Feature request: ability to "lock" into a single language and accent

[Nathan903]

Just wondering, would it be possible for there to be an option to "lock in" to a language (or languages)? Or maybe this feature already exist but I just missed the button?

E.g. I only speak two languages, and would like to "lock" into those two languages so my Talkie only speak those two languages even if it thinks the text is some other language. I currently have English (US) as the default. Whenever I go to an UK website, Talkie would start speaking in the UK accent, which I have to say is actually very amusing🤣. However it would be great if there is an option to force Talkie to use only the selected languages and not anything else.

PS: I tried removing unused languages from my operating system, but Windows 10 installs in language packages which I cannot individually only install US-English or individually remove UK-English

Steps to reproduce behavior

1. Install both US-English and UK-English voice on the computer
2. Set US-English as default
3. Go to an UK website (e.g. bbc.com) and start listening to the text

btw massive appreciation and kudos to Joel and other Talkie devs. Awesome project and without this I wouldnt be able to learn like I do now

[rokville]

+1 to this request (pardon me for not knowing Git-etiquette)

[joelpurra]

@Nathan903: you can set a preferred language, but only within the same "language group" and its dialects. As you have noticed, a voice in a "sibling-dialect" may be considered a better match than your preferred voice for the language group as a whole.

• Could allow selecting any voice dialect as the preferred voice for all other dialects in the same language group.
• Could let users ignore/disallow/block/remove certain languages/dialects/voices (see also #18).

Either solution would probably help. Not sure if/how/when I would implement this though, so no can't give an estimated roadmap.