This tutorial will show you how to change the voice Narrator uses for speech by default for your account in Windows 11.
Narrator is a screen reader included with Windows 11 that describes what's on your screen. Narrator lets you use your PC without a mouse to complete common tasks if you’re blind or have low vision. It reads and interacts with things on the screen, like text and buttons. Use Narrator to read and write email, browse the internet, and work with documents.
Narrator can use installed legacy and natural voices.
Legacy voices are not always great to listen to. Especially for cases when you may want to read an article or extended text.
Natural voices use modern, on-device text to speech and once downloaded are supported without an internet connection.
Reference:
Appendix A: Supported languages and voices - Microsoft Support
Learn which languages are supported in Narrator in Windows and how to adjust your Narrator Settings.
support.microsoft.com
The voice you choose for Narrator is saved to the SpeechVoice string value in the registry key below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Narrator\NoRoam
Here's How:
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Accessibility on the left side, and click/tap on Narrator on the right side. (see screenshot below)
Open Narrator settings (Win+Ctrl+N)
3 Under Narrator’s voice, select a voice you want in the Choose a voice drop menu. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now close Settings if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
