IVONA text to speech not working? - Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I installed IVONA along with the british voice AMY. I downloaded the voice files. When I try to read aloud in google voice I get absolutely no sound.
Anyone got it working? It may be related to 4.2.1, maybe not. If you got it working, how did you do it?

Figured it out, just had to reboot the nexus
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[Q] Rooted G2 - TTS not working

Hi, I have a rooted G2 running on Cyanogenmod 7.1.0 with the Go Launcher. I just tried downloading the Speaktoit Assistant for my phone, and when I tried using it, the voice never spoke back to me. So I tried checking my TTS setting, and I have several that I've tried, and none of them work. I have the stock Pico TTS, IVONA TTS HQ, and SVOX Classic TTS.
When I try to click "Listen to an example" the sample speech doesn't even work. I tried clicking "Install Voice Data" but that doesn't do anything. If anybody has this same problem, or any ideas for fixes, please help! Thanks in advance!
Bump..anyone?
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hopeful mid-day bump?
No idea, my tts works on cm
7.1. Google Bev talks to me all the time. Does everything else work? Are there any other functional lapses?
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Google Bev? My maps seem to work just fine. And when I do regular voice commands, they work. My google translate also works just fine too. I'm not sure what else uses the tts, but from the voice assistants, they don't work. I've tried iris, speaktoit, and even just tried the testing thing under the settings.
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Do you have eSpeak TTS installed? This is the one that most voice assistants use.
I have that, ivona, and even svox. None of them work unfortunately.
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I installed the eSpeak TTS and found that the software does not work in my hTC Desire Z with CM7.2 ROM. However, both SVOX and PICO TTS work fine on my phone.
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[Q] Google Navigation Stock Voice

So I had my Nexus 4 about 2+ months now (bought straight from Google) and just a few days ago I decided to root and install custom kernel and rom. Installed the Illusion ROM 2.0 and the Air Kernel. I also installed Slim Gapps (Slim_Gapps.4.2.2.build.6.x.zip) to get my Google apps because they are not included in the Illusion ROM. Everything is great except for the navigation voice. I used to have a woman's voice who said words clearly and sounded almost humanlike...or something close to it when speaking directions. Now I have this computer-generated woman voice which sounds crappy compared to what I had before.
How do I get the original voice back? I noticed in my text-to-speech settings that I have something called PicoTTS. Am I missing something like google related? Please help me find her
anyone?
Anyone? I did a proper search but couldn't find a concrete answer. Please help.
You should install the full google apps,or use Ivona text to speech from play store
Still want the original
aelsharawi said:
You should install the full google apps,or use Ivona text to speech from play store
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Yeah I know Ivona exists. It's just that I was satisfied with the original voice provided with the Nexus 4. In fact, I really liked it I never thought that was an addon before flashing to a custom rom.
So you're saying that the Gapps provided by slim roms is not a full version?? If so, can you please provide a link where I can download the full google apps? I know the store doesn't have it cause I tried to search for it. Otherwise if any Nexus 4 owner is using the stock rom and included voice, can they somehow extract it and post a download link? It would be greatly appreciated.
If the above options aren't possible, then say I were to flash the stock rom again, would I get back the lost original voice? And then can someone give me instructions on how to extract the voice so I can install in a custom rom? This would be helpful too.
EDIT: Found downloadables. My search was flawed as I searched for "google text-to-speech, android text-to-speech, google tts, google tts nexus 4", etc. when I should've simply searched for "gapps" as "gapps tts" doesn't work either.

[Q] Google TTS engine not available?

I got my Note 3 and am loving it so far. I test drove it and used navigation and noticed that the voice sounded horrible and wasn't the Google voice I was used to hearing on my rooted s3.
So I took a deeper look into setting the text to speech engine and noticed that only Samsung's is listed.
Has anyone been able to find a solution(unrooted preferably) to getting Google tts engine on the Note 3?
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I got my Note 3 and am loving it so far. I test drove it and used navigation and noticed that the voice sounded horrible and wasn't the Google voice I was used to hearing on my rooted s3.
So I took a deeper look into setting the text to speech engine and noticed that only Samsung's is listed.
Has anyone been able to find a solution(unrooted preferably) to getting Google tts engine on the Note 3?
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i had an update for the samsung tts when i customized the wake up phrases. (not sure how i got it but it popped up and said it had an update). it sounds better imo! but make sure your connected to wifi its over 60gbs!
I believe this was what I downloaded.
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I did that. It sounds better than before, but I still prefer Google TTS.
Once we have root we will be able to have google tts. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472959
njfoses said:
Once we have root we will be able to have google tts. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472959
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This works great. Just did it on mine.
I've just discovered that the HD Voice days update that you would have seen, is actually TTS done by SVOX!
I purchased SVOX, and for the UK be l voice at least, it's "exactly!" The same, same voice, same tone, same inflection used within the speech.
Not bad considering its a free addition

OK Google fails to launch apps?

