TTS: Can not use premium Voices (Macos 15)

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I installed a new voice in MacOS 15.0 under System Preferences - Open VoiceOver Utility… - Speech Primary Voice (Serena (Premium)).

However, this voice does not appear in the list displayed by {{tts-voices:}}. So I cannot use it.

What am I doing wrong?

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What list? are you using an add-on?

If yes, it could be that the add-on has not been updated to include the new voice since MacOS15 is very recent

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Or is OP talking about the native Anki functionality to list voices – Field Replacements - Anki Manual ?

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Did you add {{tts en_US:FIELD}} in your template? Anki will detect it otherwise

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Yes, I did.

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Yes, I want to use the native Anki functionality. I followed the instructions which you linked.

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Premium voices seem to work correctly for me. After installing the three variants of Lee, I can select each of them

{{tts en_AU voices=Apple_Lee_(Premium):Front}}
{{tts en_AU voices=Apple_Lee_(Enhanced):Front}}
{{tts en_AU voices=Apple_Lee:Front}}

Does the reference in your template exactly match the one should in {{tts-voices:}}?