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• Within Windows 10 settings, you'll download the desired language and then set your speech language. Select the Start button, and then select Settings. With the Windows Settings in view, select Time & Language. Select Region & language, then select Add a language.
• 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. Starting in Windows 10 build 18309, you can download additional voices in other languages without having to download language packs.

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• You can add text-to-speech voices to Windows 10 through your PC's Settings app.
• Once you've added a text-to-speech voice to Windows, you can use it in programs like Microsoft Word, OneNote, and Edge.
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Microsoft has a text-to-speech feature built into a number of Windows programs, including Microsoft Office, the Edge web browser, and OneNote.

By default, the voices for your computer's current language are already installed. But if you need to install a second language, or if additional voices are released for your primary language, you can install them as well.

The text-to-speech voices for all Microsoft apps are installed in the Settings app. Here's how to find and add them to Windows.

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How to add text-to-speech voices in Windows 10

1. Click the Start button in the bottom-left, and then click the Settings icon, which looks like a gear.

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2. In Settings, click 'Time & Language.'

3. In the navigation pane on the left, click 'Language.'

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4. Click 'Add a preferred language' and then scroll through the list until you see the language you want to add. Click it, and then click 'Next.' It'll be installed.

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5. After it's installed, select it in the list of languages and click 'Options.'

6. On the language's details page, click 'Download.' This will install the language pack, which includes the voices for this language.

How to choose a voice for text-to-speech in Windows 10

After you've downloaded voices, you can choose which one Windows uses for text-to-speech.

1. While still in the 'Time & Language' section of Settings, click 'Speech' in the left sidebar.

2. Underneath 'Speech language,' make sure it's set to the language you want text-to-speech to use.

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3. Underneath 'Voices,' click the 'Choose a voice' drop-down menu and select the voice you want to use by default. You can vary its speed and preview the voice here as well.

Some programs let you pick a text-to-speech voice that's different from the one the rest of Windows uses.

In Word, for example, click 'Review' and then click 'Read Aloud.' A playback control menu will appear in the top-right of the screen. Click the gear icon to open the Read Aloud settings. Here, you can choose the voice you want to use in Word.

Likewise, the Edge browser has a similar option. When you choose 'Read aloud' from the three-dot menu, 'Voice options' appears at the top of the page. Click it to change voices.

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