Change the voice your Mac uses to speak text
You can change the voice your Mac uses to speak text in a window or in alert messages.
Choose a voice
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)Click Spoken Content on the right.
Click the “System voice” pop-up menu, then choose a voice.
To adjust how fast the voice speaks, drag the “Speaking rate” slider.
Click Play Sample to test the voice and speaking rate.
Add a new voice
You can add voices to the “System voice” pop-up menu. If you add a voice that’s not on your Mac, it’s automatically downloaded from Apple (you must be connected to the internet).
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
Click Spoken Content on the right.
Click the “System voice” pop-up menu, then choose Manage Voices.
Do any of the following:
Add a new voice: Click the Download button
next to the voices you want to add.Sample a voice: Click the Play button
next to the name of the voice.Find a voice for another language: Click the name of the language in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down on the left.)
To show more voices for the current language, such as for another country or region, you may need to scroll down on the right.
When you’re done adding voices, click OK.
Click the “System voice” pop-up menu, then choose a voice you added.
Voices that are downloaded aren’t available until the download is complete.
Delete a downloaded voice
You can delete a voice that you downloaded to your Mac.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
Click Spoken Content on the right.
Click the “System voice” pop-up menu, then choose Manage Voices.
Click the Trash button
next to the voice you want to delete.
If your computer is speaking and you want it to stop, try one of these solutions:
In the menu bar of the app you’re using, choose Edit > Speech > Stop Speaking.
If VoiceOver (the built-in screen reader) is speaking, press Command-F5 to turn it off. If your Mac or Magic Keyboard has Touch ID, you can also press and hold the Command key while you quickly press Touch ID three times.