Accessibility on Mac: Spoken content does not use the selcted voice

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Accessibility on Mac: Spoken content does not use the selcted voice

I really want to use the accessibility feature Spoken Content on my MacBook Pro (14'). Norwegian seems to be a supported language and I have downloaded and selected the voice "Siri, stemme 2" (Norwegian). But it does not seem to work, and I have to use a much more machine-sounding voice (Nora, enhanced, still in Norwegian).

I have the latest software updates
I have read the support article
I have tried in Safe Mode

Any suggestions for what to do?

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Feb 8, 2025 4:49 AM

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Answer 1

Tom Gewecke

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Feb 11, 2025 4:17 AM in response to Eldar Skjørten

Thanks! Something similar has happened with Cantonese. Looks like bugs apple has to fix. Let them know via

http://www.apple.com/feedback

Include a link to this discussion.

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Answer 2

Tom Gewecke

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Feb 10, 2025 8:38 AM in response to Eldar Skjørten

Do the Siri voices perhaps work in the Pages app but not in other Apple apps?

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Tom Gewecke

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Feb 8, 2025 7:37 AM in response to Eldar Skjørten

Do all of the six voices work except for Siri 2?

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Answer 4

Feb 10, 2025 11:48 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

So, I did a little more testing:

Pages and Numbers: The Siri voice works as long as I use Speech from the Edit menu, but NOT when using the Keyboard shortcut set in Settings - Accessibility - Spoken content
Other apps (Apple and other): The Siri voice does not work, regardless of what method I use to start. (I tested Apple Mail, Safari, Preview, Calendar, Notes + Chrome, OmniFocus

So I guess this is not very promising results? Regarding Apple's focus on Accessibility, it is really strange.

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Answer 5

Feb 10, 2025 8:01 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

No, Siri 1 doesn't work either.

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Accessibility on Mac: Spoken content does not use the selcted voice

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