Siri is not talking anymore.

I’ve seen a lot of reports of this. While I haven’t encountered it, users who have tried changing voices find that it’s a workaround.

If you would like to try a possible fix go to Settings/Siri & Search when the phone has a good Wi-Fi connection, try several voices and report which ones work (or don’t work). Then select US Female and leave it on that setting with Settings/Siri & Search open for a while to see if it downloads the voice.

And another question, which I’m not allowed to ask and you are not allowed to answer, did you install the iOS 14 beta?

Seems like a lot of us are having this problem today, June 27th, 2020. I found a workaround and posted it here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251517337?answerId=252941900022#252941900022

The workaround is to change Siri's accent to literally ANY other accent and Siri won't be mute anymore. It's not a fix, but at least you'll be able to hear Siri again (just in a different accent). Just try one other accent and it should work and shouldn't take up much storage on your phone. Like you, I also prefer the American Female Siri, but I will stick with another accent for now because at least it's working.

I did not update but this morning tried to switch back to American female and, yes, it downloaded again and is now working. All very strange. I only wish I hadn’t reset all settings yesterday because it didn’t help and is a nuisance returning the settings to where I had them.

I’ve tried everything, even resetting all settings, but Siri responds with text only. This is especially inconvenient with Maps.

That worked, and I kind of like her Aussie accent!

As I’ve seen a number of reports of this issue, and specifically American Female as the issue, I have reported it to an internal contact.

I lost American Female this morning.