diff --git a/js/accessibility/reader/Cursor.js b/js/accessibility/reader/Cursor.js
index 10a5dd1fe..5399a59b5 100644
--- a/js/accessibility/reader/Cursor.js
+++ b/js/accessibility/reader/Cursor.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * https://github.com/phetsims/scenery/issues/538
  *
  * NOTE: We are no longer actively developing this since we know that users would much rather use their own
- * dedicated software. But we are keeping it around for when we want to explore any other self voicing features
+ * dedicated software. But we are keeping it around for when we want to explore any other voicing features
  * using the web speech API.
  *
  * @author Jesse Greenberg
diff --git a/js/accessibility/reader/Reader.js b/js/accessibility/reader/Reader.js
index 45e725af5..5663bece7 100644
--- a/js/accessibility/reader/Reader.js
+++ b/js/accessibility/reader/Reader.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Speech_API
  *
  * NOTE: We are no longer actively developing this since we know that users would much rather use their own
- * dedicated software. But we are keeping it around for when we want to explore any other self voicing features
+ * dedicated software. But we are keeping it around for when we want to explore any other voicing features
  * using the web speech API.
  * @author Jesse Greenberg
  */
diff --git a/js/accessibility/speaker/selfVoicingManager.js b/js/accessibility/speaker/voicingManager.js
similarity index 91%
rename from js/accessibility/speaker/selfVoicingManager.js
rename to js/accessibility/speaker/voicingManager.js
index d07a31d61..880f01c7e 100644
--- a/js/accessibility/speaker/selfVoicingManager.js
+++ b/js/accessibility/speaker/voicingManager.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2021, University of Colorado Boulder
 
 /**
- * Manages "self-voicing" content as it is read with speech synthesis. Output is categorized into
+ * Manages "voicing" content as it is read with speech synthesis. Output is categorized into
  *    "Object Responses" - Speech describing the object as it receives interaction
  *    "Context Responses" - Speech describing surrounding contextual changes in response to user interaction
  *    "Hints" - General hint content to guide a particular user interaction
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import scenery from '../../scenery.js';
 import BooleanProperty from '../../../../axon/js/BooleanProperty.js';
 
-class SelfVoicingManager {
+class VoicingManager {
   constructor() {
 
     // @public {BooleanProperty} - whether or not "Object Responses" are read as interactive components change
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ class SelfVoicingManager {
   }
 }
 
-const selfVoicingManager = new SelfVoicingManager();
-scenery.register( 'selfVoicingManager', selfVoicingManager );
-export default selfVoicingManager;
+const voicingManager = new VoicingManager();
+scenery.register( 'voicingManager', voicingManager );
+export default voicingManager;
diff --git a/js/accessibility/speaker/webSpeaker.js b/js/accessibility/speaker/webSpeaker.js
index 7ea76062e..246a57a90 100644
--- a/js/accessibility/speaker/webSpeaker.js
+++ b/js/accessibility/speaker/webSpeaker.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class WebSpeaker {
     this.enabledProperty = new BooleanProperty( false );
 
     // @public {BooleanProperty} - whether or not speech is enabled. If false, nothing will be spoken. Note this
-    // does not control whether or not the self-voicing feature is enabled, only whether or not speech will actually
+    // does not control whether or not the voicing feature is enabled, only whether or not speech will actually
     // be heard.
     this.speechEnabledProperty = new BooleanProperty( true );
 
diff --git a/js/listeners/SwipeListener.js b/js/listeners/SwipeListener.js
index 634d96cda..e31484237 100644
--- a/js/listeners/SwipeListener.js
+++ b/js/listeners/SwipeListener.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * - Press and hold, initiate drag of focused item (forwarding press to item)
  *
  * We hope that the above input strategies will allow BVI users to interact with the sim
- * without the use of a screen reader, but in combination with the self-voicing feature set.
+ * without the use of a screen reader, but in combination with the voicing feature set.
  *
  * PROTOTYPE. DO NOT USE IN PRODUCTION CODE.
  *