My personal voice switched languages!

I just updated to iOS 26 and MacOS 26 (Tahoe). I thought it would be fun to record and use a personal voice, since I use TTS a lot for a number of different reasons. I recorded the voice and it sounds great in the preview, but when I go to use it in real life in an app or on my MacBook Pro, it makes me sound like I am speaking English with a super offensive Spanish accent. I did not record a Spanish personal voice, and my system language is set to English, so why the heck do I sound like this? It's not a huge deal; I've been dying laughing over it. I just want to find out if there is a quick fix.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 26.0

Posted on Sep 16, 2025 12:58 PM

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Sep 16, 2025 01:42 PM in response to Thenamesdave

Thenamesdave wrote:

I just updated to iOS 26 and MacOS 26 (Tahoe). I thought it would be fun to record and use a personal voice, since I use TTS a lot for a number of different reasons. I recorded the voice and it sounds great in the preview, but when I go to use it in real life in an app or on my MacBook Pro, it makes me sound like I am speaking English with a super offensive Spanish accent. I did not record a Spanish personal voice, and my system language is set to English, so why the heck do I sound like this? It's not a huge deal; I've been dying laughing over it. I just want to find out if there is a quick fix.


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