Unlock all Windows 10 TTS voices system-wide to get more of them

windows 10 voices
Martin Brinkmann
Aug 11, 2018
Updated • Nov 24, 2021
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Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system comes with a set of voices for each language installed on the device. Only some of the installed voices become available system-wide so that third-party software and services may make use of them as well. The majority of voices are restricted to internal use, e.g. for Cortana or other areas.

If you open Settings > Ease of Access > Narrator and select the "choose a voice" menu there, you get a list of voices that are available.

windows 10 voices

When you open a third-party program that uses voices on the Windows PC, only some of these are provided.

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The screenshot above shows how many voices are available when you select the voice picker in Narrator.

The third-party program Balabolka displays only three voices that you may select even though you know that more are available on the device: frustrating.

third-party voices

There is a way, however, to unlock all Windows 10 text-to-speech voices so that they become available to any program or app that uses the voices that Windows provides.

Note: The method requires Registry editing. I suggest you create a backup of the Registry or even your system before you make any modifications to the Windows Registry so that you can restore the initial state if things don't go as planned.

Here is how that is done:

Step 1: Open the Windows Registry Editor

  1. Activate the Start menu of the operating system.
  2. Type regedit.exe to launch the Registry Editor.
  3. Confirm the UAC security prompt that is displayed.

Step 2: Open the list of available voices

windows 10 installed voices

  1. Go to the Registry key Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Voices\Tokens

It lists all the voices that are available (except for Cortana voices, more about that later).

Step 3: Export the voices

export registry voice

You need to export the voice information in the Registry in the first step.

  1. Right-click on a key in the Registry Editor, e.g. MSTTS_V110_enUS_MarkM and select Export.
  2. Type a name for the new Registry file, e.g. markm, and select save from the dialog.

4. Modify the exported Registry file

Open the saved Registry file. It needs to be modified so that its values are added to two other locations in the Registry.

  1. Copy all information except for the first line (Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00) and paste the information below the content of the file.
  2. Replace the location in the first data set with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens
  3. Replace the location in the second data set with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\SPEECH\Voices\Tokens

Note: Each set includes two paths that you need to replace. Take a look at the following modified Registry file to better understand the process (for the U.S. voice Mark):

Original File:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_MarkM]
@="Microsoft Mark - English (United States)"
"409"="Microsoft Mark - English (United States)"
"CLSID"="{179F3D56-1B0B-42B2-A962-59B7EF59FE1B}"
"LangDataPath"=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,53,\
00,70,00,65,00,65,00,63,00,68,00,5f,00,4f,00,6e,00,65,00,43,00,6f,00,72,00,\
65,00,5c,00,45,00,6e,00,67,00,69,00,6e,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,54,00,54,00,53,\
00,5c,00,65,00,6e,00,2d,00,55,00,53,00,5c,00,4d,00,53,00,54,00,54,00,53,00,\
4c,00,6f,00,63,00,65,00,6e,00,55,00,53,00,2e,00,64,00,61,00,74,00,00,00
"VoicePath"=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,\
70,00,65,00,65,00,63,00,68,00,5f,00,4f,00,6e,00,65,00,43,00,6f,00,72,00,65,\
00,5c,00,45,00,6e,00,67,00,69,00,6e,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,54,00,54,00,53,00,\
5c,00,65,00,6e,00,2d,00,55,00,53,00,5c,00,4d,00,31,00,30,00,33,00,33,00,4d,\
00,61,00,72,00,6b,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_MarkM\Attributes]
"Age"="Adult"
"DataVersion"="11.0.2013.1022"
"Gender"="Male"
"Language"="409"
"Name"="Microsoft Mark"
"SharedPronunciation"=""
"Vendor"="Microsoft"
"Version"="11.0"

