Create a Personal Voice on your iPhone, iPad or Mac
With Personal Voice, you can create a synthesised voice that sounds like your own to communicate with family and friends. Use your Personal Voice to type to speak in FaceTime and phone calls, assistive communication apps and in-person conversations.
Here’s what you’ll need
iOS 17, iPadOS 17 or macOS Sonoma or later
One of these devices:
iPhone 12 or later
iPad Air (5th generation)
iPad Air 11-inch (M2)
iPad Air 13-inch (M2)
iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) or later
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation) or later
iPad Pro 13-inch (M4)
Face ID, Touch ID or a device passcode or password
Personal Voice is available in English and Mandarin Chinese (China mainland).
Create a Personal Voice
To create a Personal Voice, read a series of randomly chosen text prompts to record 15 minutes of audio. If you have difficulty pronouncing or reading full sentences, you can also choose to record short, three-word phrases.
Your speech will be processed securely on device overnight while your device is charging and connected to Wi-Fi.
You can create multiple voices on each device.
On your iPhone or iPad
Open the Settings app. Tap Accessibility, then tap Personal Voice.
Tap Create a Personal Voice.
Follow the onscreen instructions to record your voice.
To pause your recording session, tap Done or close the Settings app. Your progress will be saved.
To resume a recording session:
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Personal Voice.
Tap the Personal Voice you want to continue creating.
Tap Continue Recording, then follow the onscreen instructions.
On your Mac
Choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, then click Personal Voice.
Click Create a Personal Voice.
Follow the onscreen instructions to record your voice.
To pause your recording session, click Done. Your progress will be saved.
To resume a recording session:
Choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, then click Personal Voice.
Click the Show Detail button
next to the Personal Voice you want to continue creating.Tap Continue Recording, then follow the onscreen instructions.
Delete a Personal Voice
After you’ve deleted a Personal Voice, you won’t be able to recover it.
On your iPhone or iPad
Open the Settings app. Tap Accessibility, then tap Personal Voice.
Tap the Personal Voice you want to delete.
Authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID, or enter your passcode.
Tap Delete Voice, then tap Delete Voice And Recordings to confirm.
On your Mac
Choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, then click Personal Voice.
Click the Show Detail button
next to the Personal Voice you want to delete.Enter your password.
Click Delete Voice, then click Delete Voice And Recordings to confirm.
Type to speak with your Personal Voice
With Live Speech, you can type and have your words spoken out loud using your Personal Voice that sounds like you.
Find out how to use your Personal Voice with Live Speech
Use your Personal Voice on other devices
Turn on Share Across Devices to sync your Personal Voice to other devices that are signed in to iCloud with your Apple ID. This will also save a copy of your voice in iCloud that can be reinstalled if you repair or replace a device.
To use your Personal Voice on your other devices, first make sure you turn on two-factor authentication for your Apple ID.
On your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Apple Vision Pro
Open the Settings app. Tap Accessibility, then tap Personal Voice.
Turn on Share Across Devices.
On your Mac
Choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, then click Personal Voice.
Turn on “Share across devices”.
About Personal Voice and privacy
Personal Voice is designed with privacy and security in mind. Personal Voice is encrypted and stored securely on device, so only you can access it with Face ID, Touch ID or your device passcode or password. When you share your Personal Voice across devices, iCloud will store your Personal Voice using end-to-end encryption.
Personal Voice can only be used with Live Speech and third-party apps that you allow, such as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) apps. You can control app access to Personal Voice in Settings (or System Settings) > Accessibility > Personal Voice. Additionally, the third-party apps you grant access to can’t capture speech from Personal Voice.
You can only use Personal Voice to create a voice that sounds like you on device, using your own voice and for your own personal, non-commercial use. Your Legacy Contact won’t be able to access your Personal Voice.
