Windows 10: Speech English UK Download Fails with Error 0x800F0954

Guys,


It is very frustrating to not be able to embrace the new speech features within Office Pro Plus due to Windows 10 Language options not working!


We need to make the adoption of new feature EASY. Not to be having these silly challenges. I have found that England (United Kingdom) on my system is missing Handwriting and Speech. So clicking options I see I can download these features. BUT after a few minutes, I get the following read Error message for both. @Sorry, we-re having trouble getting this optional feature installed. You can try again later. Error code 0x800F0954"


Can I tell you that I have been trying now for a number of days with No joy!


Again, this is unacceptable for users to adopt new ideas within the OS and the Applications. There is a lot of items on this topic with no real solution that I can see. Again.... why make it hard. Sort it with an update Microsoft.


Kind regards


John

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Cannot download English (Canada) speech package in Windows 10

A fix was released as part of KB3081424, Cumulative Update for Windows 10: August 5, 2015, for a problem Cortana was experiencing when installing language packs. Please make sure you've installed the latest Windows Updates before trying these steps.

1. Press Windows + I keys on the keyboard to open settings menu
   
2. Click on Time and language and select region and language.
   
3. Under Language option, check which language is Set as default.
   
4. If you find different language, you can change it by clicking on Add a language option.
   
5. Select your preferred language (English Canada) and click on Set as default under English UK language.
   
6. Now, click on English Canada and click on Options.
   
7. Download the language, handwriting and speech packs.
   
8. Now, click on Speech from the Time and language settings menu.
   
9. Check if you are able to select the speech settings to English Canada.
   
10. After performing above steps, check if you are able to use Cortana.
    

 

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Well, I was trying to download UK English on a US phone. But essentially that's the process I followed. I did a hard reset, set everything to UK, then attempted to download UK English speech (which failed).