Modified File:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_MarkM]
@="Microsoft Mark - English (United States)"
"409"="Microsoft Mark - English (United States)"
"CLSID"="{179F3D56-1B0B-42B2-A962-59B7EF59FE1B}"
"LangDataPath"=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,53,\
00,70,00,65,00,65,00,63,00,68,00,5f,00,4f,00,6e,00,65,00,43,00,6f,00,72,00,\
65,00,5c,00,45,00,6e,00,67,00,69,00,6e,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,54,00,54,00,53,\
00,5c,00,65,00,6e,00,2d,00,55,00,53,00,5c,00,4d,00,53,00,54,00,54,00,53,00,\
4c,00,6f,00,63,00,65,00,6e,00,55,00,53,00,2e,00,64,00,61,00,74,00,00,00
"VoicePath"=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,\
70,00,65,00,65,00,63,00,68,00,5f,00,4f,00,6e,00,65,00,43,00,6f,00,72,00,65,\
00,5c,00,45,00,6e,00,67,00,69,00,6e,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,54,00,54,00,53,00,\
5c,00,65,00,6e,00,2d,00,55,00,53,00,5c,00,4d,00,31,00,30,00,33,00,33,00,4d,\
00,61,00,72,00,6b,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_MarkM\Attributes]
"Age"="Adult"
"DataVersion"="11.0.2013.1022"
"Gender"="Male"
"Language"="409"
"Name"="Microsoft Mark"
"SharedPronunciation"=""
"Vendor"="Microsoft"
"Version"="11.0"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\SPEECH\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_MarkM]
@="Microsoft Mark - English (United States)"
"409"="Microsoft Mark - English (United States)"
"CLSID"="{179F3D56-1B0B-42B2-A962-59B7EF59FE1B}"
"LangDataPath"=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,53,\
00,70,00,65,00,65,00,63,00,68,00,5f,00,4f,00,6e,00,65,00,43,00,6f,00,72,00,\
65,00,5c,00,45,00,6e,00,67,00,69,00,6e,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,54,00,54,00,53,\
00,5c,00,65,00,6e,00,2d,00,55,00,53,00,5c,00,4d,00,53,00,54,00,54,00,53,00,\
4c,00,6f,00,63,00,65,00,6e,00,55,00,53,00,2e,00,64,00,61,00,74,00,00,00
"VoicePath"=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,\
70,00,65,00,65,00,63,00,68,00,5f,00,4f,00,6e,00,65,00,43,00,6f,00,72,00,65,\
00,5c,00,45,00,6e,00,67,00,69,00,6e,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,54,00,54,00,53,00,\
5c,00,65,00,6e,00,2d,00,55,00,53,00,5c,00,4d,00,31,00,30,00,33,00,33,00,4d,\
00,61,00,72,00,6b,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\SPEECH\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_MarkM\Attributes]
"Age"="Adult"
"DataVersion"="11.0.2013.1022"
"Gender"="Male"
"Language"="409"
"Name"="Microsoft Mark"
"SharedPronunciation"=""
"Vendor"="Microsoft"
"Version"="11.0"

Step 5: Import the new data

import registry

Importing is straightforward. Just double-click on the Registry file that you have modified and accept the warning prompt.

Note that you need to switch users, sign off and on again, or restart the PC before you may see the new voice in other programs.

new voice windows 10

Also, you need administrative rights to add data to the Registry using .reg files.

Bonus Step: Cortana

Cortana's exclusive voices are referenced in another location in the Registry.

  1. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windows.cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Isolated in the Registry Editor.
  2. You find a number of random character values there. Follow one of them to \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Voices\Tokens
  3. On my test system, I went to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windows.cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Isolated\ohDO1Sgy3MzgdEgEb4WYfDS4eikKwN2EBJ1Cyr7HTF0\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Voices\Tokens
  4. Note that the actual voices need to have LangUpdateDataDirectory listed when you select the folder.
  5. Export the data just like you have before.
  6. Copy the data of the Registry file so that it exists three times (not two) in the exported Registry file.
  7. Replace the first set up to Tokens with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Voices\Tokens
  8. Replace the second set up to Tokens with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens
  9. Replace the third set up to Tokens with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\SPEECH\Voices\Tokens

Here is an example using the U.S. Cortana voice Eva.

