Personal Voice option missing from Accessibility Settings

In the Settings App, when I go to Accessibility, the only item listed in the SPEECH section is Live Speech. Can I create a personal voice on an iPad?

I am using an iPad 8th gen 32 GB, running iPadOS 17 beta 2 (17.0, 21A5268h)

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I have the same problem iOS 17 beta 3 with iPhone 11. Is there a minimum hardware model requirement (nothing mentioned in WWDC talk) ?

Not showing up on my iPhone 11 Pro Max or iPad Air 3 either.

Having the same issue with iPhone XS MAX, haven't been able to find a solution so far

Same issue here, now running on an iPhone Xs with iOS 17 Beta 6!

Thanks everyone for confirming the issue on your devices. I still have the issue with iOS 17 beta 7. Just submitted a feedback: FB13056952. I'll let you know what I find out.

I submitted FB13056952 to the Settings App area. The response was that they have received many similar reports and that it works as currently designed.

I just submitted feedback FB13073962 to the Accessibility area. I'll let you know what I find out.

I noticed that the devices reported in this post to have the same issue all have an 8 core Neural Engine (NE). I wonder if a 16 core NE is required to create a Personal Voice (PV). I read of someone creating a PV with a mini 6 which has a 16 core NE. If anyone wants to test this hypothesis, here are the devices Apple's site says have 16 core NEs: iPad 10, iPad Air 4 and above, iPad Pro 3 and above, iPad mini 6; iPhone 12 and above, iPhone SE 3. Can anyone report if devices with 16 core NEs do/do not display the Personal Voice option in Accessibility Settings?

I can confirm that an iPad mini 6 running iPadOS 17.0 RC displays the Personal Voice option.

The following Apple article describes what is needed to create a Personal Voice, including which devices are supported. However, the list of supported devices seems incomplete because the iPad mini 6 that I used to create a Personal Voice isn't listed. Create a Personal Voice on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac