Accessibility - Text-to-Speech not synthesized into voice

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Bug

  • Players who have never enabled Text-to-Speech via Xbox/Game Bar settings OR who have changed their System Language/Location settings may encounter an issue where text-to-speech messages are not synthesized into voice.

Status

  • Known Issue - Workarounds (Oct. 4)
    • On PC: Open the Game Bar by entering “Game Bar” into the Search bar, or by using the keyboard shortcut: Windows Key + G. In Game Bar, navigate to Settings → Gaming features, then under Game Chat Transcription, check “Text-to-speech on” then relaunch the game.
    • On Xbox: Navigate to Xbox Settings → Accessibility → Game and chat transcription, then under Game transcription, check “Text-to-speech" then relaunch the game.