Apple plans to introduce an;AI-powered voice cloning feature;for iPhones, iPads, and Macs.
;The upcoming "Personal Voice" tool generates synthetic versions of a user's voice for phone and FaceTime calls. It;works with Apple's new AI;Live Speech text-to-speech feature, allowing users to type and have the words spoken out loud.
- The tool, which replaces Siri with an automated version of the user's voice, is aimed at people who are at risk of losing their speaking abilities.
- To create a Personal Voice, users read a series of text prompts aloud into their microphone, totaling 15 minutes of audio recorded on their device.
- The audio is processed locally on Apple devices (iPhones, iPads, or Macs) using machine learning.
- The result is a generated voice that sounds like the sender's voice
- Apple today revealed other;accessibility enhancements;for people with cognitive, vision, hearing, and mobility impairments, including a mode that combines camera and LiDAR input with machine learning to announce on-screen text.
- The features are expected to roll out with;iOS 17, the next major iPhone update.