I am trying to find a way to change the dreadful stock tts voice on my rooted Kindle Fire. I followed a guide (from Xda I think), but it didn't work for me. I have several apps that will read aloud ebooks on my Fire, but I can't stand the voice.
Same here; found your post via search. Tried an app called tts settings extended; froze up. I'll try that "set of instructions'' if I find it.
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Hi,
I had some problems with the Text to Speech app.
At first, when I was opening Google Navigation, it was saying that it needs to download text-to-speech, and if I clicked "Skip" it would just navigate with out talking, just making a tone sound every turn.
But if I was clicking the "Install" which suppose to download and install a TTS app that could read out loud the streets name, so instead, it gave an error message of "Sorry the application Maps (process com.google.android.apps.maps) has stopped unexpectedly."
So I tried to solve it out and went to Settings>Voice in&out put> Text-to-Speech Settings, But When I pressed on it, it gave me the same error message of the "sorry the app .... crashed"
So I understand the problem is here so I went to Titanium Backup and uninstalled it (unfortunately didn't backup), the "TTS Service 2.3.3" app.
But now when I go to Google Navigation and make a destination, it crashes immediately with no question of installing the TTS, and no option to navigate..
What shell I do now? I tried to reinstall the Google Maps, ain't working.
Does anyone got this TTS Service 2.3.3 and could he send me it?
I can't find it on market or google search. :\
I am using Ginger bread 2.3.3
ROM: Virtuous Unity 1.29.0 (Ace)
Thanks,
Yarden.
I'm having a similar problem. Trying to use anything with TTS force closes, sometimes it just force closes the TTS app (installed via an apk) and sometimes it crashes the app calling it.
A market search yields nothing relevant and a direct link to it in the market will show the "Not Supported" message.
Inspire 4G w/ CM7-08082011
Hi, I am also having the same issue as above. Any application that uses Text to Speech force closes on me - including the settings menu for voice input and output. I'm using Android Revolution 6.1.3 ROM. Does anyone have any solutions for this at all please? I have tried installing numerous TTS engines but to no avail. Thanks in advance
Get an app that can show you your installed apps (e.g. Titanium Backup). Search for these apps:
* Pico TTS
* TTS Service
* TTS Service Extended
* Voice Search
My guess is that you don't have that second app, TTS Service, installed.
Let me know which of those is on your phone.
I assume you're using the Desire HD/Inspire 4G, yes?
LysolPionex said:
Get an app that can show you your installed apps (e.g. Titanium Backup). Search for these apps:
* Pico TTS
* TTS Service
* TTS Service Extended
* Voice Search
My guess is that you don't have that second app, TTS Service, installed.
Let me know which of those is on your phone.
I assume you're using the Desire HD/Inspire 4G, yes?
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im having the same issue, where can i get the tts service extended apk?
I'll post it later tonight. You can probably find it through Google.
Sorry I took so long w/this. Caught a bug last night; still under the weather.
Backup before you install this. No guarantees it'll work.
Does anyone else find that Google Now does not always engage when you say "Google" to activate it?
For me it only responds about once or twice. It works again after a reboot for another once or twice.
Anyone have a fix foe that?
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It does this to me sometimes too I just give my phone a reboot and it works again, Hopefully it will get better once the source is released.
For me it keeps FCing. I've tried reinstalling it without luck. Has anyone been having this problem running AOKP build 40?
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I have not seen this happen on my gnex. So far Google now has been spot on. It has been a little laggy at times, but no FCs or unresponsive.
Would there be any benefit in reflashing JB. Did something go wrong in the install?
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Google Now Voice search
My Google Now doesn't have any working voice-back. When I do a voice search, it only shows a google search result.
MikkelK said:
My Google Now doesn't have any working voice-back. When I do a voice search, it only shows a google search result.
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Google Voice Search will not speak back with every search results. It will with some searches and request such as weather, definitions, directions, celebrity profile, etc. If you have attempted those and still have no voice response, you may need to download the offline speech recognition.
