Early on when Windows 7 first got released, I was able to get Mandarin text to speech (Microsoft Lili) working (see basic instruction here), but not long after, the feature appears to be broken on English OS without warning, so even up to this date, I can't get Microsoft Lili working on English version of Windows 7.
Moving on to the spanking new Windows 8, and I thought well, maybe it was a bug in Windows 7, and Microsoft may have fixed the issue, but inside Windows Update under Windows 8, I don't even see any optional language support pack anymore. So does anyone know a way to get Mandarin text to speech work on English version of Windows 8? Thanks a bunch