With macOS Sonoma, iOS 17, and iPadOS 17 Apple adds a Personal Voice feature designed to helps users with speech loss create a voice that sounds like them, then use it with Live Speech to communicate in FaceTime calls and in-person conversations.
How to create a Personal Voice on an iPhone or iPad. To create a Personal Voice, read a series of randomly chosen text prompts to record 15 minutes of audio. According to Apple, your speech is processed securely on device overnight while your device is charging and connected to Wi-Fi. You can create multiple voices on each device.
On your iPhone or iPad
- Open the Settings app. Tap Accessibility, then tap Personal Voice.
- Tap Create a Personal Voice.
- Follow the onscreen instructions to record your voice.
To pause your recording session, tap Done or close the Settings app. Your progress is saved.
To resume a recording session:
- Go to Settings > Accessibility > Personal Voice.
- Tap the Personal Voice that you want to continue creating.
- Tap Continue Recording, then follow the onscreen instructions.
(This how-to is based on my experiences and info on Apple’s support pages.)
