
These voices are available in 26 languages and can be installed on Windows client and server operating systems. Speech Platform voices, unlike SAPI 5 voices, are female-only no male voices are released publicly yet. In Windows 8, there are three new client (desktop) voices - Microsoft David (US male), Hazel (UK female) and Zira (US female) which sound more natural than the now-eliminated Microsoft Anna. The server versions of these voices are available via above mentioned Speech Platform for operating systems earlier than Windows 8. Unlike Windows 7 or Vista, one cannot use any third-party program for Microsoft Anna because there is no Anna Voice API for download. #Microsoft text to speech voices windows 7 Other voices are available for specific language versions of either Windows 8 or Windows 8.1. In Windows 10, Microsoft Hazel was removed from the US English Language Pack and the Microsoft voices for Mobile (Phone/tablet) are available (Microsoft Mark and Microsoft Zira). These are the same voices found on Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile.Īlso with these voices language packs are also available for a variety of voices similar to that of Windows 8 and 8.1. #Microsoft text to speech voices windows 8 None of these voices match the Cortana text-to-speech voice which can be found on Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 10 Mobile. In an attempt to unify its software with Windows 10, all of Microsoft's current platforms use the same text-to-speech voices except for Microsoft David and a few others.Įvery mobile voice package has the combination of male/female, while most of the desktop voice packages have only female voices. #Microsoft text to speech voices software #Microsoft text to speech voices windows 10Īll mobile voices have been made universal and any user who downloads the language pack of that choice will have one extra male and female voice per that package.Ī hidden text-to-speech voice in Windows 10 called Microsoft Eva Mobile is present within the system. Users can download a pre-packaged registry file from the website.

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