Text to Speech gives you speech synthesis in multiple languages and the ability to build intelligent kiosks. Virtual Machines Provision Windows and Linux virtual. Windows Vista speech recognition I am trying to use Windows Vista speech recognition in a Microsoft Office Word 2007 protected document with form controls/fields. It does not recognize anything I say after clicking in the form fields. Microsoft Windows 10 comes with two text-to-speech engines or voices which vary for different language versions of Windows. For example, the US English version of Windows 10 comes with Microsoft Zira and Microsoft David voices. These voices can be used in Microsoft apps and desktop applications. Microsoft Sam is the default text-to-speech male voice in Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP. It is used by Narrator, the screen reader program built into the operating system. Microsoft Mike and Microsoft Mary are optional male and female voices respectively, available for download from the Microsoft website.
For customers using Learning Tools for OneNote, Word, or Read Aloud in the Microsoft Edge browser, this article documents ways to download new languages for the Text-to-Speech feature in different versions of Windows.
Install a new Text-to-Speech language in Windows 10
On any edition of Windows 10, click Start > Settings, and then follow these steps:
- Select the Start button, then select Settings > Time & Language > Region & Language.
- Select Add a language and choose the language you want from the list. Only languages listed in the table below will have Text-to-Speech capabilities.
- After the new language has been installed (this may take a few moments), select it in the Region & Language list, and then select Options.
- Under Language options > Speech, select Download.
- Restart your computer. The Text-to-Speech voices will be installed when your machine turns back on.
Text-to-Speech languages and voices available in Windows
Language (Region) | Male voice name | Female voice name |
---|---|---|
Arabic | Not applicable | Hoda |
Arabic (Saudi Arabia) | Naayf | Not applicable |
Brazil (pt-BR) | Daniel | Maria |
Catalan Spanish (Spain) | Not applicable | Herena |
China (zh-CN) | Kangkang | Huihui, yaoyao |
Czech (Czech Republic) | Vit | Not applicable |
Danish | Not applicable | Helle |
Dutch | Frank | Not applicable |
English (Australia) | James | Catherine |
English (Canada) | Richard | Linda |
English (Great Britain) | George | Hazel, Susan |
English (India) | Ravi | Heera |
English (Ireland) | Shaun | Not applicable |
English (United States) | David, Mark | Zira |
Finnish | Not applicable | Heidi |
Flemish (Belgian Dutch) | Bart | Not applicable |
French (Canada) | Claude | Caroline |
French (France) | Paul | Hortence, Julie |
German (Germany) | Stefan | Hedda, Katja |
German (Switzerland) | Karsten | Not applicable |
Greek | Stefanos | Not applicable |
Hindi (India) | Hermant | Kalpana |
Hong Kong (zh-HK) | Danny | Tracy |
Hungarian (Hungary) | Szabolcs | Not applicable |
Indonesian (Indonesia) | Andika | Not applicable |
Italian | Cosimo | Elsa |
Japanese | Ichiro | Ayumi, Haruka |
Norwegian | Jon | Not applicable |
Polish (Poland) | Adam | Paulina |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Not applicable | Helia |
Romanian (Romania) | Andrei | Not applicable |
Russian (Russia) | Pavel | Irina |
Slovak (Slovakia) | Filip | Not applicable |
Korean | Not applicable | Heami |
Spanish (Spain) | Pablo | Helena, Laura |
Spanish (Mexico) | Raul | Sabina |
Swedish | Bengt | Not applicable |
Taiwan (zh-TW) | Zhiwei | Yating, Hanhan |
Thai (Thailand) | Pettara | Not applicable |
Turkish | Tolga | Not applicable |
Third-party Text-to-Speech languages:
Additional Text-to-Speech languages can be purchased from the following third-party providers:
Note: These options are provided for informational purposes only. Microsoft does not endorse any particular third-party software, nor can it offer any support for their installation and use. For help with these products, please contact their original manufacturer.
Open source Text-to-Speech languages
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Free Text-to-Speech languages are available for download from Open source provider eSpeak. These languages work on Windows 7, but some may not yet work on Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10. View a list of available eSpeak languages and codes for more information.