Distorted Voice On Apple Watch

By Charlie, 11 November, 2024

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watchOS and Apple Watch Apps

I am using an Apple Watch Series 8 and am running the latest Watch OS 11.1. Since upgradeing the operating system, I have found that whatever Voiceover voice I use, it sometimes randomly becomes distorted and at other times, it speaks fine. Wondering if anyone has come across this and if there is a solution? I have tried switching Voiceover on and off, as well as muting and unmuting it, often to no avail. I have tried changing voices, altering volume and the like and the problem is often still there. At other times, the voice speaks just fine, as expected. Does anyone have any ideas please?

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By Joe on Monday, November 11, 2024 - 12:06

Go under voiceover settings on the watch and choose speech. Now look for the option that says improve speech quality. If on toggle to off. I got the watch 10 and this was driving me nuts for days. Basically they are using the microphone to tell if your in a louder environment and will boost the voice. Only problem with this is quality really suffers.

By Mlth on Monday, November 11, 2024 - 12:07

This has ocasionally happened to me when the watch was in low power mode, I'm not sure if les resources are being allocated to VoiceOver or something else is at the root of it. Outside low power mode though, mine is generally snappy

By Charlie on Monday, November 11, 2024 - 19:33

Hi. Thanks to Joe's above comment, I managed to solve my issue, by turning Improve Speech Quality off. Many thanks

By Moopie Curran on Friday, January 10, 2025 - 17:36

Hi,
Improve speech clarity is set to on, but no matter how many times I press the button to turn it off, it stays on. Any ideas?