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Thomas_V_Hinshaw
Mar 26, 2025Copper Contributor
Changing Default Text to Speech Voice from David - bug work-around
The default voice choice for Text to Speech in a new Windows 11 OS installation is set to "David". For at least some applications (including VoiceAttack software I use regularly), trying to change t...
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May 28, 2025Copper Contributor
I want enAU_JamesM as the default voice and pasted the key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens\MSTTS_V110_enAU_JamesM
then deleted,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens\TTS_MS_EN-US_DAVID_11.0
The default voice is now, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech\Voices\Tokens\TTS_MS_EN-US_ZIRA_11.0
Please advise.