Original File:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windows.cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Isolated\ohDO1Sgy3MzgdEgEb4WYfDS4eikKwN2EBJ1Cyr7HTF0\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_EvaM]
@="Microsoft Eva Mobile - English (United States)"
"LangDataPath"="%windir%\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US\\MSTTSLocenUS.dat"
"LangUpdateDataDirectory"="%SystemDrive%\\Data\\SharedData\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US"
"VoicePath"="%windir%\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US\\M1033Eva"
"VoiceUpdateDataDirectory"="%SystemDrive%\\Data\\SharedData\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US"
"409"="Microsoft Eva Mobile - English (United States)"
"CLSID"="{179F3D56-1B0B-42B2-A962-59B7EF59FE1B}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windows.cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Isolated\ohDO1Sgy3MzgdEgEb4WYfDS4eikKwN2EBJ1Cyr7HTF0\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_EvaM\Attributes]
"Version"="11.0"
"Language"="409"
"Gender"="Female"
"Age"="Adult"
"DataVersion"="11.0.2013.1022"
"SharedPronunciation"=""
"Name"="Microsoft Eva Mobile"
"Vendor"="Microsoft"
"PersonalAssistant"="1"

Edited File:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_EvaM]
@="Microsoft Eva Mobile - English (United States)"
"LangDataPath"="%windir%\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US\\MSTTSLocenUS.dat"
"LangUpdateDataDirectory"="%SystemDrive%\\Data\\SharedData\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US"
"VoicePath"="%windir%\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US\\M1033Eva"
"VoiceUpdateDataDirectory"="%SystemDrive%\\Data\\SharedData\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US"
"409"="Microsoft Eva Mobile - English (United States)"
"CLSID"="{179F3D56-1B0B-42B2-A962-59B7EF59FE1B}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_EvaM\Attributes]
"Version"="11.0"
"Language"="409"
"Gender"="Female"
"Age"="Adult"
"DataVersion"="11.0.2013.1022"
"SharedPronunciation"=""
"Name"="Microsoft Eva Mobile"
"Vendor"="Microsoft"
"PersonalAssistant"="1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_EvaM]
@="Microsoft Eva Mobile - English (United States)"
"LangDataPath"="%windir%\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US\\MSTTSLocenUS.dat"
"LangUpdateDataDirectory"="%SystemDrive%\\Data\\SharedData\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US"
"VoicePath"="%windir%\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US\\M1033Eva"
"VoiceUpdateDataDirectory"="%SystemDrive%\\Data\\SharedData\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US"
"409"="Microsoft Eva Mobile - English (United States)"
"CLSID"="{179F3D56-1B0B-42B2-A962-59B7EF59FE1B}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_EvaM\Attributes]
"Version"="11.0"
"Language"="409"
"Gender"="Female"
"Age"="Adult"
"DataVersion"="11.0.2013.1022"
"SharedPronunciation"=""
"Name"="Microsoft Eva Mobile"
"Vendor"="Microsoft"
"PersonalAssistant"="1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\SPEECH\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_EvaM]
@="Microsoft Eva Mobile - English (United States)"
"LangDataPath"="%windir%\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US\\MSTTSLocenUS.dat"
"LangUpdateDataDirectory"="%SystemDrive%\\Data\\SharedData\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US"
"VoicePath"="%windir%\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US\\M1033Eva"
"VoiceUpdateDataDirectory"="%SystemDrive%\\Data\\SharedData\\Speech_OneCore\\Engines\\TTS\\en-US"
"409"="Microsoft Eva Mobile - English (United States)"
"CLSID"="{179F3D56-1B0B-42B2-A962-59B7EF59FE1B}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\SPEECH\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_EvaM\Attributes]
"Version"="11.0"
"Language"="409"
"Gender"="Female"
"Age"="Adult"
"DataVersion"="11.0.2013.1022"
"SharedPronunciation"=""
"Name"="Microsoft Eva Mobile"
"Vendor"="Microsoft"
"PersonalAssistant"="1"

