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On iOS 26 and later, you can replace the default robotic voice with studio-quality narration in about two minutes.
From computer to narrator.
The default iOS voice is built for spoken alerts, not for chapters. Apple's Premium and Enhanced voices are recorded by real people and processed on-device, they breathe between sentences, soften consonants, and hold a thought across a paragraph. The difference is the difference between hearing a phone read at you and being read to.
Each Premium voice is roughly 100–400 MB. Install on Wi-Fi.
Install a Premium voice
- Open Settings.
- Tap Accessibility.
- Tap Spoken Content.
- Tap Voices, then pick your language.
- Find a voice labelled (Premium) or (Enhanced), for example Ava (Premium), Zoe (Premium), or Samantha (Enhanced).
- Tap the download icon next to it.
- Open Excello Reader, go to Settings → Voice, and pick the new voice.
Personal Voice creates a synthesised version of your own voice from a short set of recorded phrases. Useful for voice preservation, accessibility, or simply hearing books in your own voice.
Set up Personal Voice
- Open Settings.
- Tap Accessibility.
- Tap Personal Voice and follow the on-screen instructions to record the prompts.
- Leave your iPhone locked and charging while it trains the voice.
- Once ready, open Excello Reader, go to Settings → Voice, and select your Personal Voice.
Training is not instant, Apple processes the voice on-device while the iPhone is locked and charging.
Listen in the car.
Plug your iPhone in, open Excello Reader on the CarPlay screen, and you're back on the last book you were listening to. No fiddling with the phone.
- Your whole library on the dashboard, most recent at the top.
- Tap once and the book starts reading. The phone screen can stay off.
- Play and pause from CarPlay's built-in controls.
On Android, Excello Reader uses your system text-to-speech voices (Google, Samsung). There is no equivalent Premium voice tier today; we will update this page if that changes.