Hello AppleVis community! I have a few questions I hope you can answer about voices.
I have an ipad mini 4 running iOS 10, (Which I love but there are some bugs that are effecting how I have to use the iPad which I reported to accessibility line). However, ever since I've had the iPad mini 4, I've used Samantha. While I like her for the most part, I'd like to try a few of the other voices but I've got some questions that I hope you can help me answer.
1. Can I try a voice before I download it?
2. If so, how do I do that & how do I get to the place where I can do that?
3. How do I download a voice?
4. How do I delete a voice?
5. Are all of the voices free to download?
I appreciate any help you guys can give me! Thank you in advance!
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All the voices are free to download. To download voices, go to settings, general, accessibility, voiceover, speech. Then you will find a button labeled voice, followed by voice name. Then, go to the voice you want, for example, if you want to download tom, it will say Tom, and if you flick once again to the right, it will say download. Press this button and the voice should begin downloading. Once it is downloaded, press on the button of the voice that you want, again, I will use Tom as an example, and then you have two options. Tom default, and Tom enhanced. Choose any of the voices that you like the best between the options by the way, next to each voice, there will be a speak sample button. Then, if you don't like that voice, press edit, which should be somewhere at the top, go to the voice, flick up once, it should say delete, and double tap to delete the downloaded voice. hth
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There is no way to try a voice that I know of before downloading however this video will show you what the voices are like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nR6Zgbkw1k
To delete a voice go in like you are going to change a voice. Tap on the voice you want to delete. You will be in this sub menu with a compact an enhanced version of the voice. Swipe down to delete.
The voices are free to download but they take up space. Each voice says how much room it will take up.
Hope this helped.
Big thanks!
I just wanted to say thanks so much for your guys' help! I was able to find a voice that I liked after trying several different voices! I really _love Ava Enhanced! I've only been using her for a day, but I'm growing to love her! Ava may take up a big of space, but it's worth it. I still keep Samantha on there because I like her too & she has her strengths. But I just wanted to say thank you guys so much!
Glad to help
Glad to help glad you found a voice you like!