a few questions related to voiceover speech rate

By Daniil Gusev, 3 January, 2023

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macOS and Mac Apps

I welcome everyone. I noticed that the speed of speaking text when logging in when the macbook was just turned on, as well as the speed of voiceover speech in the terminal, is much lower than when working in other applications. And in general, the maximum speech rate feels slower than the same voiceover speech synthesizer on my iPhone. Can I somehow make voiceover speak faster in the terminal? Can I somehow speed up the used speech synthesizer above 100%, even if this would have to use some alternative methods that are not related to the voiceover settings?

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By mr grieves on Saturday, January 14, 2023 - 15:55

If anything, I'm sure the Mac voice speed is faster than my iPhone. I'm sure that since installing Ventura it got a whole lot faster too. (But I'm not a super speed VoiceOver user)

Have you tried changing the voice? Something like Alex or Eloquence is much, much faster than the other voices. You're probably already there, but I thought I'd mention it.

By Siobhan on Saturday, January 14, 2023 - 15:55

Since Ventera it's been moved around and a pain to set. I think it's always a bit slower so sighted people can hear things but I know you can speed it up.

By mr grieves on Saturday, January 14, 2023 - 15:55

If it is Spoken Content, it's under System Settings > Accessibility > Spoken Content and it has a slider for the speaking rate there. Might be worth a try.