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MC-114930

Narrator not working

Resolved
Fixed
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Note for Linux users

For those of you on Linux, please check that you have flite installed. It's a dependency for the narrator.

– Comment by @unknown

In Chat settings the Narrator button says "Narrator it not available" and you get the following error in the output log on startup:

  • Windows 

    [12:51:52] [Client thread/INFO]: [STDOUT]: ERROR : Couldn't load Narrator library : Unable to load library 'SAPIWrapper_x64': Native library (win32-x86-64/SAPIWrapper_x64.dll) not found in resource path ([file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/netty/1.6/netty-1.6.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/oshi-project/oshi-core/1.1/oshi-core-1.1.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/dev/jna/jna/4.2.2/jna-4.2.2.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/dev/jna/platform/3.4.0/platform-3.4.0.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/ibm/icu/icu4j-core-mojang/51.2/icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/sf/jopt-simple/jopt-simple/4.6/jopt-simple-4.6.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/codecjorbis/20101023/codecjorbis-20101023.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/codecwav/20101023/codecwav-20101023.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/libraryjavasound/20101123/libraryjavasound-20101123.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/librarylwjglopenal/20100824/librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/soundsystem/20120107/soundsystem-20120107.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/io/netty/netty-all/4.0.23.Final/netty-all-4.0.23.Final.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/google/guava/guava/17.0/guava-17.0.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/commons/commons-lang3/3.3.2/commons-lang3-3.3.2.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/commons-io/commons-io/2.4/commons-io-2.4.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.9/commons-codec-1.9.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/jinput/jinput/2.0.5/jinput-2.0.5.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/jutils/jutils/1.0.0/jutils-1.0.0.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/google/code/gson/gson/2.2.4/gson-2.2.4.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/authlib/1.5.24/authlib-1.5.24.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/realms/1.10.8/realms-1.10.8.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.8.1/commons-compress-1.8.1.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/4.3.3/httpclient-4.3.3.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.1.3/commons-logging-1.1.3.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpcore/4.3.2/httpcore-4.3.2.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/7.0.12_mojang/fastutil-7.0.12_mojang.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-api/2.0-beta9/log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-core/2.0-beta9/log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl/2.9.4-nightly-20150209/lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl_util/2.9.4-nightly-20150209/lwjgl_util-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/text2speech/1.5/text2speech-1.5.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/versions/17w13a/17w13a.jar])

  • Linux 

    [STDOUT]: ERROR : Couldn't load Narrator library : Unable to load library 'fliteWrapper': Native library (linux-x86-64/libfliteWrapper.so) not found in resource path ([file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/patchy/1.0/patchy-1.0.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/oshi-project/oshi-core/1.1/oshi-core-1.1.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/dev/jna/jna/4.2.2/jna-4.2.2.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/dev/jna/platform/3.4.0/platform-3.4.0.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/com/ibm/icu/icu4j-core-mojang/51.2/icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/net/sf/jopt-simple/jopt-simple/5.0.3/jopt-simple-5.0.3.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/codecjorbis/20101023/codecjorbis-20101023.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/codecwav/20101023/codecwav-20101023.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/libraryjavasound/20101123/libraryjavasound-20101123.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/librarylwjglopenal/20100824/librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/soundsystem/20120107/soundsystem-20120107.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/io/netty/netty-all/4.1.9.Final/netty-all-4.1.9.Final.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/com/google/guava/guava/21.0/guava-21.0.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/commons/commons-lang3/3.5/commons-lang3-3.5.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/commons-io/commons-io/2.5/commons-io-2.5.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.10/commons-codec-1.10.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/jinput/jinput/2.0.5/jinput-2.0.5.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/jutils/jutils/1.0.0/jutils-1.0.0.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/com/google/code/gson/gson/2.8.0/gson-2.8.0.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/authlib/1.5.25/authlib-1.5.25.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/realms/1.10.8/realms-1.10.8.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.8.1/commons-compress-1.8.1.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/4.3.3/httpclient-4.3.3.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.1.3/commons-logging-1.1.3.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpcore/4.3.2/httpcore-4.3.2.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/7.1.0/fastutil-7.1.0.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-api/2.8.1/log4j-api-2.8.1.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-core/2.8.1/log4j-core-2.8.1.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl/2.9.4-nightly-20150209/lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl_util/2.9.4-nightly-20150209/lwjgl_util-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/text2speech/1.7/text2speech-1.7.jar, file:/home/[USERNAME]/.minecraft/versions/17w16b/17w16b.jar])

I'm not the only one experiencing this.

