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?
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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.
Hi guys,
since latest Google Maps release, I noticed that Google Navigator turn by turn speaks a different voice. That's no more the Ivona I installed.
And it's GREAT.
I tried to remove Ivona, phone went back to Pico (awful).
Now, I was wondering...
is this new TTS included in Maps ?
Is it in ICS, just new Maps making use of it ?
Is there a way to save 200MB of storage by removing Ivona AND keeping the new TTS in Google Navigator ?
Thanks
Fabio
Nobody else noticed ?
chareos12 said:
Nobody else noticed ?
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I'll answer to myself:
yes, it's a new thing in latest Google Maps.
If you install any TTS from market, even not downloading voice data but just selecting the new TTS in android options, Google Maps will use its own, great, TTS.
I use SVOX to drive using Google Navigation, because the Android default engine does not support portuguese. It's been working fine since yesterday, appearently after I installed Waze. For some reason, I can no longer hear the streets names using Google Navigation. Only "turn left", "turn right" and stuffs like that.
I uninstalled Waze, but the issue keeps on. The SVOX TTS app is working fine, because I can test it by clicking the "Listen to Sample" in Android Settings.
My device is a Galaxy Nexus running 4.2.1 stock ROM. Any ideas to solve the problem?
When navigating in maps I still get a voice telling me to turn but it no longer says the street names. I'm sure it's some kind of setting or conflict but I can figure out what caused the voice turn by turn to stop saying the street names.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
You only get the names if you have tts enabled. Check your settings.
nispen,
Thanks for the reply. In TTS settings there's nothing there to change or set or turn off/on. It looks like I can install Ivona TTS but what happened to the one that comes with Android?
Sorry, I don't know. The reason I suspected tts, is that I have my phone language set to English but live in the Netherlands. When using Navigation, my phone would ask me if wanted to use and download tts files for voice guidance. Of course I ticked Yes. Then I got this horrible electronic voice trying to pronounce Dutch street names using English pronunciation algorithms. Unintelligible.
So I uninstalled TTS and from that moment on, I did still receive voice guidance, but, just as you describe, limited to turn left, turn right, straight ahead etc. No more reading out of street names.
This is why I thought your problem might have tondo with missing tts files, at least for your language. There is no way of telling Google Navigation to use a different language than the default ui language. Stupid, but there it is.
If that's not the issue, I am stumped.
Good luck. Please update if you find a solution.
I fixed it by doing a factory reset. The TTS voices returned.
Fortunately, I had backups of all my app data via Carbon Backup.
Hello,
I'm posting about an issue I have with google maps. This isn't just a google maps issue but happens mostly on google maps when doing voice navigation.
Here is the issue: I go to settings and select Ivona Text-To-Speech as my default TTS engine. I select British English as my language and I choose a nice female British voice. This all seems fine. I open up Google Maps and start navigation and then I get a nice British male voice. Is there no way to switch it to a female voice even though the voice is specified in the settings under my default TTS?
I can force this to work via morelocale2 but right in the middle of navigating it switches to the male voice and then back. Also sometimes it just does the male voice and I have to waste 45 minutes of my time screwing around to get it to work properly with the correct voice.
Maybe someone needs to make a custom menu that will allow us to choose a voice? I mean someone might want to use a default voice for their system as say DARTH VADER then, have a female or male british or US voice for navigation.
Does anyone have a fix for this, it's very frusturating.
Thanks
Wow 45 minutes changing a voice setting. You must really hate the Google voice sound huh. Lol
Never tried it so not sure how it'll be done. But that's probably why your having issues with it, because it doesn't like the audio to be changed!
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Bajanman said:
Wow 45 minutes changing a voice setting. You must really hate the Google voice sound huh. Lol
Never tried it so not sure how it'll be done. But that's probably why your having issues with it, because it doesn't like the audio to be changed!
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Pico TTS is horrible for everything, Ivona TTS is much better. This is a flaw in android, and a major one I might add.
marcusah123 said:
Pico TTS is horrible for everything, Ivona TTS is much better. This is a flaw in android, and a major one I might add.
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Lol
I'll test out the other tts app. See how it is.
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Bajanman said:
Lol
I'll test out the other tts app. See how it is.
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I've tried many of them and Ivona is the best but they all have the same issue. its an android issue.