Maybe it's the directory structure and this specific version of Wine. I will try installing to C:/TTS. Right now - Task Manager sees the NaturalVoices program as "C:\Program" - perhaps the spacing in "Program Files" is the issue.step wrote:Does the NaturalVoices program executable path end with ".exe" ? If it ends with ".EXE" you should adjust the pkill command, add "|EXE$" for good measures. My experience running SAPI4 and SAPI5 voices in real Windows XP had its issues too. IIRC sometimes the audio driver crash and hang the system. But that was Windows. Linux should be better.
I only posted because I was curious why this proved so difficult to kill. I had assumed being installed in /home/spot and using run-as-spot wine - would have given me more control over wine and certainly not allow it to behave in this way.
I will report back if I can find a solution.