How To Change Voice On Iphone

You can easily change the voice that your iPhone uses to speak to you with different features.
Whether it's for your iPhone's VoiceOver voice, or Siri's voice, choosing your preferred accent and gender for a speaking voice is easy.
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Don't like the tone your iPhone uses with you? Good news, you can change it. And while I hate to over-anthropomorphize technology, there is something endearing about personalizing the voice your iPhone uses to communicate with you.

If you're ready to veer from the factory setting standard American female voice your iPhone uses to chat with you, there's a simple way to make voice modifications.

Here's how, starting with VoiceOver:

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How to change the voice on your iPhone for VoiceOver

1. Open the Settings app.

2. Go to "Accessibility." The blue icon displays a person inside a circle.

3. Tap "VoiceOver" at the top, under the "Vision" category.

You can also search for "VoiceOver" in the Settings search bar.

4. Tap "Speech."

5. The default voice on your iPhone's factory setting is female voice "Samantha." Tap "Voice," at the top to pull up other VoiceOver voice options.

You can also add new languages on this page. All the ones available for download are for English speakers.

6. You can download a voice by tapping the cloud icon, or use a pre-downloaded one, including "Karen" with an Australian accent, or "Moira" with an Irish accent.

7. Make sure a blue checkmark is by the voice that you'd like to use from now on.

"Samatha," which also speaks with an American female's voice, has a distinct tone from "Siri."

How to change the voice on your iPhone for Siri

1. Open the Settings app.

2. Scroll to and open the "Siri & Search" tab.

3. Under the "Ask Siri" heading is a "Siri Voice" category. Open the tab.

The default factory setting voice will read "American (Female)," i.e., the Siri voice we know and are most familiar with.

4. Choose your preferred new Siri voice based on accent and gender.

You'll simply choose a voice by gender and accent, allowing you to impress your friends with your novel Siri voice.

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