Windows 10: Speech Settings Remove Speech Voice Grayed out

I have tried to remove United Kingdom from my Speech settings but its just Grayed out and i don't know how to solve it. Does anybody or Microsoft Know how to fix it?

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Enable or Disable Voice Activation for Speech Recognition in Advanced Speech Options

How to Enable or Disable Voice Activation for Speech Recognition in Windows 10


When you set up Speech Recognition in Windows 10, it lets you control your PC with your voice alone, without needing a keyboard or mouse.

Using only your voice, you can open menus, click buttons and other objects on the screen, dictate text into documents, and write and send emails. Just about anything you do with your keyboard and mouse can be done with only your voice.

Speech Recognition is only available for the following languages: English (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, and Australia), French, German, Japanese, Mandarin (Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional), and Spanish.

You can choose to enable or disable voice activation mode for Speech Recognition.

• Enable voice activation mode - Windows Speech Recognition turns off when you say the "Stop Listening" voice command, and must be turned on by clicking on the microphone button or pressing the Ctrl+Windows keys
• Disable voice activation mode - Speech Recognition goes into sleep mode when not in use, and can be activated by saying the "Start Listening" voice command.

See also:

• Use speech recognition | Windows Support
• Windows Speech Recognition voice commands | Windows Support

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable voice activation for Speech Recognition for your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Enable or Disable Voice Activation for Speech Recognition in Advanced Speech Options
• Option Two: Enable or Disable Voice Activation for Speech Recognition using a REG file

OPTION ONE

Enable or Disable Voice Activation for Speech Recognition in Advanced Speech Options
1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Speech Recognition icon.

2. Click/tap on the Advanced speech options link on the left side. (see screenshot below)


3. In the Speech Recognition tab, check (enable) or uncheck (disable - default) Enable voice activation for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)



4. You can now close the Speech Recognition control panel if you like.







OPTION TWO

Enable or Disable Voice Activation for Speech Recognition using a REG file

*note The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Speech\Preferences

ModeForOff DWORD

1 = Disable
2 = Enable


1. Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Enable Voice Activation for Speech Recognition
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Enable_voice_activation_for_Speech_Recognition_for_current_user.reg





3. To Disable Voice Activation for Speech Recognition
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_voice_activation_for_Speech_Recognition_for_current_user.reg





4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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• How to Set Up Speech Recognition in Windows 10
• How to Start Speech Recognition in Windows 10
• How to Create a Start Speech Recognition Shortcut in Windows 10
• How to Add Start Speech Recognition Context Menu in Windows 10
• How to Add, Delete, and Change Speech Recognition Profiles in Windows 10
• How to Change Speech Recognition Language in Windows 10
• How to Enable or Disable Run Speech Recognition at Startup in Windows 10
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Add Speech Voices by Adding Language

How to Add and Remove Speech Voices 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.

Starting in language packs.

See also: Appendix A: Supported languages and voices | Windows Support

This tutorial will show you how to add and remove voice packages for a text-to-speech (TTS) language for all users in Windows 10.

*Warning You must be signed in as an administrator to add and remove speech voices in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Add Speech Voices by Adding Language
• Option Two: Add Speech Voices in Settings without Adding Language
• Option Three: Remove Speech Voices in Settings

OPTION ONE

Add Speech Voices by Adding Language
1. Add a language (click on link) you want with at least the Text-to-speech language feature checked. (see screenshots below)













OPTION TWO

Add Speech Voices in Settings without Adding Language
1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Time & Language icon.

2. Click/tap on Speech on the left side, and click/tap on Add voices under Manage voices on the right side. (see screenshot below)



3. Select (check) one or more languages you want to install all voices for that language, and click/tap on Add. (see screenshot below)

*note You can view which voices are available in each package for a language here: Appendix A: Supported languages and voices | Windows Support



4. The voice package(s) of the selected language(s) will now be added. (see screenshot below)



5. To use new voices, close and reopen Settings as well as any apps that use voices.







OPTION THREE

Remove Speech Voices in Settings
1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Time & Language icon.

2. Click/tap on Speech on the left side. (see screenshot below)

3. Under Manage voices on the right side, click/tap on the language (ex: "Spanish (Mexico)") of an installed voice package you want to uninstall, and click/tap on Remove.

4. When finished, you can close Settings if you like.





That's it,
Shawn


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• How to Add a Language in Windows 10
• How to Customize Narrator Voice in Windows 10
• How to Turn On or Off Narrator Intonation Pauses in Windows 10
• How to Turn On or Off Narrator Voice Emphasize Formatted Text in Windows 10
• How to Turn On or Off Narrator Character Phonetic Reading in Windows 10

 

word 2010 text to speech cannot change voice


Hello

I have enabled text to speech on Windows 10 and have selected MS David desktop voice and it seems to work fine when I test it however when I use text to speech on Word 2010 the voice is always that of MS Hazel desktop and I do not seem to be able to change it. Any suggestion?

Many thanks,