Change Siri’s Voice from Female to Male and Vice Versa
Siri’s gender and voice is different based on the region, with a female voice for USA and Australian users, and a male voice in the UK. Regardless of which location you’re in or where you bought the iPhone 4S, you can change the gender of Siri yourself just by switching the language settings.
Changing Siri’s Voice & Gender
A word of caution: Siri is trained to identify and work with particular accents and dialects, changing the language setting for Siri can result in diminished dictation quality and reduced voice recognition. Generally it works best if you can pull off a fake accent of whatever version you are changing to, but it’s fun to test out regardless:
- Launch “Settings” and then tap on “General”
- Tap on “Siri” and choose a different language from the settings
- Close out of Settings
Current choices and their accompanying genders are
- English (Australia) – female
- English (United Kingdom) – male
- English (United States) – female
This is a fun tip from MacTrast, but don’t be surprised if you end up changing Siri’s voice back to the default setting for it to work at its best with your accent. @JGKunzler reports that it worked ok for him, but your mileage will vary.
Talking with a drawl and extending vowels makes the Aussie version work fine for my US accent, harder with the British version.
Try asking for directions to a business when YOU are in the US and using the Australian voice. No dice.
I reprted the logic error to Apple – I speak English English but live in the US and have to use English Siri to be understood. English Siri assumes I’m in England, duh!, and refuses to find restaurants, etc.
It is easier than that he is changing voice control you can leave that alone above voice control is language go into there and change from British/English to English this will change Siri to female without compromising voice control problem solved.
I’ve changed mine to German, the woman has a lovely voice. Doesn’t speak very good English though, for a German.
I would like Siri voice to be a “Pissed off Scottsmen”.
I want siri to sound like YODA!! how would I be able t do this if at all possible.
I would like mine to sound like a boyfriend.
This does not work on my 4s with iOS 6.
I want mine to sound like smeagol