Android arrangement settings for spoken communication and voice recognition

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Q: How do I get spoken communication and voice recognition working on Android?

A: Y'all may demand to tweak your arrangement settings for an optimal experience. Hither are some tips for setting up Android for speech and voice recognition.

Speech Recognition (Speech to Text):

    Speaking Email uses "Google Voice Typing" for dictation and commands. Information technology works offline so you need to download the offline vocalization.

    When you accept washed this, you need to make sure the aforementioned language (eg en-Us, en-GB, fr-FR, pt-BR) is used in diverse settings so that everything works.

    Check the following in your system settings:

    1. Look nether 'Language & Input'. In some cases it might be under Gboard.
    2. Detect "Google Vocalism Typing", make sure information technology'due south enabled

    3. If you meet "Faster Vocalisation Typing", switch that on.

    4. If you run across 'Offline Speech Recognition', tap that, and install / download all languages that you would like to employ.
    5. Note: if your preferred language does not have an offline voice available nether Google Voice Typing, you must choose a language that does and brand it your default language. Go back to 'Google Vocalism Typing', and select the languages y'all want to utilize under 'Languages'.
    6. Get back to 'Language & Input', and select the aforementioned languages again. Then select your primary linguistic communication. Note that this must be ane of the 'Offline Languages' you downloaded and installed offset. A common problem is that the default language is not bachelor as an offline voice.  For instance en-NZ is not bachelor offline so you must employ en-US or en-GB as your default language (but you tin can continue en-NZ as a secondary language)

    Still not working?

    You may have some organization setting inadvertently disabled. The best fashion to cheque is to open Google Voice Assistant. If something is disabled it volition detect and prompt you lot guide yous how to turn it on.

    Oral communication Output (Text-to-Speech aka TTS):

    • Look under Accessibility > Text-to-spoken communication output. Ensure yous have "Google Text to Spoken communication" selected and the correct language.
    • Notation that Speaking Electronic mail won't use Samsung or other vendor voices - and so you lot need to enable the Google voices as your default TTS engine.
    • Tap the cog next to Google TTS Engine.
    • Tap "install vocalism information"
    • Download the voices in whatsoever languages yous need.
    • In Speaking Email go to Preferences > Voice communication Speed, Voices & Language
    • Speaking Email lists whatever languages you lot have voices selected for. Choose 1 of these or add a linguistic communication and then choose which vox you prefer. Vocalism samples are played when you lot tap so you tin can tell what they sound similar. (Annotation if you accept Basic Edition vocalization options will non be available)

    Google TTS issues and Speech Services

    Speaking Email uses the Google text to spoken language engine, which can be upgraded as a separate app, by looking for Google Speech Services on your telephone. If you lot have whatsoever issues with speech, for example long delays or cut off, so it could be due to an effect with Speech Services. In February 2022 we discovered an update in Voice communication Services caused this kind of problem, and the solution was to uninstall the latest update of Speech Services.


    What is Speaking Email?

    An app for iPhone and Android that reads your electronic mail out loud to you lot. It intelligently extracts content from emails (minus the signatures, disclaimers and threads). And information technology lets you lot activeness your email - archive, marker-equally-read, trash, flag, answer, or forrard. It can be completely by vocalization control, or use the large on-screen buttons or full screen impact gestures.


    Who is information technology for?

    People with incomprehension or visual impairment. People who are decorated and run out of time to become through their inbox. People who want to make productive use of time when driving betwixt appointments.

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    See our other production Speaking E-mail CarPlay.


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