The following table explains what languages and text-to-speech (TTS) voices are available in the latest version of Windows.
Note: Narrator also provides three US English natural sounding voices, refer to section Natural voices.
|
Language, country, or region |
Male TTS voice |
Female TTS voice |
|---|---|---|
|
Arabic |
Not applicable |
Hoda |
|
Arabic (Saudi Arabia) |
Naayf |
Not applicable |
|
Bulgarian |
Ivan |
Not applicable |
|
Catalan |
Not applicable |
Herena |
|
Chinese (Simplified) |
Kangkang |
Huihui, Yaoyao |
|
Cantonese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR) |
Danny |
Tracy |
|
Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) |
Zhiwei |
Yating, Hanhan |
|
Croatian |
Matej |
Not applicable |
|
Czech (Czech Republic) |
Jakub |
Not applicable |
|
Danish |
Not applicable |
Helle |
|
Dutch |
Frank |
Not applicable |
|
English (Australia) |
James |
Catherine |
|
English (Canada) |
Richard |
Linda |
|
English (Great Britain) |
George |
Hazel, Susan |
|
English (India) |
Ravi |
Heera |
|
English (Ireland) |
Sean |
Not applicable |
|
English (United States) |
David, Mark |
Zira |
|
Finnish |
Not applicable |
Heidi |
|
Flemish (Belgian Dutch) |
Bart |
Not applicable |
|
French (Canada) |
Claude |
Caroline |
|
French (France) |
Paul |
Hortence, Julie |
|
French (Switzerland) |
Guillaume |
Not applicable |
|
German (Austria) |
Michael |
Not applicable |
|
German (Germany) |
Stefan |
Hedda, Katja |
|
German (Switzerland) |
Karsten |
Not applicable |
|
Greek |
Stefanos |
Not applicable |
|
Hebrew |
Asaf |
Not applicable |
|
Hindi (India) |
Hemant |
Kalpana |
|
Hungarian (Hungary) |
Szabolcs |
Not applicable |
|
Indonesian (Indonesia) |
Andika |
Not applicable |
|
Italian |
Cosimo |
Elsa |
|
Japanese |
Ichiro |
Ayumi, Haruka |
|
Malay |
Rizwan |
Not applicable |
|
Norwegian |
Jon |
Not applicable |
|
Polish (Poland) |
Adam |
Paulina |
|
Portuguese (Brazil) |
Daniel |
Maria |
|
Portuguese (Portugal) |
Not applicable |
Helia |
|
Romanian (Romania) |
Andrei |
Not applicable |
|
Russian (Russia) |
Pavel |
Irina |
|
Slovak (Slovakia) |
Filip |
Not applicable |
|
Slovenian |
Lado |
Not applicable |
|
Korean |
Not applicable |
Heami |
|
Spanish (Spain) |
Pablo |
Helena, Laura |
|
Spanish (Mexico) |
Raul |
Sabina |
|
Swedish |
Bengt |
Not applicable |
|
Tamil |
Valluvar |
Not applicable |
|
Thai (Thailand) |
Pattara |
Not applicable |
|
Turkish |
Tolga |
Not applicable |
|
Vietnamese |
An |
Not applicable |
Add a TTS voice to your PC
To use one of these voices, add it to your PC:
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Open Narrator settings by pressing the Windows logo key + Ctrl + N.
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Under Narrator’s voice, select Add legacy voices. This will take you to the Speech settings page.
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Under Manage voices, select Add voices.
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Select the language you would like to install voices for and select Add. The new voices will download and be ready for use in a few minutes, depending on your internet download speed.
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Once the voices for the new languages are downloaded, go to Narrator settings, and select your preferred voice from the dropdown menu in Narrator’s voice > Choose a voice.
Natural voices
Narrator supports three natural sounding voices in Windows 11, version 22H2 and later. Not sure which version of Windows you have? See: Find Windows version.
|
Language, country, or region |
Male TTS voice |
Female TTS voice |
|---|---|---|
|
English (United States) |
Guy |
Jenny, Aria |
Add a natural voice to your PC
To use one of the natural voices, add it to your PC:
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Open Narrator Settings by pressing the Windows logo key + Ctrl + N.
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Under Narrator’s voice, select the Add button next to Add natural voices.
