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Missing TTS voices on some Windows systems
Hi! After the latest Anki update (yesterday), some TTS voices installed on my computer (Windows) stopped being recognized. In my case, this affects Portuguese and Arabic voices. I’ll attach the screenshot of installed TTS voices.
Originally reported on https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/tts-voices-not-recognized-after-latest-update/66313
I have a similar issue; with previous versions, it worked, but now it is not displaying all the installed languages that were previously working.
It is an ARM CPU, is this a know problem? Does it have a solution?
On Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 05:42 Damien Elmes @.***> wrote:
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Is it an ARM or AMD CPU? Windows version?
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Yes, arm
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It is an ARM CPU, is this a know problem? Does it have a solution?
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I have the same issue with the last update. Anki can't find many voices from Windows. For some languages I have i.e. Czech and Portuguese (Portugal), there is no sound at all. Downgraded to 25.02.7 and everything works fine.
If I use {{tts-voices:}} in the card template, I get this: TTS voices available: {{tts ar_EG voices=Microsoft_Hoda}} {{tts cs_CZ voices=Microsoft_Jakub}} {{tts de_DE voices=Microsoft_Hedda}} {{tts de_DE voices=Microsoft_Hedda}} {{tts de_DE voices=Microsoft_Katja}} {{tts de_DE voices=Microsoft_Stefan}} {{tts el_GR voices=Microsoft_Stefanos}} {{tts en_GB voices=Microsoft_George}} {{tts en_GB voices=Microsoft_Hazel}} {{tts en_GB voices=Microsoft_Hazel}} {{tts en_GB voices=Microsoft_Susan}} {{tts en_US voices=Microsoft_David}} {{tts en_US voices=Microsoft_David}} {{tts en_US voices=Microsoft_Mark}} {{tts en_US voices=Microsoft_Zira}} {{tts en_US voices=Microsoft_Zira}} {{tts es_ES voices=Microsoft_Helena}} {{tts es_ES voices=Microsoft_Helena}} {{tts es_ES voices=Microsoft_Laura}} {{tts es_ES voices=Microsoft_Pablo}} {{tts fr_FR voices=Microsoft_Hortense}} {{tts fr_FR voices=Microsoft_Hortense}} {{tts fr_FR voices=Microsoft_Julie}} {{tts fr_FR voices=Microsoft_Paul}} {{tts hi_IN voices=Microsoft_Hemant}} {{tts hi_IN voices=Microsoft_Kalpana}} {{tts it_IT voices=Microsoft_Cosimo}} {{tts it_IT voices=Microsoft_Elsa}} {{tts it_IT voices=Microsoft_Elsa}} {{tts pt_BR voices=Microsoft_Daniel}} {{tts pt_BR voices=Microsoft_Maria}} {{tts pt_BR voices=Microsoft_Maria}} {{tts pt_PT voices=Microsoft_Helia}} {{tts ru_RU voices=Microsoft_Irina}} {{tts ru_RU voices=Microsoft_Irina}} {{tts ru_RU voices=Microsoft_Pavel}} {{tts zh_CN voices=Microsoft_Huihui}} {{tts zh_CN voices=Microsoft_Huihui}} {{tts zh_CN voices=Microsoft_Kangkang}} {{tts zh_CN voices=Microsoft_Yaoyao}}
but in the last update (25.09) there are like 1-2 voices for English, 1 for German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese. and no others.
