Windows voice settings

Windows voice


Text-to-speech


1. Region and Language - Windows 10


To verify or change your Windows Text-to-speech voice settings:

  1. Click the Windows Start button
  2. Next, Click the Settings item on the Start Menu
  3. From the Settings dialog box, click the Time and Language item, then select Speech
  4. On the Speech tab, find the Text-to-speech item
  5. There is a list of voices, a slider to adjust the speed, and a Preview voice button
  6. Select the voice: Microsoft Catherine; Microsoft Zira; Microsoft Mark; or, Microsoft James
  1. This voice will then be available in Excel with the Application.Speech.Speak method

2. Sample code


Sample code using the Application.Speech.Speak method. Run the VoiceDemo macro to hear the result.



Code 1: Sub VoiceDemo converts a text string to speech 

Private Sub xlVoice(inString As String)
    Application.Speech.Speak inString
End Sub

Sub VoiceDemo()
    xlVoice "This is excel at finance dot com"
End Sub


Preview the audio from this mp3 media file. Download the mp3 file.