[inventor00]

I found a work around-
Go to Settings , Voice Command (under Personal tab).
Select Contacts, and hit Notifications.
Select :
-Announce notifications using Bluetooth hands free only
This option will cause all notifications to be spoken through an attached Bluetooth hands free device. If no Bluetooth headset is attached, notifications will be suppressed.
I have no idea why , but if there is a Bluetooth headset it will announce via the phone (not the headset) and if no Bluetooth, it will still announce via the phone. Yes, I tried all the settings here and this one (looks like it would not ) actually works.

The Voice Command version I downloaded from Handago is: 1.60.4622.0.

I have not figured out a way to get it to update to a later version from Microsoft, even though I paid for it.