Alexa was designed to make your life easier, but she’ll only be useful if you can understand her. Thankfully, if you ever get tired of listening to Alexa’s voice, you can always change it. Here’s everything you need to know about how to change Alexa’s voice, accent, language, and how to make her whisper or talk less.
To change Alexa’s voice, open the Alexa app on your smartphone or tablet. Then go to More > Settings > Device Settings and select your Alexa device. Finally, tap Alexa’s voice and select a new voice to use. From here, you can also change the speed of Alexa’s voice.
This will only change the accent of Alexa’s voice, not the language. If you want to change Alexa’s language, check out the steps below:
To change Alexa’s language on your smart speaker, open the Alexa app and go to More in the bottom-right corner. Then, go to Settings > Device Settings and choose your Alexa device. Finally, tap the gear icon in the top-right corner, scroll down to Language, and select a new one.
To make Alexa whisper, you can say, “Alexa, enable Whisper Mode.” Or you can open the Alexa app and go to More > Settings > Voice Responses. Then tap the slider next to Whisper Mode to enable it. From here, you can also enable Brief Mode and Adaptive Volume.
Brief Mode and Adaptive Volume are device-specific, so you’ll need to enable them on each device individually. You can also change Alexa’s voice settings on any Echo speaker by saying, “Alexa, change your voice.”
You may be surprised to learn that Alexa’s voice does not come from a person at all. Instead, it was built from Natural Language Processing, which dissects speech into words, sounds, and ideas. This technology is responsible for Alexa’s sophisticated AI voice.
When you ask Alexa a question, your voice is recorded and sent to the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) over the internet. Then your audio is translated into text so a computer can analyze what you said. Then, AVS sends a command back to your device, telling Alexa how to respond in a matter of milliseconds.
Want to know what other fun things Alexa can do? Check out our post on the best Alexa commands you didn’t know about.
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