Wondering if anyone else is having this issue.... When I start google maps and start navigation, right away an error saying Google TTS (text to speech) stopped.... Click Ok and it will give me voice directions still... sometimes the voice will change for it self and even the units lol.....
Things I have tired :
- Had the journalist 4.3 so i went on PC companion and clicked repair... it automatically downloaded a new (proper version I would assume) generic version of 4.3 and flashed it..... same issue still
- Tried removing the update for Google maps and google TTS... and then updating it again... same issue
- If I change TTS to Pico TTS it will work fine.... its just the voice isn't as nice
Really its more of a preference thing, just irritating when something isn't working as it should....... Any things to try would be great ?
------Note: TTS was working great on 4.2------
Secondly:
The GPS... If the Icon is set as active, I noticed on 4.3 it doesn't appear till its using Google Maps.... Does this mean its off, but automatically becomes active when its needed ? Or is it on all the time and just letting you know its using the GPS ?
Wondering for battery life, haven't really gotten a chance to test both scenarios properly.....
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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've tried finding a solution to this on the board and elsewhere, but all the suggested solutions either didn't work, or aren't available ...
I'm running the current RC2 of CM ICS on my G2, which works relatively well apart from the known occasional problems (font, camera messed up in goggles). Anyway, I'm not sure whether this occured with RC1 or RC2, but GMail keeps reading out mails to me with TTS, and I've not been able to switch it off ... web scripts install is disabled, I have no "drive mode" or "voice input and output" in the settings that I can find, I can't find the voice input app (apart from the voice dialer), and I don't have the apps installed that have invoked this problems for some other users ... some posts mentioned it might be a bug in the ICS release ...
Any idea how to get rid of this? It's really annoying ... Thanks!
Not the real fix, but it seems like after installing Google Now for ICS, the TTS for GMail is now somehow turned off... weird ...
So, my phone suddenly started downloading offline speech recognition database. Unasked for. Not that I mind that on itself. But when it doesn't actually download and continues the attempt without timeout that really pisses me off because it drains my battery!!! So far the only way I can stop if is by disabling the download manager, which stops me from using Google play! I may be in China right now but I use a vpn so I should still be able to download things Google. Any idea how to resolve this?
Any ideas at all?
I can stop it by force-stopping Google play and Google services, but after a while it comes back again.
Can the pack be downloaded directly from the Internet and installed later?
hey everyone
i am currently trying to get the okay google everywhere function to work. i am running a hispasian 4.4.4 rom which works great. i have tried the tricks posted online and i get nothing.
i am running the 3.6.14 version of google now and google play store 4.9
on my google now app it shows okay google detection in the settings and when i click that all i get is the from google search app ( say okay google to start a voice search from the app).
but when i back out of that i have the audio history feature which says required for features such as using ok google to start a voice search from any screen. i have that feature turned on.
i dont know if im doing somethin wrong or if my play store needs to be updated or what?
thanks
- dan
only update is i can set up my voice to record it with the ok google 3x.
the app says its all set after i do that but i cant turn on the feature in the ok google detection. it keeps saying from google search app.
i even updated my play services to the most current that came out on 10/2
ctdan713 said:
only update is i can set up my voice to record it with the ok google 3x.
the app says its all set after i do that but i cant turn on the feature in the ok google detection. it keeps saying from google search app.
i even updated my play services to the most current that came out on 10/2
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I'm running the same version of google now. From the "OK Google" Detection screen, there should be 3 option boxes. Sounds like you only have the 1st one, From Google Search App. You're missing From Any Screen and From Lock Screen. Maybe uninstall and reinstall Voice.
From Any Screen messes up my voice (chipmunk like) in programs like Skype. So it might not be a big loss for you.
I have been reading about Google play and different issues with Google services. I will be receiving the phone tomorrow. Google voice (for the voice-mail and transcribed messages) and Gmail are the only 2 apps from google I care about. Anyone have Google Voice working ?
If so how did you enable it.
Thanks!!
It works ok with play services uninstalled. It never was totally reliable though. About 60% of the time it works, the rest of my calls just go out through the cell provider directly. Also you have to keep it open either manually or with an app as it closes down after a while. On my last android phone it worked at least 90% and it didn't have to be watched constantly.
If you rely on anything google, I would just forget this phone though. It is nearly 2 weeks since the play services update and no word or update from google. Without constant fiddling, my gmail, hangouts, and play store are always broken.
Depends
Depends on your setup. If you are using Gvoice with hangouts, be prepared to be frustrated! If you are using Gvoice stand alone, it will work after a few tries.
Hangouts:
Had it working fine with play services 7.0.9 and Fire OS 3.6.8. I did the manual update to 4.6.1 and it all went to hell.. I gained a bunch of functionality but because I use Gvoice integrated in Hangouts I am constantly having issues. Issues ranging from play services updating all the time and causing notifications, sync and reply to all not work, making it useless.
If you are using Gvoice stand alone, it took me a few tires to get outgoing calls to route through Gvoice.. Download and install the Gvoice app, set it for the call settings you want. I had to do this a couple times before those settings stuck.
Until the play services are fixed this is going to be frustrating. I don't see an end in sight right now seeing as it has been this long and I see no official talk about it.
soverc said:
I have been reading about Google play and different issues with Google services. I will be receiving the phone tomorrow. Google voice (for the voice-mail and transcribed messages) and Gmail are the only 2 apps from google I care about. Anyone have Google Voice working ?
If so how did you enable it.
Thanks!!
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Well the problem here will be that play services is causing us a lot of problems since the update. Other than that I can't imagine it being a problem. I don't install the Google voice app anymore since I forward the calls and Hangouts does work to make calls from voice number. I can vouch for that.
I got the phone, was able to get google voice installed (had to remove the store afterwards) But it will only show new messages when I open the app, there are no notification.
Is it possible to get notifications ?
Working !!!
Had to re-associate phone with Google voice and then notifications would pop up
soverc said:
I got the phone, was able to get google voice installed (had to remove the store afterwards) But it will only show new messages when I open the app, there are no notification.
Is it possible to get notifications ?
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