Apple subtly introduces new accessibility-related features with each iOS version. The purpose of these features is to provide users and consumers with options on how to engage with and utilize their iPhones. Personal Voice is a new feature that was implemented when iOS 17 was announced. This new function, which allowed you to essentially train your iPhone to speak and sound like you, sounded fantastic. However, it has now been released for over two years. How does it function, then?
Watch our video below if you would like to see some of these features in action. The personal voice can be heard in the opening 20 seconds of the video.
A Guide to Set Up;
It does require some time, even if the setup procedure is really easy. It takes at least fifteen minutes to recite your voice, after which you must keep it locked and charging for it to render (I left it overnight). The steps are as follows:
In the Speech section, select Settings > Accessibility > Personal Voice.
Select “Create Personal Voice.”
You must schedule some time from now on to complete this. There will be 150 brief phrases that you will go through. These will just be questions, exclamations, and declarations. Your phone should be able to hear you in a variety of intonations and inflections. The entire process does take roughly fifteen minutes. Although you can halt it, I would advise against doing so as it tends to interfere with the procedure. When the phrases are finished, you will be prompted to leave the phone charging and locked so that the voice can process them. By the next morning, it ought to be prepared for use.
Now that everything is configured, you need to make sure it is switched on. A live speech component may be found under the Speech section, which is also where the Personal voice options are located. Make sure it is turned on by tapping in there. You will be able to use it when you need it because of this.
You triple-press your lock button to activate it once it’s switched on. This displays the live speech option on a menu. You can start typing what you want your phone to say in your voice by tapping on live speech. This user interface sits on top of whatever you are doing because it is an accessibility feature. You can still interact with the iPhone’s main screen while this is up, which is fantastic, in my opinion.
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