Windows 10: Where has the text to speech settings menu gone in Windows 11?

I used to be able to find the "text to speech" settings menu by searching "text to speech" in the "search Control Panel" box. However, that option suddenly no longer shows up the relevant menu. I need to be able to adjust the reading speed as I need it faster for some applications and slower for others.Does anyone know where I can access this menu and why it has suddenly disappeared from search?To be clear: I am looking for the settings menu for the text to speech function that can be used in MS Word, etc. not the Narrator function.

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How to install a language pack with "text-to-speech, speech recognition, handwriting" features enabled in Windows 10 or 11

Hi Sneha_Naik,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I'm Hahn and I'm here to help you with your concern.

To install a language pack with "text-to-speech, speech recognition, handwriting" features enabled in Windows 10 or 11, you can follow these steps:

- Open the Start menu on your Windows device and select Settings > Time & Language.

- Choose Language or Language & region > Add a language.

- Search for a language in the search bar or choose one from the list. Language packs with text-to-speech capabilities will have the text-to-speech icon.

- Select the language you want to add speech to, and then select Next.

- Check the boxes for the features you want to install, such as text-to-speech, speech recognition, and handwriting. Note that not all languages support all features. You can view the available features and their download sizes before installing them.

- Select Install and wait for the download to complete.

- After the new language is installed, navigate to the Language and find it in your Preferred languages list. Select your language and choose Options to adjust other language settings, download features, etc.

- If you want to make this language your default display language, select it and use the up-arrow button to move it to the top of the list.

- Go back to Speech settings and make sure the Speech language setting is aligned with your new language. You can also change the voice and speed of the text-to-speech feature here.

These steps are based on the information from: Download languages and voices for Immersive Reader, Read Mode, and Read Aloud - Microsoft Support

Please note that the availability of features like text-to-speech, speech recognition, and handwriting recognition may vary by language. Some languages may have limited support for these features compared to major languages like English or Spanish. If a language doesn't have full support for these features in the native Windows language pack, there may not be an alternative solution within the operating system itself.

Enabling these features for a language that doesn't have native support might require third-party software or additional language-specific software packages, which may not integrate seamlessly with the Windows operating system and may have varying levels of functionality.

Overall, this allows you to enable text-to-speech, speech recognition, and handwriting for languages that don't have full native support in Windows. Let me know if you have any other questions!



Your Sincerely

| Microsoft Community Support Specialist

 

Speech For Phone Accessibility

Hi Chanty,

To set up Speech, please follow the steps:

• Swipe left on the start screen.
• Tap Settings.
• Tap Speech.
• Tap Read aloud incoming text messages.
• Select from the following:
  • Always on
  • Bluetooth and headsets
  • Bluetooth only
  • wired headset only

For Text to speech settings, follow the steps below:

• Swipe left on the start screen.
• Tap Settings.
• Tap speech.
• Set desired options.

Let us know how it goes.

 

How do you change the text to speech voice in a (Windows) vbscript?

Hey guys,

I'm trying to create a text to speech vbscript. The problem I'm having is that I can only select between 3 voices. I have 8 available in Windows 10.

Here is my code:

Code: set voice = CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice") set voice.Voice = voice.GetVoices.Item(1) voice.Rate = 1 voice.Volume = 90 voice.Speak TextMessage[/quote] I get a vbs error message when I choose a number greater than 2 for the voice.GetVoices.Item(1) parameter.

Error: 0x80045039
Code: 80045039
Source: (null)

Any suggestions?

TIA,

grecinos