https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33136
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--- Comment #2 from alex.korchemniy@gmail.com --- On the Balabolka home page, see the section "Microsoft Speech Platform". Visit and install: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27225 x86_SpeechPlatformRuntime\SpeechPlatformRuntime.msi http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27224 MSSpeech_TTS_en-US_ZiraPro.msi
These are the same voices available under SAPI5 on Windows.
At this point you should see available voices under the Microsoft Speech Platform tab. If you attempt to "Read aloud", you'll might see an error "Can not synthesize the speech OLE error 80004005". This indicates that msxml needs to be fixed.
Install https://wiki.winehq.org/Winetrick. Run winetricks, and select "Install a Windows DLL or component." Install msxml3. After restarting Balabolka you can "Read aloud" and save as mp3.