Everything I tried to voice summon Google Now and tell it to launch an app, it will process my command and show a little loading icon. However, that's all it does and the app never launches.
Has this been a problem for anyone else? I've tried launching Pandora and calculator, both to no avail
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Just tried it. No issue at all.
Just tried and launched my Calculator app with no problem.
To clarify, the problem seems to only happen when the screen is locked. So I Simon a locked device via voice, then say "launch calculator app." Half the time it will tell me "actually, I can't do that. To continue, please unlock your device," while other times it just gets sick on the loading icon. Keep in mind that I have trusted voice activated under my Google settings. I don't know why it's not working.
When the device is unlocked, everything works fine.
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It worked for me at first as well, but now it isn't. Very strange indeed.
Anyone else having troubles? This is annoying because I like launching Pandora via voice when the phone is charging and I'm across the room
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Yes have the same issue. Also the amount of time it gives you respond when using voice commands is horrible sometimes...
Try using OK Google to do a web search first and then as soon as it's done doing your search ask it to open an app. That works for me.
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Try using OK Google to do a web search first and then as soon as it's done doing your search ask it to open an app. That works for me.
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This works because the web search triggers the phone to unlock with your trusted voice first. It's a work around but not a solution to the problem.
And yeah the response time to the voice trigger is pretty crummy.
Anyone know how to get this problem reported to the appropriate people?
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I'm in the same boat, 'Ok Google' is quite unreliable from the lock screen (even with Always On and Voice Smart Lock). More times than not, it fails to perform any of the requested actions. Interestingly, the workaround mentioned above does work. My HTC One M8 was able to accurately activate with screen off without a problem....
I am having the same problem with not being able to open apps from locked screen, how can we report this as an issue?

No sound from Google Search. Fire HD 10

Rooted, installed Nova, disabled all Amazon bloatware. Kindle working great, only issue is Google Search will not respond with a voice. I'll ask what the weather is and it simply displays the result without telling me with the voice "It's 100 degrees and sunny." I'll ask using the mic button/Voice Search "who won the allstar game", no sound, no voice, just displays the answer. Have the latest google installed, playstore working fine, framework, etc. Got everything updated.
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Rooted, installed Nova, disabled all Amazon bloatware. Kindle working great, only issue is Google Search will not respond with a voice. I'll ask what the weather is and it simply displays the result without telling me with the voice "It's 100 degrees and sunny." I'll ask using the mic button/Voice Search "who won the allstar game", no sound, no voice, just displays the answer. Have the latest google installed, playstore working fine, framework, etc. Got everything updated.
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It's a bug in the Google app. I had the same issue with past updates. Whatever that last update did they broke the sound again.
butthump said:
Rooted, installed Nova, disabled all Amazon bloatware. Kindle working great, only issue is Google Search will not respond with a voice. I'll ask what the weather is and it simply displays the result without telling me with the voice "It's 100 degrees and sunny." I'll ask using the mic button/Voice Search "who won the allstar game", no sound, no voice, just displays the answer. Have the latest google installed, playstore working fine, framework, etc. Got everything updated.
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I figured it out. Turn on Nova in accessibility options. Then say ok google.
I followed your directions and OK Google now works. I also hear the beep, but it still will not respond through a voice telling me what the weather is, or who won the ballgame. It just displays the information on the search app. Again no voice telling me if it's going to rain, or who won last night's game, Etc. I greatly appreciate you looking into this. So do you think it's still a glitch? I really like to hear the voice telling me stuff, I'm too lazy to read the info, LOL.
butthump said:
I followed your directions and OK Google now works. I also hear the beep, but it still will not respond through a voice telling me what the weather is, or who won the ballgame. It just displays the information on the search app. Again no voice telling me if it's going to rain, or who won last night's game, Etc. I greatly appreciate you looking into this. So do you think it's still a glitch? I really like to hear the voice telling me stuff, I'm too lazy to read the info, LOL.
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Tap Google app > three lines bottom right > settings > voice. Make sure speech output is on. Also make sure you have offline speech downloaded. From there tap settings under assistant at the top > tablet and make sure thats all set.
Speech output is on, offline speech is downloaded in US English, I turned on Nova and accessibility settings, and it definitely turns on and beeps when I say OK Google but I still do not get a voice response when I ask any question. The Google app isn't your default Assist app. I'm getting that are on the Google Voice match settings. I have already deleted Alexa completely from the phone. Using ES File Explorer Pro, with root. I have also enabled Google through ADB and disabled Alexa through ADB.
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Speech output is on, offline speech is downloaded in US English, I turned on Nova and accessibility settings, and it definitely turns on and beeps when I say OK Google but I still do not get a voice response when I ask any question. The Google app isn't your default Assist app. I'm getting that are on the Google Voice match settings. I have already deleted Alexa completely from the phone. Using ES File Explorer Pro, with root. I have also enabled Google through ADB and disabled Alexa through ADB.
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You need to follow this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/guide-enable-google-assistant-ok-google-t3740145
You basically need to download settings database editor and make the edits to secure settings. Make sure to grant settings database editor the proper permissions.
Thanks Dragonfire, started with a brand new Kindle from scratch. I accidentally bricked my old one. Long story short I started with a new Kindle HD 10, rooted, installed all the Google apps, followed all of the directions from the guide... I still do not get speech output, the Google voice does not give me the answer that I asked for. Only displays the answer. Maybe it is a glitch as you originally suggested. I disabled Alexa as the guide says, and I was able to do the voice match and everything. Google does not speak the answers. I only get the famous Google beep. And that's it. The sweet lady Google Voice stays silent.
butthump said:
Thanks Dragonfire, started with a brand new Kindle from scratch. I accidentally bricked my old one. Long story short I started with a new Kindle HD 10, rooted, installed all the Google apps, followed all of the directions from the guide... I still do not get speech output, the Google voice does not give me the answer that I asked for. Only displays the answer. Maybe it is a glitch as you originally suggested. I disabled Alexa as the guide says, and I was able to do the voice match and everything. Google does not speak the answers. I only get the famous Google beep. And that's it. The sweet lady Google Voice stays silent.
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Sorry I can't help more. I've not had this issue aside from the sound issue i had mentioned earlier, which was fixed by activating nova in accessibility.

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