diff --git a/includes/Classifai/Providers/Azure/ComputerVision.php b/includes/Classifai/Providers/Azure/ComputerVision.php
index 00ee86901..2a9555610 100644
--- a/includes/Classifai/Providers/Azure/ComputerVision.php
+++ b/includes/Classifai/Providers/Azure/ComputerVision.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public function reset_settings() {
 	 *
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	private function get_default_settings() {
+	public function get_default_settings() {
 		return [
 			'valid'                 => false,
 			'url'                   => '',
diff --git a/includes/Classifai/Providers/Azure/Personalizer.php b/includes/Classifai/Providers/Azure/Personalizer.php
index e9600cef6..c094e1306 100644
--- a/includes/Classifai/Providers/Azure/Personalizer.php
+++ b/includes/Classifai/Providers/Azure/Personalizer.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public function reset_settings() {
 	 *
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	private function get_default_settings() {
+	public function get_default_settings() {
 		return [
 			'authenticated' => false,
 			'url'           => '',
diff --git a/includes/Classifai/Providers/Azure/TextToSpeech.php b/includes/Classifai/Providers/Azure/TextToSpeech.php
index 8ceeffba1..6be9b1c51 100644
--- a/includes/Classifai/Providers/Azure/TextToSpeech.php
+++ b/includes/Classifai/Providers/Azure/TextToSpeech.php
@@ -194,6 +194,20 @@ public function setup_fields_sections() {
 			]
 		);
 
+		add_settings_field(
+			'default',
+			esc_html__( 'Enabled by default', 'classifai' ),
+			[ $this, 'render_input' ],
+			$this->get_option_name(),
+			$this->get_option_name(),
+			[
+				'label_for'     => 'default',
+				'input_type'    => 'checkbox',
+				'default_value' => $default_settings['default'],
+				'description'   => esc_html__( 'Determines if audio generation is on by default for individual items.', 'classifai' ),
+			]
+		);
+
 		if ( ! empty( $voices_options ) ) {
 			add_settings_field(
 				'voice',
@@ -265,6 +279,19 @@ public function sanitize_settings( $settings ) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		$checkbox_settings = [
+			'default',
+		];
+
+		foreach ( $checkbox_settings as $checkbox_setting ) {
+
+			if ( empty( $settings[ $checkbox_setting ] ) || 1 !== (int) $settings[ $checkbox_setting ] ) {
+				$current_settings[ $checkbox_setting ] = 'no';
+			} else {
+				$current_settings[ $checkbox_setting ] = '1';
+			}
+		}
+
 		if ( isset( $settings['voice'] ) && ! empty( $settings['voice'] ) ) {
 			$current_settings['voice'] = sanitize_text_field( $settings['voice'] );
 		} else {
@@ -427,7 +454,7 @@ public function get_provider_debug_information( $settings = null, $configured =
 	/**
 	 * Returns the default settings.
 	 */
-	private function get_default_settings() {
+	public function get_default_settings() {
 		return [
 			'credentials'   => array(
 				'url'     => '',
@@ -436,6 +463,7 @@ private function get_default_settings() {
 			'voices'        => array(),
 			'voice'         => '',
 			'authenticated' => false,
+			'default'       => true,
 			'post-types'    => array(),
 		];
 	}
@@ -464,9 +492,12 @@ function( $post_type ) {
 			$supported_post_types,
 			'classifai_synthesize_speech',
 			array(
-				'get_callback'    => function( $object ) {
+				'get_callback'    => function( $object ) use ( $settings ) {
 					$process_content = get_post_meta( $object['id'], self::SYNTHESIZE_SPEECH_KEY, true );
-					return ( 'no' === $process_content ) ? 'no' : 'yes';
+					if ( empty( $process_content ) || ! in_array( $process_content, [ 'no', 'yes' ], true ) ) {
+						$process_content = ( 'no' === $settings['default'] ) ? 'no' : 'yes';
+					}
+					return $process_content;
 				},
 				'update_callback' => function ( $value, $object ) {
 					$value = ( 'no' === $value ) ? 'no' : 'yes';
@@ -525,7 +556,10 @@ public function render_meta_box( $post ) {
 		wp_nonce_field( 'classifai_text_to_speech_meta_action', 'classifai_text_to_speech_meta' );
 
 		$process_content = get_post_meta( $post->ID, self::SYNTHESIZE_SPEECH_KEY, true );
-		$process_content = ( 'no' === $process_content ) ? 'no' : 'yes';
+		if ( empty( $process_content ) || ! in_array( $process_content, [ 'no', 'yes' ], true ) ) {
+			$default         = $this->get_settings( 'default' );
+			$process_content = ( 'no' === $default ) ? 'no' : 'yes';
+		}
 
 		$post_type       = get_post_type_object( get_post_type( $post ) );
 		$post_type_label = esc_html__( 'Post', 'classifai' );
diff --git a/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/ChatGPT.php b/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/ChatGPT.php
index 97cea4360..098f0dcf9 100644
--- a/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/ChatGPT.php
+++ b/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/ChatGPT.php
@@ -398,7 +398,10 @@ public function reset_settings() {
 	 *
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	private function get_default_settings() {
+	public function get_default_settings() {
+		if ( ! function_exists( 'get_editable_roles' ) ) {
+			require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/user.php' );
+		}
 		$editable_roles = get_editable_roles() ?? [];
 
 		return [
diff --git a/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/DallE.php b/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/DallE.php
index 7147d6523..8921211c0 100644
--- a/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/DallE.php
+++ b/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/DallE.php
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ public function reset_settings() {
 	 *
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	private function get_default_settings() {
+	public function get_default_settings() {
 		return [
 			'authenticated'    => false,
 			'api_key'          => '',
diff --git a/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/Embeddings.php b/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/Embeddings.php
index cefe95b69..158bd2464 100644
--- a/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/Embeddings.php
+++ b/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/Embeddings.php
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public function reset_settings() {
 	 *
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	private function get_default_settings() {
+	public function get_default_settings() {
 		return [
 			'authenticated'         => false,
 			'api_key'               => '',
diff --git a/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/Whisper.php b/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/Whisper.php
index 2beb0640f..6ffce1b91 100644
--- a/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/Whisper.php
+++ b/includes/Classifai/Providers/OpenAI/Whisper.php
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ public function reset_settings() {
 	 *
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	private function get_default_settings() {
+	public function get_default_settings() {
 		return [
 			'authenticated'      => false,
 			'api_key'            => '',
diff --git a/includes/Classifai/Providers/Provider.php b/includes/Classifai/Providers/Provider.php
index 488886b08..f176f2484 100644
--- a/includes/Classifai/Providers/Provider.php
+++ b/includes/Classifai/Providers/Provider.php
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public function register_settings() {
 	 * @return string|array|mixed
 	 */
 	public function get_settings( $index = false ) {
-		$defaults = [];
+		$defaults = $this->get_default_settings();
 		$settings = get_option( $this->get_option_name(), [] );
 		$settings = wp_parse_args( $settings, $defaults );
 
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ public function get_settings( $index = false ) {
 		return $settings;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the default settings.
+	 */
+	public function get_default_settings() {
+		return [];
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Generic text input field callback
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/Classifai/Providers/Azure/ComputerVisionTest.php b/tests/Classifai/Providers/Azure/ComputerVisionTest.php
index b2b59e2e0..c9a752627 100644
--- a/tests/Classifai/Providers/Azure/ComputerVisionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Classifai/Providers/Azure/ComputerVisionTest.php
@@ -81,14 +81,30 @@ public function test_smart_crop_image() {
 
 
 	/**
-	 * Ensure that settings returns empty array of the `classifai_computer_vision` is not set.
+	 * Ensure that settings returns default settings array if the `classifai_computer_vision` is not set.
 	 */
 	public function test_no_computer_vision_option_set() {
 		delete_option( 'classifai_computer_vision' );
 
 		$settings = $this->get_computer_vision()->get_settings();
 
-		$this->assertSame( $settings, array() );
+		$this->assertSame( $settings, [
+			'valid'                 => false,
+			'url'                   => '',
+			'api_key'               => '',
+			'enable_image_captions' => array(
+				'alt'         => 0,
+				'caption'     => 0,
+				'description' => 0,
+			),
+			'enable_image_tagging'  => true,
+			'enable_smart_cropping' => false,
+			'enable_ocr'            => false,
+			'enable_read_pdf'       => false,
+			'caption_threshold'     => 75,
+			'tag_threshold'         => 70,
+			'image_tag_taxonomy'    => 'classifai-image-tags',
+		] );
 	}
 
 	/**