Does anyone like using eloquence in iOS 27?

By Chrisyetter, 2 October, 2026

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iOS and iPadOS

I just upgraded to iOS 27 when it came out eloquence is behaving oddly but I still use it. Does anyone on here still use eloquence as their primary voice and if you do, do you have the higher sample rate and the community dictionary turned on also are you OK with the weird pauses if you aren’t using eloquence what voice have you switched to? I want some good recommendations in case I change my mind.

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By tyler chambliss on Friday, October 2, 2026 - 20:34

Eloquence is my daily driver. I use an iPhone 17 Pro Max with iOS 27

By Holger Fiallo on Friday, October 2, 2026 - 20:39

I tried it once when it came out, it sounds bad. I like it in my windows PC with headset, I was expecting the same quality but I was disappointed.

By Rat on Friday, October 2, 2026 - 21:00

I just updated to 27 on the new IPhone i got and couldn't stand eloquence at all. I switched to Alex, which seems to be the same as before to me. There was way too much distortion, even my wife heard it

By KE8UPE on Friday, October 2, 2026 - 21:04

Hi,
I’m using Eloquence on my 16 pro max & love it!
I believe I have the community dictionary enabled. I don’t believe I’m using the higher sample rate. I’m just using the default voice.

By ziixies on Friday, October 2, 2026 - 22:14

Using it on my MacBook Air M1. Definitely doesn't sound as good as what it sounds on my android. No idea why, it sounds like it's slightly more underwater sounding I guess I don't even know how to properly describe it but it's fine.

By Alicia Krage on Friday, October 2, 2026 - 22:25

I'm using it on my iPhone 17!

By Dennis Long on Saturday, October 3, 2026 - 02:53

Used it since the first beta in iOS 16 when it came out. It will always be what I use. It just works. Best move apple did.

By Christopher Hallsworth on Saturday, October 3, 2026 - 13:24

In reply to by tyler chambliss

Same, on an iPhone 16+. If you update to iOS 27.0.1 you may find the volume of VoiceOver, including Eloquence, appears to be fixed. Ah yes, I also use Eloquence on my iPhone SE, third generation.

By Singer Girl on Saturday, October 3, 2026 - 14:47

Since you guys have said that the volume of the synthesizer seems to be fixed on iOS 27 I do plan on at least giving it a try again probably on my iPhone SE 2022. I may not use it full-time, but I do wanna at least see if I like how the new sound. I think it’s pretty cool that it’s available for everybody who wanted it for so many years. I haven’t really liked it yet so far but like I said, I will plan on trying it to 27.