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This means that any web-based text to speech a pplication can leverage them to create more configurable and human sounding experiences in the new version of Microsoft Edge. It’s also worth noting that these voices have been exposed to developers through the JavaScript SpeechSynthesis API.

Adjust the reading speed by clicking on the “Voice options” button.

Select a voice with the 'Online' suffix (ex: Microsoft Jessa Online (Neutral)).

This will start Read Aloud and will also open the Read Aloud menu bar.

Select some text on the web page, right click it, and select “Read aloud selection”.

Update your Edge Dev or Canary to the latest available version (see below).

To Use Cloud Powered Voices in Microsoft Edge, Voices with “24kbps” in their title will sound clearer compared to other standard voices due to their improved audio bitrate.

Standard voices – These voices are the standard online voices offered by Microsoft Cognitive Services.

Neural voices – Powered by deep neu ral networks, t hese voices are the most natural sounding voices available today.

They come in two different styles and can be distinguished from other voices you may have installed on your computer by the fact that they have “Microsoft Online” in their names :

The update makes this process redundant.Ĭloud powered voices are p owered by Microsoft Cognitive Services. To resolve this issue, users were installing different voice packages/language packs. According to the official blog post, the feedback indicates the voices used in Read Aloud prior to this change were too robotic.