.
• New YAML voice profiles
◦ Voices are defined in phonemes.yaml under voiceProfiles.
◦ Profiles are overlays: one base phoneme table, plus per-voice adjustments.
• New bundled voices
◦ Beth (female)
◦ bobby (child-esk)
• Voice selection everywhere
◦ The NVDA driver and phoneme editor can select a YAML-defined voice.
• Better debugging for pack authors
How voice profiles work (short version)
A voice profile can apply:
• class-based scaling (e.g., vowels vs. fricatives) for formants, bandwidths, gain/noise, and voice quality
• per-phoneme overrides for targeted fixes (absolute values that win for those specific fields)
• Existing packs remain compatible: voiceProfiles is optional.
• For low sample rates, keep an eye on harsh sibilants and overall gain — profiles include tools to roll off the top end and preserve headroom.
github.com/tgeczy/NVSpeechPlay…
github.com/tgeczy/NVSpeechPlay…