Apple Vision Pro User Guide
- Welcome
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- Change notification settings and device sounds
- Set the date, time, language and region
- Change your device name
- Change the appearance of text and windows
- See people around you while immersed
- See your keyboard while immersed
- Use Apple Vision Pro on an aeroplane or a train
- Refresh apps in the background
- Set content restrictions in Screen Time
- Let others use your Apple Vision Pro
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- Apple Music Classical
- Books
- Calendar
- Capture
- Clock
- Encounter Dinosaurs
- Home
- Maps
- Mindfulness
- News
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- Pages
- Podcasts
- Reminders
- Shazam
- Shortcuts
- Spatial Gallery
- Stocks
- Tips
- Voice Memos
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Turn on features with the Accessibility Shortcut
- Change Siri accessibility features
- Use Guided Access
- Copyright and trademarks
Type to speak using Live Speech on Apple Vision Pro
If you’re unable to speak or have lost your speech over time, you can use Live Speech on Apple Vision Pro to have what you type spoken out loud in apps like FaceTime. You can choose from dozens of system voices or use a personal voice you create.
Note: Live Speech is not available outside of calls.
Turn on Live Speech
Go to Settings
> Accessibility > Live Speech.Turn on Live Speech.
Choose a voice. You can use Live Speech with any voice you choose, including your Personal Voice that you recorded on your compatible Apple device.
See the Apple support article Create a Personal Voice on your iPhone, iPad or Mac.
Triple-click the Digital Crown, then tap Live Speech (if the Accessibility Shortcut is set up with more than one feature).
Have what you type spoken out loud
After you turn on Live Speech, type what you want to have spoken in the Live Speech window.
You can also paste copied text into the window, or tap suggested words that appear above the keyboard as you type.
Tap Speak to have your text spoken out loud.
Live Speech is output on the other end of the call.
Have saved phrases spoken out loud
With Live Speech, you can select from a list of phrases you use often.
After you turn on Live Speech, tap Keyboard at the top of the Live Speech window.
Tap a category, like Recent or Saved, then tap a phrase to have it spoken out loud.
To hide your saved phrases and return to entering text with the keyboard, tap Phrases at the top of the Live Speech window.
Add and categorise saved phrases
Add or remove phrases from the list of saved phrases that you use often. You can also organise your saved phrases into categories, such as for different activities — like work, school or gaming.
Go to Settings
> Accessibility > Live Speech, then tap Phrases.Tap Saved or another category you’ve created, then do any of the following:
Add a saved phrase: Tap
, tap a category, enter your phrase in the text field, then tap Save.Add a category of saved phrases: Tap
, enter a name for the category, choose an icon, then tap Done.Remove a saved phrase: Tap a phrase, then tap Delete Phrase.