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[Resolved] Help! Weird problem with text-to-speech setting

I ran into a problem with the recent update to the Google Text-To-Speech app.
I was testing out and trying to decide between the new high quality US and UK English voices. Somehow my default language for speech got locked into UK English: I can no longer change it to anything else, even though my default device language is US English and I have downloaded both the low and high quality US English voices.
See my screenshots - despite me changing my chosen language to US English in the Google Text-to-speech Engine settings in the 1st screenshot, once I hit the back button (or exit via the home / recent apps buttons), my default language reverts to UK English as per the 2nd screenshot.
Is there any system file I can edit to change this absurd behaviour? I'm rooted and willing to get my hands dirty...
UPDATE:
I played around with settings and managed to resolve the problem.
Clearing data from / un- and re-installing the app / restoring data from another device didn't work - what did work was choosing another default device language (NOT the voice language under Text-to-speech output). This somehow released the "lock" on UK speech and allowed me to choose US instead. I then reverted the default device language to US English.
All is now good in the world :victory:

Trying going to Google Text-to-speech or Google TTS, whichever one it is, in the app settings and clear data.
Sent from my Nexus 5

Lethargy said:
Trying going to Google Text-to-speech or Google TTS, whichever one it is, in the app settings and clear data.
Sent from my Nexus 5
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That was one of the first things I tried, but it didn't help.
Anyway I managed to resolve the problem already. Gonna update the OP.

mlj11 said:
That was one of the first things I tried, but it didn't help.
Anyway I managed to resolve the problem already. Gonna update the OP.
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At least you got it worked out.
Sent from my Nexus 5

Google translate with offline speech input?

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

famewolf said:
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

Voice control version chinois

Hello to all and to all .
I'm the proud owner of a mate 8 NXT al10 Chinese version so if I'm not mistaken in 128 GB.
You must excuse me I do not speak any English so I use Google.
being French and not speaking Chinese while the only thing I have a problem with what I use very often with my phone is voice control.
My question is the following "" "Is it easily possible to place a file in the phone that will allow us to use voice commands in multiple languages" ""?
I hope I well expressed and especially as Google is my friend get me well translated.
Thank you to all

what u can do is install the google app from play store and set it as your assistance and voice control app: settings/apps/advanced/default app settings/assistance & voice input
set assist app to google app, that should do it. .
Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10 using Tapatalk

First of all thank you for responding so quickly.
But this solution does not solve anything at all and made some applications malfunction I would say it conflicts with the Huawei applications.
Actually what I want it is a file that can be installed on the phone to turn the Chinese into English French German Italian I think it would help a lot of people.

as far as i know the chinese hivoice control is only available in chinese, thats why i suggested switching to google app... try and disable the chinese voice control when using google app, maybe thatll help with the described conflicts. what exactly did go wrong, in what apps?
Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10 using Tapatalk

If I remember correctly when I tried to install google app from play store when I had chinese firmware it said that it is incompatible with my device. Not 100% sure now having the international firm... Does it work on your AL10 @Phil28?

It's a shame to have to change nxt to l10 l29. to change the language because it seems that there is some great work on the Chinese version of the MUI .From more 128giga version is it supported by the version nxt- l29

Code menu ingénieur *#*#2846579#*#*
While this may be util

i also want to change the chinese language to english in voice control....can any one tell how to change the files???/
i am sure there must be a way as the english version is available in international roms...i am on al10 b350...am quite satisfied with it but just want to change the voice control language...

Making most of Chinese Variant: English version of Huawei Preloaded Apps...

Hi. The Chinese version of the Mate 9 comes with some preloaded apps called HiVoice, HiLives, Huawei Read, Huawei Club, HiWallet, HiCare, HiApp and Huawei Health. Many of these apps could be useful but work primarily in Chinese. Are there English versions of these apps or is there a way to set them up so that they work primarily in English? Especially with voice recognition. Also the phone will allow you answer a call by voice command but the default command is in Chinese. Is there a way to answer in English. When dialling a phone number you get a Chinese directory. Anyway to disable this or use a more local based directory. Also, when on lockscreen, long press of volume down asks something related to contacts but it is in Chinese. Can this feature be utilized in English? Thanks!

Easier way is to flash an international firmware,cause most features are in English like direct calling, hivoice is replaced by Google search and so on.

gm007 said:
Easier way is to flash an international firmware,cause most features are in English like direct calling, hivoice is replaced by Google search and so on.
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Yes. Thanks. Currently that is my plan b or rather c. I'm just trying to see how much I can get out of this original set up with the Huawei apps. But if it is true that these apps and so forth are really too China centric to be that useful for me, I'll probably just delete them and use equivalent google apps and so forth. If that doesn't do it I'll rebrand to International or North American. Is there any difference between those two anyone knows of?

same issue
I got all of the above from Chinese version in australia.
Dont know how to make english as default for all "hi" app from huawei.

Any workaround to use Alexa in another language?

Hi. I have my Fire HD 8 8th gen and when I first started it notified me "Alexa is not compatible with spanish".
But I can use Alexa in spanish on my phone, it's just in the tablet where it doesn't allow me to change the language. Did anyone find a solution for that?

TheHerno said:
Hi. I have my Fire HD 8 8th gen and when I first started it notified me "Alexa is not compatible with spanish".
But I can use Alexa in spanish on my phone, it's just in the tablet where it doesn't allow me to change the language. Did anyone find a solution for that?
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Try this:
Change the Language on Your Echo Device - Amazon Customer Service
Use the Alexa app to change your language settings.
www.amazon.com
If didn't work. You can use Google Assistant instead. Google Assistant can support multilingual.