How to Train a Personal Voice in iOS 17 on iPhone

Over the years, Apple has consistently addednew accessibility featuresto the iPhone to help people with cognitive and speech disabilities. Live Speech is one such great feature that allows people with ALS (or similar voice impairments) to communicate in a better way. Now, Apple is ready to raise its already high-set bar with a new accessibility tool named Personal Voice in iOS 17. It is one of thebest new features of iOS 17that lets you train and use your voice to communicate with your friends and family. Rather than a generic robotic voice, the iPhone will read out sentences in your “personal” voice in iOS 17.

Unarguably, it’s a useful feature for people who are at risk of losing their voice or the ability to speak. Users who are in the early stages of voice impairments can preserve their voice for future communications. So, in this guide, we will show you how to set up, train, and use a Personal Voice in iOS 17.

Things to Remember

How to Enable Personal Voice in iOS 17 on iPhone

How to Enable Personal Voice in iOS 17 on iPhone

  1. OpenSettings -> Accessibility.

  2. Under Speech, tap Personal Voice and choose theCreate a Personal Voiceoption.

  3. TapContinue.When prompted, go through the instructions and tapContinueagain.

  4. Then, input aname for your voiceand tap the Continue button.

How to Train a Personal Voice in iOS 17 on iPhone

How to Train a Personal Voice in iOS 17 on iPhone

Step 1: Record Your Voice

  1. Tap theRecord iconto check the sound quality and narrate the phrase shown on your screen.

  2. In case there’s background noise or you didn’t follow the instructions correctly, you will see a warning message on the screen.

  3. Now, sit in a quiet environment, hold your iPhone approx 6 inches from your mouth, and start dictating the phrases that appear on your screen. This will take somewhere around 15 to 30 minutes. It’s not mandatory to complete the entire recording process in one session. You can record in segments and add more of them later.

  4. If you think you have mispronounced something and want to record again, press theprevious iconand tap thereplay button.You can also listen to the recorded phrases.

Step 2: Put iPhone on Charge & Wait

  1. Once you reach theYou’ve Finished Recordingscreen, tap Continue.

  2. Next, you will see thePreparing Your Personal Voicescreen, tap Done.

  3. You will then need to plug in your iPhone to charge (with the screen locked) to finish setting up the Personal Voice on your iPhone.

  4. When you see a pop-up asking you permission to send notifications, tap Allow.

  5. Finally, tapDoneto complete the initial setup.

  6. While your iPhone is charging and the screen is locked, it will automatically generate your Personal Voice in the background. You will get a notification when your Personal Voice is ready to use.

How to Use Personal Voice in iOS 17 on iPhone

Once your Personal Voice is trained and ready, you can use it with another accessibility feature called Live Speech. It lets you type what you want to say on your iPhone and then narrates it using your trained Personal Voice, rather than the pre-trained robotic voices. Here’s how to use Personal Voice on iPhone in iOS 17.

  1. Open Settings -> Accessibility -> Live Speech andturn on the sliderfor Live Speech.

  2. Choose Favorite Phrasesandtap the + iconfrom the top-right corner.

  3. Type a phrase of your choice and tapSave.

  4. Repeat this process to create multiple phrases.

  5. Now, go back to theLive Speech screenand tap the language option underVoices.

  6. Here, tapPersonal Voiceand choose the one that you have created.

  7. Now, whenever you want to narrate a phrase in your voice,press the power buttonthree timesto access Live Speech. You can tap phrases to choose from your preferred phrases or type in a phrase and hit the send button to have it narrated.

  8. Once you are done using the Live Speech, tap thecross buttonto close the option.

Frequently Asked Questions

Personal Voice is an accessibility feature in iOS 17 that lets you create a voice that sounds exactly like you. This iOS 17 feature is designed to deliver valuable assistance to people who are at risk of speech loss due to ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) or similar health conditions. It uses on-device machine learning and a set of pre-defined prompts to mimic your voice for more natural communication.

On your iPhone running iOS 17, go toSettings -> Accessibility -> Personal Voiceand tapCreate a Personal Voice.Then, tapContinueand follow the on-screen instructions to set up Personal Voice.

The initial setup which consists of recording the audio clips to train Personal Voice on iOS 17 takes 15 to 30 minutes. That said, it can take up to several hours or even days to analyze the recorded clips and generate the personalized voice model.

Yes, you can use iOS 17 Personal Voice on other supported Apple devices that are connected to iCloud. For this, you need to go toSettings -> Accessibility -> Personal Voiceand turn ON theShare Across Devicesoption.

Yes, your Personal Voice Data remains absolutely confidential. It uses on-device machine learning to keep your information private and secure. Once generated, the data is seamlessly integrated with the Live Speech feature on your iPhone. So, even Apple can’t access your Personal Voice data.

Kanika Gogia

Kanika has been a loyal iPhone user since 2014 and loves everything Apple. With a Master’s in Computer Applications, passion for technology, and over five years of experience in writing, she landed at Beebom as an Apple Ecosystem Writer. She specializes in writing How To’s, troubleshooting guides, App features, and roundups for Apple users to help them make the best use of their gadgets. When not writing, she loves to try out new recipes and enjoy some family time.

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