Piper Apple Support
Welcome to Piper Support.
Piper is a high-quality neural text-to-speech voice provider that integrates with Apple accessibility features, including VoiceOver and Spoken Content. This page provides setup instructions, troubleshooting steps, and contact information.
Need help? Contact us any time:
Contact
Email: piper-feedback@ihor-shevchuk.dev
We aim to respond to support requests as quickly as possible. When contacting support, please include:
- Your device model (for example: MacBook Air M3, iPhone 15 Pro)
- Your macOS / iOS version
- Piper app version
- Voice model name you are using
- A short description of the issue
Common Questions
How do I download voices?
- Open Piper
- Navigate to Download Voice Model
- Select your preferred language
- Choose a voice model
- Click the Download button
- Wait for the download to complete
Once downloaded, the voice becomes available for use in Piper and supported Apple accessibility features.
How do I enable Piper for VoiceOver on macOS?
Piper installs high-quality neural voices locally on your Mac for use with VoiceOver and other system accessibility features.
No login is required. Voice models are downloaded and stored locally on your device. Piper does not use cloud speech services and does not collect personal data.
To enable Piper voices in VoiceOver:
- Open Piper
- Navigate to Download Voice Model
- Select your preferred language
- Download a voice model
- Open System Settings
- Go to Accessibility
- Open VoiceOver
- Click Open VoiceOver Utility…
- Select Speech
- Click the "+" button to add a voice
- Locate your installed voice under Piper
- Select the voice and confirm
Once selected, VoiceOver will use Piper for speech output.
On iPhone / iPad
- Open Settings
- Go to Accessibility
- Open Spoken Content or VoiceOver
- Open Speech / Voice
- Select a Piper voice
After selection, Apple accessibility features will use Piper for speech output.
Troubleshooting
Voice does not appear in system settings
Try the following:
- Make sure a voice model is fully downloaded
- Restart the Piper app
- Restart your device
- Reopen Accessibility settings and check available voices again
Speech sounds incorrect
Please report:
- language
- voice name
- sample text
- expected pronunciation
- actual pronunciation
This helps improve voice quality and language support.
Voice download failed
Check:
- internet connection
- available storage space
- whether the latest Piper version is installed
Then try downloading again.
Report an Issue
For bug reports and feature requests, please use GitHub Issues:
For direct customer support, please email:
piper-feedback@ihor-shevchuk.dev
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