Windows 10: Unable to remove language:EnglishUnited Statesfrom installed voice packages

Hi, so emm I had a problem with removing the EnglishUnited States because the remove option turned out to be disabled.

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solution: how to remove voice package that cannot be removed

Hi

I used to have 2 different English language types on my windows (US and Canada) in the language bar.

I couldn't see it in the language settings.

I found out that for English (Canada) I had only a voice package installed, but I couldn't remove it.

Looking in this and other forums, I couldn't find any solution. Finally found it myself.

** works if you have an undesired language in your language bar but you cannot see it under "preferred languages", only under "voice packages"**

Here is what I did:

1. I installed English (Canada) as another language:

Click on the language bar

Click on language preferences and "add a preferred language".

Find and install the language you cannot remove from the voice packages.

2. Restart the computer

3. Go language settings again (as explained in point 1)

4. Choose the language you want to remove and remove it. For me this is when the "remove" option became available

 

Cannot change speech language from English (United States) and cannot remove English (United States) voice package

Gday Greg,

Step 4 - msconfig - Made no difference

Step 7 - Malwarebytes - No malware detections

Step 10 - sfc and DISM - No corrupted files or images found

Step 16 - Create a Local Admin account - Configured all language and location related settings to Australia. I then tried to change Settings/Time and Language/Speech/Speech Language from English (United States) to English (Australia). On this local user
it took and remained selected with English (Australia) even after a reboot.

Unfortunately though it would still not let me remove the English (United States) voice package in Settings/Time and Language/Speech/Installed Voice Packages.

I then deleted the local admin account (testing was finished) and logged on with my Microsoft Account. I then reattempted to change Settings/Time and Language/Speech/Speech Language from English (United States) to English (Australia). This time it took and
remained selected with English (Australia) even after a reboot.

But......now my original problem reappeared that Speech Recognition would not open saying that "Speech Recognition could not start because the language configuration is not supported . The recogniser language must match the language of the user interface.
Please change the recogniser language in the Speech Recognition control panel under Advanced Options".

If I go into the Speech Recognition control panel and select Advanced speech options I receive the error "The requested task cannot be carried out because the necessary engine could not be created. Please select a different engine and/or a different audio
device."

The Language is "Microsoft Speech Recogniser 8.0 for Windows (English - US)". The other engine is "Microsoft English ASR Version 5 Engine". Selecting the other engine prompts the same error "The requested task cannot be carried out because the necessary
engine could not be created. Please select a different engine and/or a different audio device."

Also, Cortana is no longer working at all. It opens saying "Listening" and it does not listen at all and disappears after some seconds.

All my drivers and BIOS are the latest versions.

I did a Repair Install of Windows 10 and for some crazy reason it also installed the English (United Kingdom) voice package. Strangely though I was able to remove that voice package (Don't know why that behaved differently to removing the English (Australia)
or English (United States) voice packages).

Everything else is as it was.....................problematic.

To any others with a similar problem also be aware that Speech languages are also referred to in:

1) Settings/Ease of Access/Narrator/Personalise Narrator's voice - Having this set to a voice that is in the language that is the voice package you are trying to remove may prevent removing that voice package.

2) Settings/Cortana/Cortana Language - Having this set to the language that is the voice package you are trying to remove may prevent removing that voice package.

Regards,

Flavio

 

Can't remove a voice package

Hello,

This option would've help if I wanted to remove a language. However, I just want to remove the 'English Canada' voice package.

I have 'English United States' language as preferred language and I don't want to remove it.

Thank you for your help.