Hi,
I am at a complete loss. In Language and Input Settings the default language set is English (United States). I have SVOX Classic installed and legitimately purchased the Grace (US) voice. I have SVOX enabled and set as the default engine. In settings with I tap listen to sample, it tells me it is SVOX Classic. All my apps that support TTS use the SVOX Grace voice.
However, whenever I use Google Navigation, I get the window asking me to install a voice, which is weird, because I do have SVOX Installed. I then proceed through the steps, by clicking install anyway, but it's as if Google Nav doesn't seem to recognize that SVOX is installed. I make sure to select Grace as the voice, but instead of getting street names read, etc like it should, Google Nav just tells me when a turn is approaching in X number of miles or feet, and when I approach the turn it just says "Turn Left" or "Turn Right." No reading of street names, etc.
I've tried every trick I read online in all sorts of forums. I tried uninstalling the Grace voice and SVOX Classic. Rebooting the phone, then reinstalling svox and the grace voice. For some reason or another, I cannot get Google Nav to recognize and use the default SVOX TTS engine.
Does anyone have any insight?
Thanks!
--Q
PS - Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, rooted, stock ROM (v2.3.6 build UCLA3)
I have a Galaxy S3 with ICS and had this same symptom.
Both my google navigation and my talking assistant spoke in that monotone google tts instead of the SVox that I could hear if I pressed listen to a sample.
the trick was to install Text-To-Speech_Extended_3.1.apk
you may not find this on google play or if you do it may say it is not compatible with your device.
download it from here http://www.freewarelovers.com/android/app/text-to-speech-extended
then open it with your file explorer and install by clicking on the apk.
you will find that your svox will work with google navigation on ics with the galaxy s3 and I presume the s2 as well.
if no luck after install, try swapping back to old speech engine and back to svox in android settings.
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OK, so it might be me but what does installing this to my HTC Desire do?
Also, I've got google maps installed and have downloaded "Nav Launcher" for it to try and get the spoken nav working, but it's greyed out... I've seen the video of the guy speaking an address and google maps then navigates to it... I'm all confused
It's the engine for converting text to speech.
I installed this from the market and now my navigation voice isn't working.
I have flashed DKv4 two days ago. Everithing is OK, except some minor issues. However when I open "Text-to-speech output" settings, I find the message: google text-to-speech engine has stopped. The same message appears when I open Maps, Alarmdroid, other.http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/frown.gif
I read in the DKv4 thread that others have the same problem and that google TTS may be uninstalled to avoid it.
I would like to ask whether uninstalling google TTS can affect other voice functions. Can replace it for another TTS apk? Or simply download a new version of google TTS and reinstall it?http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/confused.gif
Thanks
And a particular acknowledgment to the terrific work of Nasif!http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
Giap
I'm curious if google changed things recently. Downloaded the tts I had on my old android phone and I find that no matter what, Google maps/nav will only play in the default voice, even if it's not that good. I prefer to use Ivona.
Any feedback?
sent from my beast of a Galaxy Note II running JellyBeans ROM
Check out this thread, it might not completely answer your question but it should point you in the right direction.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2218525
I have the problem that Google Maps doesn't use the selected TTS engine (SVOX Classic or Ivona) even if it has the same language as the global phone language specified in the system settings.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks
Anyone know how to get Google Translate working with offline speech input (e.g. in airplane mode) on the Idol 3? This worked for me on my old Moto phone running KK (actually, running CM11). But on the Idol 3, I can do offline translation via typing (having downloaded the relevant offline language packs), and I can get the app to speak either the typewritten input or output, but when I tap the microphone to activate speech input, I get a never-ending "initializing" message. Voice typing itself works offline (e.g. I can compose a notepad note), just not within Google Translate.
rhcohen said:
Anyone know how to get Google Translate working with offline speech input (e.g. in airplane mode) on the Idol 3? This worked for me on my old Moto phone running KK (actually, running CM11). But on the Idol 3, I can do offline translation via typing (having downloaded the relevant offline language packs), and I can get the app to speak either the typewritten input or output, but when I tap the microphone to activate speech input, I get a never-ending "initializing" message. Voice typing itself works offline (e.g. I can compose a notepad note), just not within Google Translate.
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You might try installing the google offline voice xposed module....you might also have luck using a keyboad like swiftkey that has it's own voice input button.
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.germainz.googleofflinevoice
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You might try installing the google offline voice xposed module....you might also have luck using a keyboad like swiftkey that has it's own voice input button.
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.germainz.googleofflinevoice
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I can update a bit. If I go to settings/Language & Input/Voice Input and select "Basic Google Recognition", then Translate will most of the time (not always) recognize my speech input offline (as noted before I have no issues in other apps, so I can't see where swiftkey would help), for going from English to the other language of interest (in this case, Japanese). And the phone will speak the Japanese translation. But going in the other direction does would not work. I have the Japanese offline language pack installed, so that is not the issue. The issue may be that I didn't have Japanese as an installed "Downloaded Language" under "Offline speech recognition". I have now taken care of that, (it requires knowing how to write "Japanese" in kanji characters), but seemingly it still doesn't work offline (I don't have a good Japanese speaker available to test, but with an internet connection the app recognizes my poor Japanese. But not offline.)
Have you considered using a dedicated app for your translations rather than google? I know I picked up one or two as amazon free apps. One was http://www.amazon.com/Jourist-Verla...1440539636&sr=1-1&keywords=travel+interpreter
I mention it because you may want to review "similar apps" and see if any are free and will suit your purpose.
I am new to this, I have copied the repo software onto my SD card. What do I do now? I still have no offline voice recognition.
Had similar probl w s4
Switch to google txt 2 spch engine
Instsll translation dats of choice for offline use
Can translate foreign language offline to eng but not eng to foreign language
Suspect can only translate to default language with free app offline...no rev for google
What's the best and more popular assistant for S7?
In my device I find S-Voice but it seems an old assistant.. Google Now maybe the most integrated with other apps and features... but what the new ones like Bixby and Google Assistant?
Does anyone use Google Now?
I don't use any assistant, in fact I've disabled all the info collecting settings for Google to the point the assistant won't work unless I turn them all back on again
Cortana from Microsoft is available on the play store too / apk install but as with Android, I kill that thing on Windows too, assistants are dumb and it's generally faster and more accurate to do everything manually anyway, and doesn't collect your data in the process
It's your choice, while I *need* an assistant driving my car to call, create reminders, send WhatsApp messages, SMS, etc
I'd like to perform only a few simple (hands-free) actions, you can easily do with Siri (iOS).
Google Now seems so poor.. so many times it doesn't understand what I say and put my request to google (web)... so frustating.. You too?
Yea, I've never found any voice recognition / assistant that can understand what I'm saying well enough for it to be any use, spend more time correcting and typing in the correct words than I would if I just did it myself in the first place
Siri is what you're looking for
Anyway Google Assistant (born inside Google Allo) should become the new modern virtual assistant improving the current Google Now. Unfortunately it's not available in Italian... have you tried it in English? (at first look it seems faster and more clever than Now)