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Select the voice you want to install. You can install all voices, but you must install them separately.
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To hear a preview of the voice, select Preview.
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To start the download of the selected voice, select Install. The new voice will download and be ready for use in a few minutes, depending on your internet download speed.
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When the new voice has downloaded, go to Narrator settings, and select your preferred voice from the drop-down menu in Narrator’s voice > Choose a voice.
Next: Appendix B: Narrator keyboard commands and touch gestures
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The following table explains what languages and text-to-speech (TTS) voices are available in the latest version of Windows.
|
Language, country, or region |
Male TTS voice |
Female TTS voice |
|---|---|---|
|
Arabic |
Not applicable |
Hoda |
|
Arabic (Saudi Arabia) |
Naayf |
Not applicable |
|
Bulgarian |
Ivan |
Not applicable |
|
Catalan |
Not applicable |
Herena |
|
Chinese (Simplified) |
Kangkang |
Huihui, Yaoyao |
|
Cantonese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR) |
Danny |
Tracy |
|
Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) |
Zhiwei |
Yating, Hanhan |
|
Croatian |
Matej |
Not applicable |
|
Czech (Czech Republic) |
Jakub |
Not applicable |
|
Danish |
Not applicable |
Helle |
|
Dutch |
Frank |
Not applicable |
|
English (Australia) |
James |
Catherine |
|
English (Canada) |
Richard |
Linda |
|
English (Great Britain) |
George |
Hazel, Susan |
|
English (India) |
Ravi |
Heera |
|
English (Ireland) |
Sean |
Not applicable |
|
English (United States) |
David, Mark |
Zira |
|
Finnish |
Not applicable |
Heidi |
|
Flemish (Belgian Dutch) |
Bart |
Not applicable |
|
French (Canada) |
Claude |
Caroline |
|
French (France) |
Paul |
Hortence, Julie |
|
French (Switzerland) |
Guillaume |
Not applicable |
|
German (Austria) |
Michael |
Not applicable |
|
German (Germany) |
Stefan |
Hedda, Katja |
|
German (Switzerland) |
Karsten |
Not applicable |
|
Greek |
Stefanos |
Not applicable |
|
Hebrew |
Asaf |
Not applicable |
|
Hindi (India) |
Hemant |
Kalpana |
|
Hungarian (Hungary) |
Szabolcs |
Not applicable |
|
Indonesian (Indonesia) |
Andika |
Not applicable |
|
Italian |
Cosimo |
Elsa |
|
Japanese |
Ichiro |
Ayumi, Haruka |
|
Malay |
Rizwan |
Not applicable |
|
Norwegian |
Jon |
Not applicable |
|
Polish (Poland) |
Adam |
Paulina |
|
Portuguese (Brazil) |
Daniel |
Maria |
|
Portuguese (Portugal) |
Not applicable |
Helia |
|
Romanian (Romania) |
Andrei |
Not applicable |
|
Russian (Russia) |
Pavel |
Irina |
|
Slovak (Slovakia) |
Filip |
Not applicable |
|
Slovenian |
Lado |
Not applicable |
|
Korean |
Not applicable |
Heami |
|
Spanish (Spain) |
Pablo |
Helena, Laura |
|
Spanish (Mexico) |
Raul |
Sabina |
|
Swedish |
Bengt |
Not applicable |
|
Tamil |
Valluvar |
Not applicable |
|
Thai (Thailand) |
Pattara |
Not applicable |
|
Turkish |
Tolga |
Not applicable |
|
Vietnamese |
An |
Not applicable |
Add a TTS voice to your PC
To use one of these voices, add it to your PC:
-
Open Narrator settings by pressing the Windows logo key + Ctrl + N.
-
Under Personalize Narrator’s voice, select Add more voices. This will take you to the Speech settings page.
-
Under Manage voices, select Add voices.
-
Select the language you would like to install voices for and select Add. The new voices will download and be ready for use in a few minutes, depending on your internet download speed.
-
Once the voices for the new languages are downloaded, go to Narrator settings, and select your preferred voice under Personalize Narrator’s voice > Choose a voice.
Next: Appendix B: Narrator keyboard commands and touch gestures
Go back to the Table of Contents
