How to Add and Remove Speech Voices in Windows 10 [Tutorial]

How to Add and Remove Speech Voices in Windows 10 [Tutorial]

Windows 10, like its predecessors, includes text-to-speech which you can use with Cortana and Narrator, amongst other things. Windows 7 and Vista featured Anna, and Windows 8 gave you David, Zira and Hazel voices. In this guide, we show you how to add or remove speeches in Windows 10.

In Windows 10, you can add and remove voice packages for a language for your device and apps. For example, text-to-speech (TTS) voices for Narrator.

New versions of Windows often add new text-to-speech voices. Windows Vista added Anna which was retained up to Windows 7. Windows 8 also had new voices, David, Zira and Hazel. Windows 10 features a set of additional voices which you can use with Narrator and Cortana. Here's how to add or remove them when needed.
If you a fan of Text-to-Speech voices, you may already know that you can get many more localized voices if you install Language Packs for your version of Windows. For example, the Spanish version includes Helena and Sabina. The French version has Microsoft Hortense, German has Hedda, Japanese has Haruka and Huihui, Chinese Traditional version has Tracy and so on.

Starting in Windows 10 build 18309, you can download additional voices in other languages without having to download language packs. Here's how it can be done.

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).

[OfCant]

Sure it works, but how to add OTHER voices? Example, the text to voice from Amazon or any other non-Microsoft pack?

[sethphillips]

Yes it does work but is there a way to add a seperate voice like the British Brian voice to windows 10 instead of the ones they give you?

[abdarhmane]

the vocal package cant be download .slect it and try a gain . what should I do

[Ataxire]

it keeps saying ``the voice package couldn't be installed. select to try again`` and when i do select try again it says the same thing 0, 1 sec later

[fabrice]

i was looking on how to remove the default one i see even on it can't be removed

[cubedpotatoeshd]

i have a SAPI5 voice from AT&T Natural Voices, is there a way i can install it to WIndows 10 speech?

[technogamer]

In my laptop choose a voice is not clixking because it is is not touchable I have not download any voice package

[sinaseyfi]

I am wondering how to add a voice into text-to-speech engine? I already have installed a voice but can't see it appearing in text-to-speech voices.

[nicolaverzeletti]

Can you show us how to add Microsoft Cosimo on speech properties in Windows 10?

[madcatlady]

why do my extra ones keep getting uninstalled?

[-Pickle-]

I have windows 10 home and for some reason i cannot downlaod new voice packages i really need this, mine is on australia. i need united states so i could play phasmophobia but when i try to download it just closes settings and does nothing

[dreambreakerremixfactoryof]

My voice packs apear as 0MB how do I fix that

[BiDrd]

Can you make a video for how to get all English voice packs to appear in Balabolka

[jeanmarcleblanc]

i installed 4 englishes because i enjoy different accents, after downloading them and seeing them now listed as being removable, there is no easy way to figure although i see more names in the list of voices, none of them are irish brittish or australian accents at all .... what am I missing ?

[Tech_Skill]

after following video instruction ....did not work following instrucion

[LukeFlegg]

Thank you but I was looking how to add high quality voices, for Microsoft Word. All these Microsoft voices are robotic. I pay (tuppence) for Google Wavenet which I highly recommend and I have it set up in my phone TTS but can't see how to add it to Windows! Thanks : ]

[KSimsley]

What if it will not allow you to remove a voice package? I have English Canada and English US and it will not allow me to remove either of them? I want Canada gone lolThx

[FringeWizard]

How do I add a Cereproc voice in here?

[divymodi]

How do you do it in windows 7 ?
How to install additional voices & add in windows 7.

[bonnielee]

I would like to use Microsoft Anna from Windows 7 as the voice