You can download the Registry files to add the Cortana voice Eva and the voice Mark system-wide: windows-10-voices-add.zip

Repeat the steps for any language that you may have installed, the process is always the same. (via Reddit)

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Comments

  1. Gavin B said on August 11, 2018 at 11:55 am
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    brilliant Martin

  2. Franck said on August 11, 2018 at 5:15 pm
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    Very interesting, thank you !

  3. George said on August 11, 2018 at 6:25 pm
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    Nice tip, thanks Martin.

  4. stefann said on August 14, 2018 at 3:56 am
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    What about earlier Windows versions ?

    1. Aditya Saxena said on April 21, 2021 at 11:27 am
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      it do not work in windows 7 professional and windows 7 expert.

      1. Joy said on February 5, 2023 at 8:17 am
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        Are you blind? This article is for Windows 10.

  5. Murilo said on November 28, 2018 at 6:23 pm
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    Dont work with “MSTTS_V110_heIL_Asaf” Hebrew. :(

  6. Anonymous said on February 8, 2019 at 3:54 am
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    Are there any differences between the versions found in both randomly named keys??

  7. Lind said on February 8, 2019 at 6:41 am
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    Doesn’t currently work. Shows Eva Mobile in narrowater list, but nothing lists in ‘speech settings’

  8. Interested party said on March 3, 2019 at 12:40 am
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    You can use Powershell to do the same thing.

    https://gist.github.com/hiepxanh/8b6ad80f6d620cd3eaaaa5c1d2c660b2

    1. jesus said on July 21, 2019 at 3:45 am
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      you are a genius man

    2. mk said on September 25, 2019 at 12:43 pm
      Reply

      how to use that?

  9. J Peyton said on March 22, 2019 at 3:18 am
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    Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. Anonymous said on June 18, 2019 at 5:25 pm
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    Try Blockadblock.

  11. Juan Bassignana said on October 23, 2019 at 2:20 am
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    I Think the only problem is, when it comes an update. I think you will loose all these changes.

  12. Juan Bassignana said on October 28, 2019 at 4:03 am
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    Appliying these procedure, you didn´t unlock anything. The voices are seen but are not able to be used.

    1. Anonymous said on July 20, 2020 at 9:10 am
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      Hatte auch den Fehler!
      Man muss für jeden Eintrag 2x den Pfad ändern.
      Liebe Grüße
      Johannes

  13. Kanha said on November 6, 2019 at 4:14 pm
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    Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!

  14. Anonymous said on December 18, 2019 at 6:56 pm
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    thank you so much.

  15. Anonymous said on January 9, 2020 at 3:47 am
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    I get “Can not synthesize the speech: Class is not registered.” When trying to use the MarkM voice.

  16. Anon123998 said on January 15, 2020 at 7:08 am
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    Great, it works with https://balabolka.en.softonic.com/. I got Cortana to say words like “fuck” without her censoring it. However, the inflection and timing doesn’t seem to be as good as when Cortana speaks after saying “Hey Cortana”; maybe inflection and timing is only polished for premade things that she says.

  17. Bullshit! said on March 4, 2020 at 8:13 pm
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    It doesn’t work
    Confirmed on 3/4/2020

  18. JM said on April 25, 2020 at 12:47 pm
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    One shouldn’t need to go through so much trouble… there’s definitely something wrong here.

  19. ydntk said on June 10, 2020 at 12:04 pm
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    their is a software which i developed that registers all the voices and any voices you want if you have the language packs installed

    1. David Bannister said on June 10, 2020 at 7:38 pm
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      To ydntk- I’m interested to know more about your software, especially if it can be used without having to take lots of aspirins! Lol.

