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EDCD · Aug 13, 2021 · 0904e91 · 0904e91
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diff --git a/EDDI/ChangeLog.md b/EDDI/ChangeLog.md
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Full details of the variables available for each noted event, and VoiceAttack in
 ### 4.0.1-b4
   * Core
     * Added a speculative fix for a bug that could prevent speech when the same voice is available from multiple speech synthesizers.
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+    * Refactored to try to improve compatibility with older Windows versions.    
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 ### 4.0.1-b3
   * Core
     * Fixed a bug that would cause speech volume for some voices to be either 0% or 100%.

diff --git a/SpeechService/SpeechService.cs b/SpeechService/SpeechService.cs
@@ -119,13 +119,19 @@ private SpeechService()
             var voiceStore = new HashSet<VoiceDetails>(); // Use a Hashset to ensure no duplicates
 
             // Windows.Media.SpeechSynthesis isn't available on older Windows versions so we must check if we have access
-            var temp = RuntimeEnvironment.GetSystemVersion();
-            if (ApiInformation.IsTypePresent("Windows.Media.SpeechSynthesis.SpeechSynthesizer"))
+            try
             {
-                // Prep the Windows.Media.SpeechSynthesis synthesizer
-                windowsMediaSynth = new WindowsMediaSynthesizer(ref voiceStore);
+                if (ApiInformation.IsTypePresent("Windows.Media.SpeechSynthesis.SpeechSynthesizer"))
+                {
+                    // Prep the Windows.Media.SpeechSynthesis synthesizer
+                    windowsMediaSynth = new WindowsMediaSynthesizer(ref voiceStore);
+                }
             }
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+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Logging.Warn($"Unable to initialize Windows.Media.SpeechSynthesis.SpeechSynthesizer, {RuntimeInformation.OSDescription}", e);
+            }
+
             // Prep the System.Speech synthesizer
             systemSpeechSynth = new SystemSpeechSynthesizer(ref voiceStore);