I can't get Google Translate to operate as one would expect, because the Text-To-Speech package is missing from the Marketplace, and the application cannot finish installing.
Any ideas?
Well, looks like you can fix it by side-loading TTS Extended. That was easy enough. Still, annoying for those who aren't nerdy enough to do this kind of thing...
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Hey, it seems that one of the things stripped out of the Blackhole rom is the voice synthesizer for Google Nav. I can't for the life of me remember where to go in the market to download this. Does anyone remember? It's annoying the hell out of me that Nav doesn't have the voice directions.
Same issue here. This probably belongs in that thread too.
Yeah, that's a good idea, I'll put that in the thread.
You Lose voice navigation if you get rid of the text-to-speech services. So check your /system/apps/ to make sure you have PicoTts.apk and TtsService.apk, if you don't have them that's the cause of your problem.
I have those apks and the voice isn't working on Google Navigation. Any other suggestions?
I had to download something from the market. I think it was google voice search.
I got my problem fixed. I deleted the SVOX folder on my SD Card.
RUU to 2.2
Google Navigation.
Phone starts talking loudly, slowly, in drawn out very low pitch male voice.
It starts saying what sound like technical things, and then says some URL's?! Even saying " h t t p " and stuff.
I haven't attempted travelling with it, and the voice keeps repeating its codes after a bit.
It's so strange it feels like some ridiculous virus or malware.
Maybe the 2.2 RUU we got is malicious?
Help I'm scared!
deusfaux said:
RUU to 2.2
Google Navigation.
Phone starts talking loudly, slowly, in drawn out very low pitch male voice.
It starts saying what sound like technical things, and then says some URL's?! Even saying " h t t p " and stuff.
I haven't attempted travelling with it, and the voice keeps repeating its codes after a bit.
It's so strange it feels like some ridiculous virus or malware.
Maybe the 2.2 RUU we got is malicious?
Help I'm scared!
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Hahahaha! Sounds like fun.. How do you activate voice navigation?
by hitting the built in navigation app...?
it's always been a voice enabled navigation app, hasn't it?
It's not fun. It's telling me URL strings and being scary!
this is one of the URLs it says
http://www.wfree.org/2001/10/synthesis
WTF?!
Sent by me to you, to fill up more than 10 characters.
Have you installed any text-to-speech libraries, and checking the option to always use those settings in your Settings for every text-to-speech thingy?
Isn't the default an American lady? Talks normally, not weird ****...
I installed the recommended one for Google Translate - eSpeak TTS.
But I even tried changing it back to pico and it didnt make a difference.
Actually right now, using the Listen to an example thing, enabling the checkbox for eSpeak TTS does make it sound like the guy I'm describing.
unchecking it sounds like a more normal female voice.
However, none of that would explain WHAT the guy is saying or why
Have you Clear Google Maps data & eSpeak TTS data?
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.
Odd problem.. I installed a stripped down rom, and now i have no Google voice to text. I installed Google keyboard, and Google search, however no Google typing option in the input settings. Is there an apk i can install to fix this?
after spending all day looking for the solution, I would find the answer 10 minutes after posting about it lol
seems I was missing plain old Google on my phone, found it in the App Store download it and it works like a charm now.
Hi all, how are you.
I wanted to setup Google Assistant's voice as a text-to-speech (TTS) system, it doesn't make sense to me that we have to stay stuck on a very outdated TTS voice when using other Apps. I'm not a developer so I'm hoping someone who is finds this thread and works on it. I believe it shouldn't be very hard, since the wanted code is already on Google App.
I think there are 3 possible ways of achieving this, by making a standalone TTS App (by stripping code from the Google App), by doing something with Tasker (though it's important that the screen could be off, I found ways with Tasker but the screen needs to be on), or by creating a Magisk Module.
Thanks in advance!!
The reason for this is because Google Assistant uses Cloud Services to synthesize the voice. So the default TTS is 100% percent offline so it can't be as good, not a question of being up-to-date or not
(+ The default is Android TTS not Google TTS meaning it's free and not Gapps-Exclusive)
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The reason for this is because Google Assistant uses Cloud Services to synthesize the voice. So the default TTS is 100% percent offline so it can't be as good, not a question of being up-to-date or not
(+ The default is Android TTS not Google TTS meaning it's free and not Gapps-Exclusive)
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Yes, though if someone could adapt the Google assistant App (or make something of sorts) to make that happen, sending the request to Google, as if I asked "Ok Google, Simon says....." for example.
I don't know if that's possible, but I know for sure I can't make something like it.
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Yes, though if someone could adapt the Google assistant App (or make something of sorts) to make that happen, sending the request to Google, as if I asked "Ok Google, Simon says....." for example.
I don't know if that's possible, but I know for sure I can't make something like it.
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It''s called Google Cloud servics and it costs money. because then it would be using their services