{"name":"setSpeaker","title":"setSpeaker","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setSpeaker","revid":379468,"updated":"2026-10-31T00:10:32Z","groups":["Unit Identity","Sounds"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma3":"1.02"},"since":"arma3 1.02","arma3_since":"1.02","locality":{"argument":"global","effect":"local"},"description":"Sets the speaker of a person.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"person setSpeaker speaker","params":[{"name":"person","type":"Object","type_expr":"Object"},{"name":"speaker","type":"String","description":"the used voice type, see Arma 3 Speakers","type_expr":"String"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","type_expr":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"person"},"right":{"text":"speaker"}}],"examples":[{"code":["unit1 setSpeaker \"Male02GRE\";"]}],"multiplayer":"The command needs to run on every computer with exactly the same arguments, otherwise the speaking unit could appear silent on other PCs.","see_also":["speaker","disableConversation","enableRadio","enableSentences","showSubtitles","setIdentity","setFace","hasCustomFace"],"notes":[{"user":"Lou Montana","date":"2014-01-12T15:12:00Z","text":"**speakers available** in Arma 3 (v1.08):\n\n| Gender | Profile setting | US English<br>*(B) for EN-GB available* | Greek | Persian |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| Male | Male01_F | Male01ENG(B) | Male01GRE | Male01PER |\n| Male | Male02_F | Male02ENG(B) | Male02GRE | Male02PER |\n| Male | Male03_F | Male03ENG(B) | Male03GRE | Male03PER |\n| Male | Male04_F | Male04ENG(B) | Male04GRE | *Male01PER* |\n| Male | Male05_F | Male05ENG | Male05GRE | *Male02PER* |\n| Male | Male06_F | Male06ENG | *Male02GRE* | *Male03PER* |\n| Male | Male07_F | Male07ENG | *Male03GRE* | *Male01PER* |\n| Male | Male08_F | Male08ENG | *Male04GRE* | *Male02PER* |\n| Male | Male09_F | Male09ENG | *Male01GRE* | *Male03PER* |\n| Female | - | - | - | - |"},{"user":"Deadfast","date":"2014-11-10T22:07:00Z","text":"In order to stop a unit from talking you can use:\n\n```sqf\n_unit setSpeaker \"NoVoice\"\n```\n\nThis will have no negative effect on the ability to command the unit."}]}