UPDATE: looking to download Hazel and the other non-English voices (except Lili) but can't figure out how? No problem, just install these language pack speech platforms in the settings app. Download language pack speech voices in settings app:English UK - Hazel German - Hedda French - Hortense Chinese Simplified - Huihui Chinese Traditional - Tracy Polish - Paulina Portuguese (Brazil) - Maria Spanish - Helena / Sabina Itallian - Elsa Japanese - Haruka Korean - Heami Russian - Irina Edit (): I notice a lot of people are having a problem where LH Michael and LH Michelle are not showing up in the Windows Control Panel. You most likely have the 64-bit version of windows, so you get the 64-bit control panel. The voices for Michael and Michelle are 32-bit only. To fix this issue, go to your run box and type the following (without quotes): '%windir% syswow64 speech speechux sapi.cpl' Hope this helps the problem most of you are facing. Edit (): Yes, I did just realize that Microsoft Heera was missing from this list of voices.

Compatible SAPI4 and SAPI5 free natural voices downloads from Microsoft and L&H. Microsoft SAPI 5.1 TTS Engine (with 3 English voices: Mary, Mike and Sam). After installing, close 2nd Speech Center and restart the program.

However, that is technically not my fault as I have had the voice in my list, but after a little while it somehow disappeared from the list. This is the only Microsoft Voice that I am missing in this section of tts voices. However, don't get too worried, because my mobile section still includes Microsoft Heera. New vampire weekend.

Edit 2 (): Do not try installing Microsoft Eva on Windows 8.1 or earlier. It will not work. This appears to be the only Windows 10 voice that has been specifically designed for Windows 10 only.

You have been warned. Edit 3 (): All of my SAPI 5 voices on my host computer (Windows 8.1). No longer work.

I was going to redo this all TTS Voices series with my Windows 8.1 host, however, every SAPI 5 voice appears to not be working for some reason. I think what happened is I had decided to install some Non-Microsoft voices. Unfortunately, that put me at a consequence. The last time it worked, I had Microsoft Sam, Mike, Mary, Anna, David, Hazel, Zira, Michael and Michelle.

However, between installing ModelTalker Jake from it appears as though after I selected that as the default voice in Narrator and between the time when I installed the RHVoice voices and engine as well as the language pack from the link above, it somehow just hangs there. No errors on the voices except for LH Michael, LH Michelle, and Microsoft Sam. However, they will just simply freeze upon selecting the voice that is not one of those three in control panel. They also do not work on any other SAPI 5 supported applications like NVDA and TypeIt ReadIt. It appears that my entire SAPI 5 Speech Synthesizer has been damaged. I have tried using the SAPI 5 repair tool and it found some missing items in the registry editor at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT SPEECH PhoneConverter and below that, some values within the English, French, and some other keys that I can't remember appear to have been deleted or corrupted.