On my S5360 I would like to replace the default Pico TTS engine with Svox Classic with the Victoria voice - sounds much more human. I have downloaded and installed the engine and the free offer of Victoria for two weeks. However, when I go to Settings to set Svox Classic as the default, I find only Pico as an available engine. I tried starting the app in case it needs some further set-up, but it says 'Svox Classic is not selected as your default TTS engine - go to TTS settings'. So I am stymied, and the two week trial is being used up. Would it work if I bought the Victoria voice? - it's only £1.99 or something like that! How can I get the Svox engine recognised as one of those available? Many thanks for any help.
PS I have tried buying the voice (it is only £1.99) and installed it. The result is the same - when I try to open the app, it complains that it is not the default TTS, but only Pico appears in the settings menu.
PPS. Please ignore this; i have just discovered how to activate the new voice from the settings menu. Don't know how I could have been so stupid!
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I can use the pico engine fine with the navigation on G2, but If I change to svox classic engine with svox chinese mandarin setting. the navigation keep showing me that :" For voice guided navigation please install text to speech support from android market." I already bought the voice data and installed it on my sdcard. I can listen to the example but cannot use it in the map and navigation.
Please someone can help me with this issue.
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anyone has any idea about it? I will appreciate your help.
I have found it to be finicky as well. Just play with the settings. First set the default engine to svox, then make sure you set the default voice, disable pico, and hit override app settings.
Hi,
This issue will be resolved in the next update of Svox Classic. It's due to a mismatch in the language identifier for Chinese on the Android platform. Non-chinese Classic voices work fine.
JWouters said:
Hi,
This issue will be resolved in the next update of Svox Classic. It's due to a mismatch in the language identifier for Chinese on the Android platform. Non-chinese Classic voices work fine.
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When its going to be? thank you
Bloodbeard said:
I have found it to be finicky as well. Just play with the settings. First set the default engine to svox, then make sure you set the default voice, disable pico, and hit override app settings.
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I did everything but still not working, how to disable the pico? thanks
All right this is what I Did, make sure you have svox set as default engine and the language of your choice and make sure you click in voice settings "use my settings" hope that helps.
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This is due to naming difference for Mandarin as used by Classic voice and used by Android. Next update of the Classic engine will fix the issue
so i installed loquendo tts susan to the wifes shift then installed copilot but for some reason it's not selectable in the voice options...i have i set to be the default engine in device settings...also have it set to use my settings by default...but no option appears for tts like it says on my evo *eng-usa...am i missing something?
I use Svox on mine and it works just fine,
I use the Uk one so I have to pick the UK setting in the language settings.
Hello guys,
i've already asked this same question when i had an HTC Desire HD but nobody could help me. Maybe i'll be more lucky this time.
I hate the default Text-to-speech output voice engine of Android. In italian, it's simply embarassing. In Google Maps it can't spell basic words like "first", "second" or "exit" and it doesn't read the streets' addresses; it simply says "turn right", "turn left" without specifying in which road i should turn.
So, i've installed Ivona Text-to-speech HQ with his italian male voice "Giorgio" and i think it's great. it speaks in a good italian and in Google Maps it even read the streets' names.
But i have a problem: sometimes Google Maps uses Ivona, sometimes it uses the Android default. Sometimes it uses for all the session the default voice, sometimes it keeps switching between the 2 voices (2 sentences said by Ivona, 1 sentence said by the default etc...).
I hate it.
Is there a way i can fix this? I've even tried to freeze Pico-TTS with Titanium, but it doesn't change a thing.
Thank you in advance!
PicoTTS and GoogleTTS are two different things, try to delete both of them and just use Ivona, there is also the option to set which TTS as default in Accessibility.
eksasol said:
PicoTTS and GoogleTTS are two different things, try to delete both of them and just use Ivona, there is also the option to set which TTS as default in Accessibility.
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Thank you, I didn't understood that Pico a GoogleTTS were different things. I'll try to delete/freeze both of theme, hoping it doesn't break anything.
I've setted Ivona as default TTS in the settings, of course, but it doesn't work anyway.
sberla54 said:
Thank you, I didn't understood that Pico a GoogleTTS were different things. I'll try to delete/freeze both of theme, hoping it doesn't break anything.
I've setted Ivona as default TTS in the settings, of course, but it doesn't work anyway.
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Freezing Pico TTS and Google Text-to-speech Engine seems to work, at least in my first tests.
By the way, i also wrote to the Ivona support and that's what they answered to me. No really useful:
Hello,
Unfortunately this is a Google's mechanism therefore we are not able to fix this issue. Generally the Google Navigation picks the voice with the best responsiveness and that is why Default voice i picked from time to time.
The only thing we can do is to work on the voice performance, hoping this will meet Google's voice pick mechanism.
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Uninstalling Google TTS Engine and Pico TTS seems to work.
Sometime the Google engine's voice comes back for a moment (i don't understand how this is possible), but Ivona TTS always gets preferred.
I noticed the Intonation setting on my friend's Google Pixel in Google TTS Engine.
I came across this article on Android police which mentions that Google TTS 3.10 adds the feature "Intonation" which makes the voice more expressive:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/1...ost-its-volume-above-other-apps-apk-download/
I have the latest version of Google TTS (3.10.10) on my Galaxy S5 (LineageOS 14). I also have the Google Assistant on my phone thanks to an APK I downloaded and flashed here. Works great, BTW.
Is there a way to enable the Intonation setting? It makes quite a difference!
I couldn't find anything about this on XDA or online.
I hate bing... How to replace bing?
From the pull-down menu:
Settings>Apps and Games>Amazon Application Settings>Silk Browser(this opens "Silk Settings")>Advanced>Search Engine
Then select another option (e.g. Google).
I went to settings and checked Google for the search engine but Bing still comes up. Even though Google is still checked.
Same thing for me! I can't get rid of the Bing search engine even though Google is checked!
Silk always uses Bing by default (probably cuz of the Amazon/ Google feud). I try to avoid using the SIlk browser at all costs. If I want to do a hands-free search, I use Google Assistant using DragonFire1024's guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/guide-enable-google-assistant-ok-google-t3740145
You have to use this version of the Google app since the newest versions aren't working so well with the Fire HD's: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aZ4PbJdZ_Jo8oNZYdQX9oJvS6ym4AjuV/view?usp=sharing