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How can I use a Siri voice as the VoiceOver voice on Mac?

By Karen, 8 August, 2018

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Hello! :-) I need some technical advice on VoiceOver. I want to use a Siri voice for it on Mac. I found it's possible to use Siri voices as VoiceOver on all other devices like iPhones and iPods, but Mac. I couldn't find them on the list of customized voices in MacBook Air. On my iPhone, I set Siri Male voice of British accent as VoiceOver. Now I'm using Serena - which I think is the best quality of all British voices - on Mac, but hope to replace it with the Siri Male. Is there any way to set a Siri voice that's not included in the customized VoiceOver voices? Or should I download any file or app and install it? Thank you!

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Don't Think So But...

By Ekaj

4 years 7 months ago

I don't think this is possible, but it seems you can use some of the VO voices on the Mac for Siri. This seems to work with Samantha and I think some other Vocalizer voices. It'd be cool though if this was possible. Someone please feel free to correct me but I don't think that works at this time.

Nope, you're right on this.

By Justin

4 years 7 months ago

Nope, you're right on this. Siri voices are not available system wide like they are on iOS, unfortunately. Maybe in MacOS mohave this will be available, but am not holding my breath.

Thank you!

By Karen

4 years 7 months ago

Thanks a lot for your kind replies. At times the differences among devices in functions make me confused. Hopefully more options will be available later on the Mac too. :-)

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