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===SAPI 5 Voices===

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[[Microsoft text-to-speech voices#Windows 2000 and Windows XP|Microsoft Sam]] is a commonly shipped SAPI 5 voice. In addition, [[Microsoft Office XP]] and [[Office 2003]] installed [[Lernout & Hauspie|L&H]] Michael and Michelle voices. The SAPI 5.1 SDK installs 3 more voices, ''[[Microsoft text-to-speech voices#Windows 2000 and Windows XP|Mike]]'', ''[[Microsoft text-to-speech voices#Windows 2000 and Windows XP|Mary]]'', and an additional testing voice known as ''[[Microsoft text-to-speech voices#Windows 2000 and Windows XP|Sample TTS Voice]]'' that uses prerecorded voice recordings instead of synthesized voices. [[Windows Vista]] and [[Windows 7|7]] includes [[Microsoft text-to-speech voices#Windows Vista and Windows 7|Microsoft Anna]] which replaces Microsoft Sam and sounds more natural and intelligible; it is also installed on Windows XP by [[Microsoft Streets & Trips]] 2006 and later versions. The Chinese version of Vista and [[Windows 7|7]] also includeincludes a female voice named [[Microsoft text-to-speech voices#Windows Vista and Windows 7|Microsoft Lili]]. [[Windows 8]] and later Windows client versions includes [[Microsoft text-to-speech voices#Windows 8 and Windows 8.1|Microsoft David]], [[Microsoft text-to-speech voices#Windows 8 and Windows 8.1|Zira]], and [[Microsoft text-to-speech voices#Windows 8 and Windows 8.1|Hazel]], the latter of which is only included by default on Windows 8 and [[Windows 8.1|8.1]]. These voices replaced Microsoft Anna and sounds more natural and intelligible than previous voices.

===Managed code Speech API===