Hello macropod,

Thank you for your answer; it will take me a couple of weeks to see the links you provided. and I will keep you posted.
However, here is what came new to me since my initial post:
I can easily set up the Microsoft voices that are provided in tokens.
Why do not the token accept voices from a third party? I guess as the third party would have a different attributes and strings and their value as well.

when i open the Microsoft speech, the third party voice appears i the "speech properties" window; but, even in that window i could not manually set up Julie voice as a default voice.

by they way, I am not a professional in VBA. But I am just trying to help some students (non-native English speakers) to help then listen to correct English in Canada/ Toronto.

Thank you.