Hi Janet, This happened to me once to. Somehow I did eventually get it to work, but it’s been a while, so I don’t remember exactly what the steps are. Sorry. I do know that it involved powering the watch completely off and then back up again. It’s not possible to delete Samantha, but you should be able to set your watch to Siri voice for. If memory serves, you will still hear Samantha, even after you’ve done that. So try powering your watch off and back on again and see if you have Siri voice four when it comes up.
I know this is a little vague, but I hope it helps. Best, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On May 29, 2025, at 11:21 AM, Janet Ingber <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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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