Windows 10: Remove (or hide) individual Microsoft TTS voices.

I'm using: Windows 10 Home, version 1909.

Hello, I use a program called Balabolka that can detect the Microsoft voices installed in your system and read texts to you using those TTS voices.

I have installed the voice packages for several languages through: Settings/Time & Language/Speech/Add voices.

Many of these voices remain hidden to other applications. But, I was able to make the necessary changes for individual voices to be detected (in this case by Balabolka) using something along the lines of: Unlock all Windows 10 TTS voices system-wide to get more of them - gHacks Tech News

PROBLEM:
Now I wonder if it would be possible to delete, or at least hide from other apps, some of the Microsoft voices I don't use. For instance: keep Microsoft Zira but delete Microsoft David (both US English, https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...guages-voices/) and so on.

I created a restore point and I tried to modify or delete those voices using regedit as an administrator (and also in safe mode) but it gave me an error about permissions. I couldn't gain control of the entries, either.

Does anyone know a way of accomplishing this? Thank you!

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Hello,

Recently I've been trying to set my Windows 10 TTS in japanese.

I've already downloaded Japanese language pack.

It seems that the TTS voices appearing in Windows 10 "Settings" app don't match the ones appearing in the "Speech Properties" windows (which is findable in Control panel).

Windows 10 (mine, at least) actually uses the voice set up in Speech Properties, and doesn't really use the Setting app setup.

I'd like to set my TTS voice to Ayumi, yet Ayumi isn't a choice in Speech Properties (see the screenshot below).

That said, I have to questions:

1 - What is the difference between those two settings, and why don't they feature the same voice?

2 - What can I do to set Ayumi Mobile as my actual TTS voice (in Speech Properties).

Please note that Ayumi is already set as my TTS voice in Settings app, but as I said above, Windows 10 doesn't seem to care about these settings.

Thanks.





PS: I don't really know if I chose the right topic for this question, feel free to redirect me to another if needed.

 

Use mobile TTS voices as desktop TTS voices

Hi,

Thanks for your answer.

Unfortunately, the links you provided are explaining how to use TTS in programs and code, but there's not much about how to modify the TTS voice in general.

As for my Windows version, I keep it up-to-date and do every update I have. The last update was on 12/9/2016, and I have another one scheduled for tonight.

EDIT: Nothing changed after the update.