ChatGPT Voice abruptly switches to a male voice
12 posts across 3 communities in the last 90 days; 58% from r/ChatGPT.
“Anyone else experiencing an issue with ChatGPT using the wrong voice in live conversations? I've got Voice Mode set to Advanced and my selected voice is Arbor. When using regular text chat and selecting "Read Aloud", it correctly uses Arbor. However, whenever I switch to a live…”
“i drive alot so i mainly use the voice feature. i’ve been using it today spitballing ideas for a project and randomly the voice completely changed. i checked my settings and they’re still set to what i had them on. it’s weird too because the voice is only different for live…”
“I usually have my Voice set to spruce. And in the middle of a conversation, all of a sudden, I have a voice that sounds more like Claude. Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same thing.”
Users report ChatGPT's voice unexpectedly changing from female to male mid-sentence, with the AI offering explanations about 'Mable' and claiming it hasn't changed. This disrupts workflow and causes confusion.
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“Ive been using chatgpt for about 2 years now going on 3 soon and Ive always used the standard version since it felt more warmer than the advanced version. I always had the voice on maple which is the female voice but recently I opened…”
“Anyone else experiencing an issue with ChatGPT using the wrong voice in live conversations? I've got Voice Mode set to Advanced and my selected voice is Arbor. When using regular text chat and selecting "Read Aloud", it correctly uses Arbor. However, whenever I switch to a live voice conversation, it uses a completely different female voice instead. I've tried changing the selected voice to another option and switching back to Arbor, but the issue persists. I'm using the An”
“i drive alot so i mainly use the voice feature. i’ve been using it today spitballing ideas for a project and randomly the voice completely changed. i checked my settings and they’re still set to what i had them on. it’s weird too because the voice is only different for live replies, when i hit read aloud it’s the normal voice. super weird, has this happened to anyone else ? submitted by /u/hundayun [link] [comments]”
“I usually have my Voice set to spruce. And in the middle of a conversation, all of a sudden, I have a voice that sounds more like Claude. Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same thing. submitted by /u/Important-Primary823 [link] [comments]”
“[ChatGPT] ★★★ 3/5 (v1.2026.244) — I deal with a lot or several AI glitches. I sent the voice to a male Aussie voice. Which changes without notice it changed to a female Caucasian voice. It will change to regular speaking Caucasian male voice. There will be a random black square in my texting box that covers up my texting so I can’t see what I’m typing. I can’t remember all the other things right off the top of my head but overall I love my AI just the Annoying glitches. ANNOYING. Also when I’m s”
“This has happened to me a couple of times now. I’m sending a message to someone and instead of saying, I upgraded my ChatGPT plan the voice recognition picked it up as I upgraded my LGBT plan. And they’re like “oh that’s interesting”. submitted by /u/dvduval [link] [comments]”
“[ChatGPT] ★★★ 3/5 (v1.2026.224) — I like the app. I use it every day. I was really attached to the Spruce voice but it was recently changed slightly and it’s like losing a friend. Please give me the old Spruce.”
[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.209) — Slow and changes voice randomly
Mine does have a habit of changing from male to female and back again
“In chat session list, there's a speaker icon to play a stored response/confirmation for a voice mode session. When I click that session to open it, I do not hear the response/confirmation until I click the chat input box. I should hear it when I switch to that session.”
“I just started using Voice a couple of days ago when filling out work reports , it’s just easier than typing, and it’s always been a female. Tonight, in the middle of her sentence she started talking more monotone and transitioned into a man’s voice. 2 different times. When “he” started talking I asked why are you a boy now??? He said “I’m still the same. Still here for you. Check settings and see if you have Mable checked.” I said who tf is Mable? Then I realized I’m talking to a glass and elec”