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Jo-1245 Author

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Afrikaans as language option for system speech language.

Hi everybody. I have a Macbook air. I want to know if I can change my system speech language to Afrikaans, if so how? I need it to read aloud my documents.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.4

Posted on May 10, 2024 9:29 PM

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Tom Gewecke

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Posted on May 11, 2024 5:01 AM

You will find the list of available languages in the system settings for system voice. If Afrikaans is not on it, there is no way to add it. To ask Apple to add it, you can use

Product Feedback - Apple

Have your Mac speak text that’s on the screen - Apple Support

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