  20. Shaheen said on June 15, 2020 at 11:01 am
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    Sir this procedure doesn’t work for hindi tts.

  21. Anonymous said on July 26, 2020 at 12:47 pm
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    Working 100%. You are genius.

  22. alain smithee said on August 7, 2020 at 10:50 pm
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    I suggest showing the files in a two column table with the items that need to be changed highlighted. This would make editing the files easier.

  23. Anonymous said on September 22, 2020 at 3:54 pm
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    downloaded them and tested them in the default voice selector. Seem to be fine

  24. Duangdao T. said on October 11, 2020 at 9:43 pm
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    Thank you very much ,this post solve my question.Thumb up!

  25. James H Cox said on November 3, 2020 at 10:27 pm
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    Have gotten the following installed in Balabolka and they are working:
    Microsoft David Desktop
    Microsoft Zira Desktop
    Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (en-G8, Hazel)
    Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (en-US Helen)
    Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (en-US ZiraPro)

    Howeverm I can’t figure out appropriate names for the MS Server Speech ones to use in Balabolka’s voice setting parameter:

    Anyone succeeded with this?

  26. James H Cox said on November 3, 2020 at 10:29 pm
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    Looks like the angle brackets apparently caused the command I was referencing to be stripped out of my reply. Removing them leaves this:

    voice required=”Name=Microsoft Zira Desktop”

  27. Sirrah said on November 14, 2020 at 3:20 pm
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    Followed all steps, read and tried multiple times, but somehow the edited .reg files are not added to the registry.

    I tried adding MarkM voice (just like in the example) and restarted my pc

    But when I check the paths:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_MarkM]
    &
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\SPEECH\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enUS_MarkM]
    in the reg editor, nothing has been added :-(

    I only see Hazel, David and Zira..

  28. Sirrah said on November 14, 2020 at 3:39 pm
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    I just followed all steps (several times now). But nothing seems to get added to my registry.

    In the registry editor I browsed to both locations, but there’s only just the default voices: Hazel, David and Zira..

    I did exactly as described, but I cant get voice Mark to be added…
    Yes I did restart after each try.

    1. Sirrah said on November 14, 2020 at 3:51 pm
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      Also, each time I tried to merge I got the registry editor prompt:

      The keys and values contained in blablabla….markm.reg have been successfully added to the registry

      However Mark isn’t visible in the registry editor :-(

  29. Sirrah said on November 16, 2020 at 6:33 am
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    Nevermind… In my copy paste action, I somehow missed a few brackets…

    It’s working now!

  30. Marv Anderson said on February 24, 2021 at 10:38 pm
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    This was an incredible help to me, so thanks so much for posting such a thorough explanation.

  31. Nathan said on May 1, 2021 at 5:35 pm
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    Thank you Martin. It worked exactly as described.

  32. Huub van Baal said on October 14, 2021 at 5:23 pm
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    Thanks very much Martin! It took me some time to find your information on the internet. But now all of my installed system languages are also available from the ‘read aloud’ configurations pop-up in Calibre.

  33. Geert said on November 28, 2021 at 12:55 pm
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    Perfect solution! Everything else I tried did not work.

  34. damien said on March 21, 2022 at 9:59 am
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    Hello,

    I developed a small tool which allows to patch the installed voices to make them available for the .NET text-to-speech engine.

    The tool copies selected items from the “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Voices\Tokens” key to “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens”.

    If you’re interested : https://www.dipisoft.com/file/TTSVoicePatcher.zip (it’s freeware, FR/EN)

    Due to the manipulation of keys in HKLM, the tool requires administrator rights to be launched.

    Regards.

    1. Peter said on April 8, 2022 at 2:37 pm
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      Indeed, this solution is much easier to implement! Thank you very much for sharing this tool!

      It would have been perfect if you had additionally opened the source code.

      Peter.

  35. Klaas said on May 3, 2022 at 3:22 pm
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    May 2022, on windows 11 it worked like a charme , thank you

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