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Comments 23

you have to write in the chat.

I did. Nothing happened then either.

I'm affected by this, too.

Me as well. There are the following error messages in the output log on startup:

[12:51:52] [Client thread/INFO]: [STDOUT]: ERROR : Couldn't load Narrator library : Unable to load library 'SAPIWrapper_x64': Native library (win32-x86-64/SAPIWrapper_x64.dll) not found in resource path ([file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/netty/1.6/netty-1.6.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/oshi-project/oshi-core/1.1/oshi-core-1.1.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/dev/jna/jna/4.2.2/jna-4.2.2.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/dev/jna/platform/3.4.0/platform-3.4.0.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/ibm/icu/icu4j-core-mojang/51.2/icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/sf/jopt-simple/jopt-simple/4.6/jopt-simple-4.6.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/codecjorbis/20101023/codecjorbis-20101023.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/codecwav/20101023/codecwav-20101023.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/libraryjavasound/20101123/libraryjavasound-20101123.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/librarylwjglopenal/20100824/librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/soundsystem/20120107/soundsystem-20120107.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/io/netty/netty-all/4.0.23.Final/netty-all-4.0.23.Final.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/google/guava/guava/17.0/guava-17.0.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/commons/commons-lang3/3.3.2/commons-lang3-3.3.2.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/commons-io/commons-io/2.4/commons-io-2.4.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.9/commons-codec-1.9.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/jinput/jinput/2.0.5/jinput-2.0.5.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/jutils/jutils/1.0.0/jutils-1.0.0.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/google/code/gson/gson/2.2.4/gson-2.2.4.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/authlib/1.5.24/authlib-1.5.24.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/realms/1.10.8/realms-1.10.8.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.8.1/commons-compress-1.8.1.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/4.3.3/httpclient-4.3.3.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.1.3/commons-logging-1.1.3.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpcore/4.3.2/httpcore-4.3.2.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/7.0.12_mojang/fastutil-7.0.12_mojang.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-api/2.0-beta9/log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-core/2.0-beta9/log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl/2.9.4-nightly-20150209/lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/org/lwjgl/lwjgl/lwjgl_util/2.9.4-nightly-20150209/lwjgl_util-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/text2speech/1.5/text2speech-1.5.jar, file:/C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/.minecraft/versions/17w13a/17w13a.jar])

And the following appears when I press Strg+B:

[12:52:38] [Narrator/INFO]: [STDERR]: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: com.mojang.text2speech.NarratorWindows$SAPIWrapperSolutionDLL.say(Lcom/sun/jna/WString;)J
[12:52:38] [Narrator/INFO]: [STDERR]: at com.mojang.text2speech.NarratorWindows$SAPIWrapperSolutionDLL.say(Native Method)
[12:52:38] [Narrator/INFO]: [STDERR]: at com.mojang.text2speech.NarratorWindows$NarratorThread.say(NarratorWindows.java:61)
[12:52:38] [Narrator/INFO]: [STDERR]: at com.mojang.text2speech.NarratorWindows$NarratorThread.run(NarratorWindows.java:45)
[12:52:38] [Narrator/INFO]: [STDERR]: at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

It seems to be a launcher issue, since it does not download the library on startup.

Confirmed for 17w13b

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Still no narrator on Windows 8.1 and 17w18a because of SAPIWrapper_x64.dll

What do you have to have if the narrator isn't available on java edition? I've tried turning on Microsoft Narrator but that doesn't do anything. I'm also on a laptop updated to Windows 10

Having the exact same issue, with flite installed on Arch Linux.

Installing flite-2.0.0-3-x86_64 for Arch Linux fixed my problem!

@unknown Installing that does indeed fix it. That should be mentioned, at least in the log.

Bryn Macaulay

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