Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in watchOS 27
- Apple Watch For Your Kids
- Run with Apple Watch
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Find more resources for software and service
- Unauthorized modification of watchOS
- Band care information
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Disposal and recycling information
- Apple and the environment
- Copyright and trademarks
Type to speak using Live Speech on Apple Watch
With Live Speech, you can type and have your words spoken aloud, both in person and on phone and FaceTime audio calls.
Set up Live Speech
Go to the Settings app
on your Apple Watch.
Go to Accessibility > Live Speech, then turn on Live Speech.
Tap Voices, choose a voice, then tap Speak Sample to hear it.
To use the voice, tap Download [name of voice], then tap Use Voice.
To set up the Accessibility Shortcut to turn on Live Speech, go to Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut, then choose Live Speech.
Type to speak
Triple-click the Digital Crown, choose Live Speech if you have more than one accessibility shortcut enabled, then type what you’d like to have spoken or choose a favorite phrase.
Tip: Add your most frequently used phrases so you can quickly access them. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Live Speech, then tap Favorite Phrases.
Tap Send to have your phrase spoken.
People hear your words spoken in the conversation if you’re on a phone or FaceTime audio call. Otherwise they will come out of the speaker on your Apple Watch.
Use your Personal Voice with Live Speech
With Personal Voice, you can create a synthesized voice that sounds like your own to communicate with family and friends. Use your Personal Voice to type to speak in FaceTime and phone calls, assistive communication apps, and in-person conversations. (Available in select languages.)
See the Apple Support article Create a Personal Voice on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
After you create a Personal Voice, you can use it on Apple Watch:
Go to the Settings app
Go to Accessibility > Live Speech.
Tap English (US), then choose your Personal Voice.
Important: You may only use Personal Voice to create a voice on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac that sounds like you using your own personal voice for your personal, noncommercial use.