Windows 10: Unused voice packages cannot be removed.

Windows 10 x64 1909

US English, no other language packs are installed.


I am attempting to remove unused voice packages from the Settings \ Time & Language \ Speech.


The Remove button is not clickable. How do I uninstall these packages?




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ovi maps and own voice package

I have download a voice package with "Own Voice for Ovi Maps-app", but i could not select this voice package in Ovi maps. The voice package is not listed.

I use 3.03 Ovi maps.



I can not update or redowld the "Own Voice for Ovi Maps"app.

I use the newest "OviMaps"

What can i do that this app works ?

Has anybody the same problem



Thank you in advance

 

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

 

Remove account


I suggest you backup your personalized files first before removing the account.
To delete an account, follow these steps:

1. Press WIN + X keys and click Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu.
2. Type the following command and press Enter. Replace test with the name of your sister's account. Code:
   
   Code:

   net user test /del