Further testing has shown that my primary voice responds to volume changes but not to rate or pitch changes. All other voices, I have two PT voices added, repspond to all changes, it appears. I'm totally confused. I've powered off and restarted without change.
Sometimes, if i turn VO off and back on, my Primary voice will speak a little faster as if it was restored to a previous default rate. But i can't change it reliably anymore. and the main problem remains that i can't seem to assign voices to VO activities reliably anymore.
On Friday, December 12, 2025 at 5:17:06 PM UTC-6 Kevin Gibbs wrote:
Guys,
I was in the habit of using VO Activities to essentially switch between English and Portuguese as a means of learning the language. When trying to memorize translations by reading a Numbers spreadsheet with English and Portuguese words in adjacent columns, it was convenient to switch between English and PT voices this way. It’s been a while since I used this method.
When I tried this today, I first noticed that my activities were switching between Ava, my default voice, and Samantha, a voice which has no business being in this mix at all.
I had an hour long session with accessibility Support during which I was asked to add and remove and re-add voices and activities. Now, weirdly enough, I can’t seem to assign a voice to an activity. All my voices seem to respond to whatever is in the Rotor. Further, I’m having problems changing the speed at which my two voices speak. It appears as though I can’t be sure which voice rate I’m changing. Ava seems to be stuck at one particular rate, while Joanna seems to fluctuate with up or down arrows. I am hopelessly confused.
Can anyone help?
While I will “subscribe” to this thread, please make an effort to include me by replying to author if you can.
Best,
Kevin
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