Go to Settings > Language & input > Speech > Voice Search > Download offline speech recognition. Select the language of your choice and enjoy.
Hope this helps!
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Google Voice Search will not speak back with every search results. It will with some searches and request such as weather, definitions, directions, celebrity profile, etc. If you have attempted those and still have no voice response, you may need to download the offline speech recognition.
Go to Settings > Language & input > Speech > Voice Search > Download offline speech recognition. Select the language of your choice and enjoy.
Hope this helps!
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I'm having the same problem. I tried downloading the offline speech recognition but it didn't help.
All that google now does for me is display the google search results, but it never provides me with any additional feedback even with the simplest searches, like: "is it going to rain tomorrow" or "who is the ceo of google?".
Anyone has any idea what might be the problem?
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Can it be related to, that I'm running Yakjuxw, and not Yakju?
Today, Google Search was updated, bringing additional cards to Google Now. My voice searches are the same, though.
Problem persists.
Hello,
I'm on a rooted GS3 with Diet ICS installed.
I had installed the Rapid Keyboard app for the Play Store and when I did so i lost the ability to perform Voice Dictations.
I've since deleted the rapid keyboard app and the function is still not available.
I have checked all setting possible. Language & Input is set to show the Voice icon on the main keyboard. I even tried moving it to the icons and it still does nothing.
I deleted Google voice, voice search, and re-installed with no luck.
I even reflashed diet ics and still nothing.....i'm stumped!
I believe I figured out my problem.
It has to do with the keyboards in " Diet ICS"
I don't think it includes the voice dictation because I flashed Ultimatum 1.3 at the feature was there, then flashed back to Diet ICS and it was gone again
That being said is there a way to add that function in on its own???
Any help
Does someone know what APK I need to add or what to add back in? I cleaned up some Samsung stuff including S-Voice and apparently Google Voice Typing is not an option for me on 4.1.2 stock Fr. I did remove3 "Google Now" ... I bet that did it. Any idea how I can get good old "Google Voice Typing" back as an input method?
I'm pretty sure (but not 100% positive) that Voice Search is rolled into the actual Google Search app (which also houses Google Now), so you're likely correct in your assumption.
Google Voice Search is available on the Market and it works (I installed it to test), but it does not bring back my "Google Voice Typing" input option under Languages and Input / Keyboards. I backed everything up meticulously before removing anything, but cannot seem to get the little microphone back so I can give voice inputs to email etc. S-Voice doesn't fix this either
bump ... please help?
Hello everybody,
i usually use a lot Google Maps and i've always been annoyed by this thing: i've installed IVONA Text-to-Speech HQ (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivona.tts) (which i suggest because it's great) as my default TTS Engine, but Google Voice keeps switching between Ivona and his internal TTS (the Google one, i think).
So, 10 phrases are said by IVONA, 2 or 3 by Google, and so on for all the trip.
I hate it, mostly because the Google TTS can't spell (italian) road names and gives only vague informations.
I've even tried to freeze Pico-TTS with Titanium, but it doesn't change a thing.
Any suggestions?
sberla54 said:
Hello everybody,
i usually use a lot Google Maps and i've always been annoyed by this thing: i've installed IVONA Text-to-Speech HQ (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivona.tts) (which i suggest because it's great) as my default TTS Engine, but Google Voice keeps switching between Ivona and his internal TTS (the Google one, i think).
So, 10 phrases are said by IVONA, 2 or 3 by Google, and so on for all the trip.
I hate it, mostly because the Google TTS can't spell (italian) road names and gives only vague informations.
I've even tried to freeze Pico-TTS with Titanium, but it doesn't change a thing.
Any suggestions?
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Remove pico-TTS
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But is it Pico-TTS the voice that Map's using? Because i've freezed it with TB and nothing changed...
sberla54 said:
But is it Pico-TTS the voice that Map's using? Because i've freezed it with TB and nothing changed...
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BUMP!
Noone else has any idea?