Voiceover US Siri voices 2 through 5 sound like static-filled versions of Voice 1 (iPad, public beta 18.4)

By Hand2Mouth, 25 February, 2025

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As in the title. The only voice that sounds like itself is Voice 1. The others all sound like Voice 1, only worse--like Voice 1 with a sore throat. I deleted and redownloaded the voices and reset all settings, rebooted etc. I reported the bug but was wondering if it was just me.

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Comments

By Levi Gobin on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - 22:51

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

I’ve experienced this exact same issue.
I’ve experienced it on my Mac in earlier versions, but it would happen with other voices, not just voice one.

By Tuesdale daybreaker on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - 17:14

I do not have that problem at all because I am using voice four and that is working perfectly for me and I have the latest IOS public beta.

By Hand2Mouth on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - 19:28

What's weird in my case is that I initially had Voice 4 speaking like herself and clearly, but the presets like Narration and so forth were missing. So I thought those options would come back if I deleted and reinstalled the voice. I got Narration back, but Voice 4 itself had become Voice 1 with strep throat.