I’ve Tried iOS 17’s Personal Voice — And It’s No Less Than Mind-Blowing!

It’s a once in a lifetime feature

Nikhil Vemu
Mac O’Clock
Published in
6 min readJun 20, 2023

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iOS 17 Personal Voice
Credit: MacRumors

The Personal Voice feature on iOS 17 is a game-changer.

It’s basically an Accessibility feature for people at risk of losing their ability to speak (like the ones who’re recently diagnosed with ALS). Such people can use Personal Voice to “secure” their voice.

So when they start experiencing speech difficulties, they use their stored voice to spell phrases (like How are you?) and communicate with others in-person or on calls with the same old voice.

However, it’s actually a fun feature for the majority that gives them a chance to listen how they sound to others.

Lemme explain how I’ve set up Personal Voice on my iPhone running iOS 17

Later, let’s compare how I sound originally vs. how I sound Personal Voice-ically!

Steps to setup Personal Voice

(1) Visit Settings

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