If you change the pitch to raise or lower it nd then bring it back to your desired level with shift-VO-Command and the arrow, this seems to give you back your default voice. This is what I have had to do a few times.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > On Dec 5, 2020, at 1:14 PM, Yuma Decaux <jamy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi List, > > Here's a funny but very annoying bug on mac OS big sur. > > I restarted voice over, and now when I change interaction in whatever app I'm > in, such as a change of line, change of cell in numbers, going through Vo > elements across mail, or any of these types of actions, voice over keeps > switching me between alex compact (which I chose as default, as well as all > other interaction settings, with all of them at same rates) and the local > rachel speech synth which sounds very weird because the rate is set to low > for alex, which reflects on this system voice. > > Now I'm having to listen to 2 different voices across my work. Anyone fixed > this? > > thanks > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/8730FAD0-D509-4C05-A65B-5E3CB6C9E679%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/77358ED9-3991-434D-9014-E7CCE8046092%40gmail.com.