Speech Synthesizer for Apple Watch / WatchKit

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Does anyone know if it is possible to access the built in speech synthesizer for the Apple Watch?

For my iOS main app I used AVSpeechSynthesizer as follows: 

AVSpeechUtterance *utterance = [[AVSpeechUtterance alloc] initWithString:theSpeech]; 
utterance.voice = [AVSpeechSynthesisVoice voiceWithLanguage:@"en-GB"];

This works perfect but the same code doesn't work in the WatchKit extension.

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iosobjective-ciphonewatchkitapple-watch

2 Answers

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Per an answer in the development forums, audio playback does not appear to be possible directly on Apple Watch right now.

Playback for synthesized speech in a WatchKit Extension would take place on iPhone. This may not be a desirable user experience.