automatic voiceover voices downloads

By cati, 20 October, 2022

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi everyone. Lately my phone has been downloading voices that I don't want to use for voiceover anymore. Is there any way to fix this?

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By Abdulmajeed on Monday, October 24, 2022 - 07:46

Yes, I'm having this problem too, but I was able to solve it in a simple way and voices are no longer downloading automatically.
Before deleting voice, make sure Wi-Fi or cellular data is turned off, when Wi-Fi is turned off, delete the audio you don't want, then turn VoiceOver off and on again.
Wait about 10 to 20 seconds, then turn Wi-Fi on again.

By Vsevolod Popov on Monday, October 24, 2022 - 07:46

I had it too back on my 16 gb iPhone 5S when iOS was downloading all enhanced voices for all languages. That was so annoying! Also there was a problem that Tom's voice was always downloading automatically each time I deleted it. The only thing that helped is a complete reset of the device via iTunes and using it as new iPhone.

By cati on Monday, October 24, 2022 - 07:46

Ok. Thanks everybody. I don't really want to reset my phone, but I may have too, if it really starts to drive me nuts.

By Sebby on Monday, October 24, 2022 - 07:46

Did you make sure the voices are not listed in any preference, for Siri, for VoiceOver, and for Spoken Content? I expect it to keep downloading any voices listed therein.

Curiously I have the other problem, namely, that I actually want to keep the voices, but can't because they keep getting expunged! I believe voice assets count as purgeable and will be dropkicked off your device when there is space pressure—or that's the theory, anyway, I think.