The Personal Voiceaccessibility featureis available on iPhones runningiOS 17and up and iPads runningiPadOS 17and up.

In theSpeechsection, tapPersonal Voice.

Move through the information screens.

Highlighted steps to find the Personal Voice feature on an iPhone.

Then, name your Personal Voice and tapContinue.

To check the sound quality in your recording environment, speak the phrase shown on the screen.

Once you are satisfied, tapContinue.

Highlighted steps to record a Personal Voice on an iPhone.

Your equipment will display a sentence.

After the gear listens and records your speech, it will display another.

Keep reading until there are no more sentences to read.

Highlighted steps to record your own personal voice to use as Live Speech on an iPhone.

This should take 15-20 minutes.

Don’t just read in a monotone.

The more personality you give your recordings, the more you’ll get in your Personal Voice.

Highlighted steps showing the steps to turn on Live Speech on an iPhone.

When your gadget lets you know you’re done recording, tapContinue.

Plug in your gear.

you’ve got the option to also have Personal Voice send you a notification when it’s ready.

Steps highlighted on an iPhone to select and use a custom Personal Voice on an iPhone.

Times vary when generating a Personal Voice.

So, do something else and wait for that notification so you might get on with your life.

It’s a cool technology but also one that brings with itconcerns about security, scams, and impersonation.

Move theLive Speechslider to on/green.

Tap the voice that’s currently active.

Tap your Personal Voice.

Tap again so a checkmark appears next to it.

You’ve selected the voice and can now leave the tweaks app.

punch in the message you want to be spoken with your Personal Voice and tapSendon the keyboard.