What VoiceOver voices do use on iOS, macOS, etc in 2023?

By Dominic, 24 July, 2023

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This was spoken about in 2016, and in 2018, but what about in 2023
What voices do you use on your Apple device
Personally for my phone I use Karen, Samantha, eloquence, and a mix of all the other languages
on my iPad I just use Karen, eloquence Alex and yeah
For my Apple Watch I use Karen
For all of my other devices I use the default voices
On my iPad at 2013 I use default Karen default Susan and Daniel default
So what voices do you use, post below

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By Mani on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 - 00:03

Tom for my Mac OSX and iOs. I sometimes use Ava and Daniel but for most of the time Tom is my choice.

By Dennis Long on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 - 00:03

Eloquence Reid all the way.

By Ali Colak on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 - 00:03

Eloquence Reid for English, eSpeak Max for Turkish.
I used Australian Karen when I first got into IOS (i disliked then and still dislike Samantha), then when Ava came along I used that for 6 years, but I always new that if Eloquence came along I would switch. Switched and havent looked back. Would I use a Turkish version of Eloquence if it came out, i would at least try and it would depend on the implementation, the lack of available languages the main flaw I can see in Eloquence.

By Lily Rose on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 - 00:03

I use Nicky on my iPhone and iPad, and love it! Highly recommend.

By Holger Fiallo on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 - 00:03

I tried all but went back to Tom, iPhone, watch and iPad.

By wiljames on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 - 00:03

Since my iPad Pro 2nd Gen does not have a newer processor, I cannot get access to the new voices for Siri which I use on my phone, so Eloquence it is. Nora, AKA Siri American Voice 4 is what I use on my phone.

By Lily Rose on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 - 00:03

Nora = siri voice 4, for those of you not familiar. Don't know why they don't say that in Settings, but...oh, well.

By Enes Deniz on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 - 00:03

Well, you made me think about some good points. Using different voices not only on different devices but also in different apps or cases may also make you pay more attention to the voice rather than focus on what the voice speaks. Well, if you need or prefer different voices for different languages, then switching back and forth among them will be inevitable, due most likely to the fact that not all voices have support for multiple languages, unless it is something like eSpeak-NG that you use.
Eloquence would most likely speak Turkish better than eSpeak-NG, just like the languages that it currently supports already. By the way, can we not request Apple to make Eloquence available in Japanese, Korean and Chinese too? As far as I know, these languages can now be spoken by Eloquence thanks to Code Factory's recent modifications.

By tunmi13 on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 - 00:03

I use Serena Enhanced. For awhile I used to use Nora, as well as Karen Premium, but iOS 16 would continuously cause VoiceOver to crash when using those voices. I temporarily switched to Samantha Compact to remedy that issue, but now I'm using Serena which is pretty stable. I guess I like it because she sounds professional and straightforward.