Unable to get Mickey/Minnie to speak the time - Watch OS 3

It should not be necessary un unpair and re-pair your Apple Watch.

If the feature is not working as expected, then in order to use the Mickey Mouse or Minnie Mouse watch faces with their Tap to Speak Time feature, follow these steps:

• Select the Mickey Mouse or Minnie Mouse watch face:

  Customize your watch face

• Check that Tap to Speak Time is enabled:

  On your iPhone, in the Watch app, go to: My Watch > Sounds & Haptics - turn on Tap to Speak Time.

• When viewing the time on your watch, swipe up on the display to open Control Centre.

  Check that Silent Mode is not enabled:

  • If the Silent Mode button (crossed out bell icon) is grey / dim, it is turned off.
  • Change the audio and notification settings on your Apple Watch - Apple Support
• Ensure that your watch has access to Wi-Fi:
  • Check that your watch is connected to your iPhone via Bluetooth (Connected + green phone icon) and that your iPhone is connected to Wi-Fi.
  • Or, if your iPhone is not currently connected via Bluetooth, check that your watch has connected to a trusted Wi-Fi network as a fallback (Connected + green cloud icon).
  • About Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on Apple Watch - Apple Support
• Place your watch on the charger, connected to power.
• Wait for around 15 minutes (it may take significantly longer) for the voices to download to your watch.
• Test by waking the screen and then tapping the watch face.

If the feature still does not work as expected, then it may help to close the Watch app and restart both your iPhone and your Apple Watch before repeating the steps:

• On your iPhone: double-click the Home button, then swipe up on the Watch app preview.
• Turn both devices off together, then restart your iPhone first:
  • Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
  • Restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

More information:

Hear Mickey Mouse or Minnie Mouse speak the time - Apple Support

I have the same issue.

Hi,

Do you have silent mode turned on (green = on)

if yes turn it off and it should then work

There is no green option only pink for silent and grey for not silent?

in the iPhone watch app do you have a setting like this?

Are you connected to WIFI? I tried this feature at home (no wifi) and didnt work. I got to work, connected to wifi and it worked no problem. Hope this helps. :-)

Which language is your watch set to?

And you have to raise the wrist before you tab the watch face. The watch needs to wake, before Minnie will notice the tap.

Tip: Raise your wrist and tap the watch face to hear Mickey Mouse or Minnie Mouse tell you the time.

Minnie Mouse is speaking beautifully for me, even with the paired iPhone turned off and no Wi-Fi connection. I tested this while being out of reach of our university Wi-Fi.

But I was connected to Wi-Fi and the paired iPhone unlocked when I first added the Minnie watch face.

Tapping to speak the time worked only after I added the watch face a second time and switched between Mickey and Minnie.

All settings are how they should be And still no voice going to go to the Apple store tomorrow to take things further.

Hi

Try restarting your watch once or twice more:

Restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

I also suggest letting Apple know that you are experiencing this issue:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/watch.html