This tutorial will show you how to change the speed, pitch, and volume of the Narrator voice 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.
Natural voices in Narrator use modern, on-device text to speech and once downloaded are supported without an internet connection.
You can adjust the voice speed, pitch, and volume to the level you want.
Reference:
Complete guide to Narrator | Microsoft Support
Learn how to use Narrator, a screen-reading app built into Windows, with this complete guide and how-to articles.
support.microsoft.com
Contents
- Option One: Change Narrator Voice Speed using Keyboard Shortcut
- Option Two: Change Narrator Voice Volume using Keyboard Shortcut
- Option Three: Change Narrator Voice Speed, Pitch, and Volume in Settings
- Option Four: Change Narrator Voice Speed in Registry Editor
- Option Five: Change Narrator Voice Pitch in Registry Editor
- Option Six: Change Narrator Voice Volume in Registry Editor
1 Turn on Narrator (
+ Ctrl + Enter).2 Press the Narrator key (Caps lock or Insert) + + keys to increase voice speed.
3 Press the Narrator key (Caps lock or Insert) + - keys to decrease voice speed.
1 Turn on Narrator (
+ Ctrl + Enter).2 Press the Narrator key (Caps lock or Insert) + Ctrl + + keys to increase voice volume.
3 Press the Narrator key (Caps lock or Insert) + Ctrl + - keys to increase voice volume.
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, click/tap on Choose a voice to expand it open. (see screenshot below step 4)
4 Adjust the voice Speed (10 default), Pitch (10 default), and/or Volume (100 default) to the level you want. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close Settings if you like.
1 Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
2 Navigate to the key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below step 3)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Narrator
3 In the right pane of the Narrator key, double click/tap on the SpeechSpeed DWORD value to modify it. (see screenshot below)
4 Select (dot) Decimal, enter a value data of 0 to 20 (10 is default) for the voice speed you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
A lower value will decrease voice speed, and a higher value will increase voice speed.
5 You can now close Registry Editor if you like.
1 Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
2 Navigate to the key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below step 3)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Narrator
3 In the right pane of the Narrator key, double click/tap on the SpeechPitch DWORD value to modify it. (see screenshot below)
4 Select (dot) Decimal, enter a value data of 0 to 20 (10 is default) for the voice pitch you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
A lower value will decrease voice pitch, and a higher value will increase voice pitch.
5 You can now close Registry Editor if you like.
1 Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
2 Navigate to the key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below step 3)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Narrator\NoRoam
3 In the right pane of the NoRoam key, double click/tap on the SpeechVolume DWORD value to modify it. (see screenshot below)
4 Select (dot) Decimal, enter a value data of 0 to 100 (100 is default) for the voice volume you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
A lower value will decrease voice volume, and a higher value will increase voice volume. 0 will mute voice volume.
5 You can now close Registry Editor if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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