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How to Uninstall Extra Voices

By James L, 14 July, 2021

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I use Big Sur 11.4.
I unchecked voices that I don't want in VoiceOver Utility > Speech > Voices.
For example, Daniel for British English and Karen for Australia.
I also made sure the list is the same in system preference > accessibility > spoken contents.
However, they still appear when I press vo+shift+command+arrow to select voice.
I also went to Macintosh HD/system/library/speech/voices, and nothing is there.
I rebooted, reset all setting for VoiceOver in VoiceOver Utility > File > Reset All VoiceOver Preferences.
Nothing helps. All the voices appear in the vo+shift+command+arrow.
How can I uninstall voices?
Thanks!

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same problem

By Justin Harris

1 year ago

I really hope someone has a solution for this, as I have the same problem. Thought it was just because I'm running the 12.0 beta, and also reported to Apple, but appears this isn't just a beta issue.
Thanks for posting this. I really do hope someone comes up with a fix.

I fixed mine. I'm not sure…

By James L

1 year ago

I fixed mine. I'm not sure if this will help you, but try it.
I checked the voices I want to delete in the customize dialog: VoiceOver Utility > Speech > voices .
I hit ok, let them install, and then rebooted.
Then went back into the same dialog, unchecked the same voices, and hit ok.
Then It asked me if I want to delete or keep. I chose delete.
I rebooted and they were gone finally.
I'm not sure if this would also work if you do it from the system preference > accessibility > spoken content > customize dialog.
Hope that helps, and hopefully Apple can fix this.

WoW! The voices are not removable!

By Unregistered User (not verified)

1 year ago

HI!
It is very strange that the extra voices cannot be removed without problems.
To pay so many dollars and to have those difficulties, it is not understandable for me.
It was just my opinion, certainly.
But it is very sad.
Cheers!

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