Imagine losing the ability to speak and communicate with your loved ones. It sounds scary, right? What if you could maintain your unique voice and continue to express yourself? Even speaking becomes a challenge.
Apple’s Personal Voice and Live Speech features are advanced accessibility tools designed just for that. These innovative technologies allow you to create synthetic voices that sound just like you. It gives individuals at risk of speech loss an effective way to maintain their personal communication style.
Whether you are dealing with a progressive illness recovery from injury Or just need a backup method of communication, Personal Voice and Live Speech are an incredible solution.
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Live Speech and Personal Voice features on iPhone (Kurt “Cyber Guy” Nutsson)
How does Personal Voice work?
Personal Voice allows you to digitally create your own voice by recording a set of phrases. Here’s how it works:
- Personal sound synthesis: Record your voice using your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
- Focus on privacy: The audio is encrypted and stored securely on your device.
- Compatibility: Works with Apple devices running iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or macOS Sonoma or later.
Private Audio feature on iPhone
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Personal sound settings
Personal Voice lets you create synthetic sounds that sound like your own voice. But first, make sure you have a compatible device running iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or macOS Sonoma or later. Choose a quiet room. which has minimal reverberation or background noise You can pause and resume your recording session as needed. Here’s how to set it up:
On your iPhone or iPad:
- open Settings app
- That’s it. access
- click private voice
- touch “Create a personal tone”
- Verify correctness using Face ID, Touch ID or yours Device password
Steps to set up Personal Audio feature on iPhone (Kurt “Cyber Guy” Nutsson)
- click Continue.
- Click on Save button at the bottom of the screen
- Follow On-screen instructionswhich you must do “Read the sentence” on the screen to save 150 randomly selected phrases.
- It will tell you when you are done recording, then click. Continue.
Steps to set up Personal Audio feature on iPhone (Kurt “Cyber Guy” Nutsson)
On Mac:
Steps to set up the Personal Audio feature on Mac (Kurt “Cyber Guy” Nutsson)
- click System settings
- Then select access
- click private voice on the left side of the screen
- Then click “Create a personal tone”
Steps to set up the Personal Audio feature on Mac (Kurt “Cyber Guy” Nutsson)
- Verify correctness using touch ID, or yours Device password
- Then tap continue, already continue again.
Steps to set up the Personal Audio feature on Mac (Kurt “Cyber Guy” Nutsson)
- click continue one more time
- Click “Continue with the starting phrase”
- Click on Save button at the bottom of the screen to check the sound quality.
- Then tap finished.
Steps to set up the Personal Audio feature on Mac (Kurt “Cyber Guy” Nutsson)
- Follow On-screen instructionswhich you must do “Read the sentence” on the screen to save 150 randomly selected phrases. In this example, you would say, “Does he know how to speak Spanish?”
- Make sure it is set to continuous recording So you can read from one phrase to another without stopping.
- It will tell you when you are done recording, then click. Continue.
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Steps to set up the Personal Audio feature on Mac (Kurt “Cyber Guy” Nutsson)
NOTE: The device will create your personal voice after you complete the 150 phrase recording process, which typically takes a few hours to several days to process in its entirety. It securely processes your speech on your device overnight while it’s charging and connected to Wi-Fi. You can create multiple sounds on each device. And sound generation only occurs when your device is locked and charged.
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Using live words
Live Speech allows you to type what you want to say and say it out loud using your personal voice or other system sounds. How to set up and use Live Speech:
On iPhone/iPad:
- click Settings.
- touch access
- click live quotes
- Turn on the switch live quotes
Steps to use Live Speech on iPhone (Kurt “Cyber Guy” Nutsson)
On Mac:
- touch Apple menu.
- click System settings
- choose access
- click live quotes
Steps to use Live Speech on Mac (Kurt “Cyber Guy” Nutsson)
On Apple Watch:
- That’s it. Settings App.
- touch access
- click live quotes
- Turn on the switch live quotes
- Then scroll down and Choose a sound for use, including any personal sounds you create, if any.
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How to use live quotes
On iPhone/iPad:
- Click three times. Side or top buttons
- touch “Live speech”
- print your message
- touch “send” to make it speak out loud
On Mac:
- Click on Type to speak text box In the Live Speech window
- print your message
- Tap on play button to make it speak out loud
On Apple Watch:
- Triple click on digital crown
- touch live quotes
- Tap on the written area. “Type to speak”
- your typing message Using the letters below
- Tap “Send” to make it speak out loud
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Kurt’s key points
Private Live Voice and Speech provides a means of communication for people who may have lost the ability to speak and conveys deeply personal feelings by allowing the user to maintain their own voice. The ability to use these features across multiple Apple devices ensures continuity and accessibility in a variety of situations. From phone calls to in-person conversations, know that Apple has designed these features with privacy and security in mind. Personal Voice data is encrypted and stored securely on the device. and when shared between different devices It uses end-to-end encryption in iCloud.
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