In this episode, Thomas Domville introduces us to the new “per voice settings” introduced with iOS 17.
These can be found by navigating to Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Speech, and then selecting the language and desired TTS voice. After selecting the voice, flick up or down with one finger, or press space with dot 3 or dot 6 on a Braille display, to access the per voice settings.
The configurable parameters available vary by voice. For example, Vocalizer voices can tweak sentence pause and timbre, while for Alex you can adjust pitch range and words per minute.
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cool
Haha I just made Tessa a child. I love the eloquence stuff too, especially when you made it deap. Going to mess around with other voices soon. I will make a special voice.
I deleted all my activities...
so I can replace the voices I had with newer versions. This should be fun!
Amazing!
Thomas, thanks as always for the excellent walkthrough. I already use Eloquence and like it, but the effects that you demonstrated for these and other voices should be a joy. As an aside, some co-workers at a former job where I used Eloquence in JAWS always called me "Tight Shorts" whenever I encountered a capital letter or something and one of them walked by to check on me. Lol that was always a lot of fun.
the Pitch range option
I think tom miss-understood the pitch range option in Alex. the Pitch range is same as the inflection setting that we used to have in macOS and older iOS version. I'm glad they got it in iOS and I hope that they will bring back in macOS two.
hope this come to mac os too
hope this come to mac os too
Per voice settings on macOS
Per voice settings for VoiceOver voices can be accessed on macOS by opening VoiceOver Utility > Speech > Voices, choosing "Manage voices" from the voice popup menu, interacting with a voice in the list, and clicking the Info button. The same settings for Spoken Content can be accessed by going to System Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content, choosing "Manage voices" from the voice popup menu, interacting with a voice in the list, and clicking the Info button.