Well, that is interesting to hear. I will say, while delete was available when I flicked up or down, I did not actually delete Samantha because that is my preferred voice. I would suggest that unless you are really cramped for space on your iPhone, it shouldn't matter whether or not you delete the Samantha voice. Just make Siri 4 your primary voice on your watch, and go on about your business. I just don't feel it's worth making a big deal about.
- Brad - On May 29, 2025, at 11:22, Janet Ingber <janet.ing...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Brad, Thanks for your quick response. I cannot delete Samantha. When I select the new voice and go back to Samantha, it won’t let me flick up and down to get to the Delete option. This is incredibly frustrating. I adjusted Samantha’s pitch and speech rate, but I really want to use Siri Voice 4. I’m very good with the Apple watch but I’m stumpped. Best, Janet > On May 29, 2025, at 12:46 AM, Bradford Snyder <wb...@swbell.net> wrote: > > Hi Janet, > > I am not having this issue on my Apple Watch Ultra, running watchOS 11.5. > > When I open the Watch app on my iPhone 16 Pro, and go to Accessibility > > VoiceOver > Speech, > under the Primary Voice heading, I hear, "Samantha , English (United States), > button”. > When I activate this button, I am presented with a page with settings for the > Samantha voice. > When I place focus on the selected voice, which is Samantha, I hear "Voice , > Samantha, button”. > When I activate this button, I am presented with a list of voices I can > download for additional primary voices. > I have selected and downloaded Alex, and Ava, Enhanced. > Once these voices have been downloaded, I am able to place focus on one of > these voices, and flick up/down, and hear the following options: > Speak Sample, Activate, and Delete. > Selecting Activate, and double tapping, selects this voice as my primary > voice on my watch. > Once one of these voices has been selected as my new primary voice, I am able > to navigate to Samantha, and flick up/down to delete, and remove Samantha > from my list of available voices on my watch. > > HTH. > > - Brad - > > > > On May 28, 2025, at 22:22, Janet Ingber <janet.ing...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > Apple gave me a new Apple watch since there was a speaker issue on my old > watch. That’s the short story. > > Anyway, the new watch was set up using the most recent backup from my old > watch. Both watchers were Series 10 and the software was up to date. On the > new watch, I can only use the Samantha voice. I’ve tried adding other voices. > They do not transfer to the watch. Therefore, I do not have a Voices rotor. > If I press the Play button for a voice, it will play through the watch but > only say itss name. I’ve tried adding voices through the iPhone’s Watch app > and through settings on the watch. > > I called Apple Accessibility. The Advisor said he could not find any record > of this problem and he was going to create a case and contact the engineers. > > By the way,is there a way to remove the Samantha voice from the iPhone and > Watch? > > Many thanks, > Janet > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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