Check out some of #accessibility features the team has been working on this year including Live Speech, Personal Voice and Point and Speak in Magnifier. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/05/apple-previews-live-speech-personal-voice-and-more-new-accessibility-features/
Apple introduces new features for cognitive accessibility, along with Live Speech, Personal Voice, and Point and Speak in Magnifier

Apple today previewed software features for cognitive, vision, hearing, and mobility accessibility, along with innovative tools for individuals who are nonspeaking or at risk of losing their ability to speak.

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@dcm I'm also curious if the speech getting stuck problem as well as the issue where speech can entirely stop randomly for 30 seconds have been fixed with 17. The speech getting stuck problem has caused my phone to get quite warm and drain the battery completely at least 5 times.