Setting up VoiceOver

Guide to setting up VoiceOver on iOS

Multi Language Speech

I use German and English voices on my phone. But the automatic language detection is not very reliable. Especially for wrongly tagged apps and so on. So I deactivate that:

Deactivating Automatic Language Detection

To turn off automatic language detection in VoiceOver:

  1. Open Settings
  2. Navigate to Accessibility
  3. Tap VoiceOver
  4. Tap Speech
  5. Turn off Detect Languages

Source: Change your VoiceOver settings on iPhone - Apple Support

Adding Voices to the Rotor

To add additional language voices to the VoiceOver rotor for quick switching:

  1. Open Settings
  2. Navigate to Accessibility
  3. Tap VoiceOver
  4. Tap Speech
  5. Under Rotor Languages, tap Add New Language
  6. Choose your desired language
  7. Select a voice for that language

Once added, you can rotate the rotor to "Voices" and swipe up or down to switch between your configured languages while reading.

Source: Change your VoiceOver settings on iPhone - Apple Support

Adding a Second Voice to Speech Options

To add an additional voice that you can switch between using the rotor:

  1. Open Settings
  2. Navigate to Accessibility
  3. Tap VoiceOver
  4. Tap Add Rotor Voice
  5. Choose a voice from the available options
  6. The voice will now appear in your rotor options

You can add multiple voices and use the rotor to quickly switch between them while using VoiceOver.

Source: Change your VoiceOver settings on iPhone - Apple Support