Setting a Default Voice for TTS in Windows 10 There are some other options for this tool like speak punctuation and parsing XML files. You can select one of the installed voices from the drop-down list, then type something in the text box and click on the Speak button. The Speech Test tool can be used to check the proper installation of these voices in your PC. The other tool installed is for managing the installed voice licenses on your PC. You can open the Start Menu icon and search for Speech Test to find a small speech testing tool. If you have downloaded the speech packs from VisionAid website (link above), then the setup package installs some extra tools in your PC. Testing VisionAid Voices Packs in Windows 10 All you have to do is launch and go through the setup installer package and it will automatically install all the voices included in the package in your Windows 10 PC. Installation of these packs is usually very simple.

You can download these various packs from where you will find voice packs from Ivona and Nuance (no longer work in Windows 10). But if you want to try out these high quality voices in Windows 10, then you can also download the 30-day trial versions too. You can also purchase very high quality TTS voices for Windows from companies like Ivona, Cepstral or CereProc. One of the sources for downloading free Microsoft and LTS TTS voices is Zero2000. Here is how you can install third party TTS voices, set them as default and use them in Windows desktop applications:ĭownload and install TTS Voice Packs in Windows 10 In case you are installing a third party voice pack for TTS then most probably it will be available for the desktop applications only. These two voices (namely Microsoft Zira and Microsoft David) that come pre-installed in Windows 10 are to be used with both apps and desktop applications. Windows 10 comes with two default voices installed to be used with the text-to-speech engines.

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