The following list is a small selection of free and open source solutions: I mentioned earlier that you can add third-party languages to Windows as well. Index of available text-to-speech languages in Windows 10 and 8 Language (Region)įree and Open Source text-to-speech languages
Installing a Text-to Speech language in Windows 8.1 You may install the full language pack, or only one component such as speech.Click on the language, and select Options.
If a language pack is found, it will be highlighted after a brief moment. You should see a notice that Windows is searching for language packs on Windows Update. Go back a page, and open the Region & Language page again.Wait for the selected language to install.Please note that text-to-speech capabilities are limited to the following languages: Chinese, English US, UK, India, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (Mexico and Spain). Select Time & Language > Region & Language from the window that opens.Use the keyboard shortcut Windows-I to open the Settings application.It is easy to install a new language in Windows 10: Installing new text-to-speech languages in Windows 10 Additionally, you may install third-party languages, language packs, or applications, that add even more voices to the operating system.