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Briefing Alarm News and Weather Not Read Aloud on Galaxy S3
I've got an alarm set daily on my Galaxy S3 with the briefing alarm type selected in my alarm's settings with all three briefing content items selected (weather, today's schedule, and news).
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Why does my phone say “Verizon Wireless” when I receive a phone call?
Whenever I receive a phone call on my DROID RAZR MAXX, the phone speaks the words "Verizon Wireless" in a female voice and then begins playing the ringtone.
If I put the phone into airplane mode, the ...
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Changing the voice used on Nexus 7 for Google Now search
I have recently bought a Nexus 7 from the Google Play UK store and it seems to be configured as a US tablet in that the voice on the Google Now search is an american woman, whereas on my Nexus S when ...
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Moon+ Reader Pro TTS
I know that there is a TTS ability in MOON+ Reader Pro.
Can someone explain me exactly how I can TTS a ebook with MOON+ Reader Pro.
I don't see any option or speak button.
regards
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TTS and STT while driving - Samsung G3 (BlueTooth)
I have a few cell phones, and have never had a problem with TTS/STT with my 2012 Rio until I got a Samsung S3. My Rio has build in blue tooth.
My HTC WP7, iPhone, and BlackBerry read messages out ...
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My HTC won't speak the answer to voice search
With accessibility I can get the HTC to talk ALL the time (very annoying) or never.
When it is talking mode, it says "found web content", but does not speak
the actual answer to the voice search.
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Stop Galaxy S2 from reading homepages out loud?
My Galaxy S2 has suddenly started reading all homepages out loud, and it is really annoying. Does anyone know how to stop it?
I am running the new ICS software.
Update
When the computer voice is ...
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Voice activation for Google maps
I have a Samsung Galaxy III. How do you get it to talk the directions instead of reading as that will cause an accident
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Changing the Google Now voice back to male?
Not sure why, but today the voice on Google Now has changed from a male to a female. I'm in the UK and before I had a male with a British accent but now that's changed to an American female.
I can ...
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Is there a TTS app that will read me my email or a webpage?
All I can seem to find is apps that read SMS and manually entered text.
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Voice notification management
I got a new Galaxy S 2 and played with it a little. Somehow I activated voice notification, so each SMS message I get someone talking and telling me who sent the message. Each phone call, the same.
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How do I get my Android phone to speak text in the navigation voice?
I know my phone is capable of text to speech because it speaks in Google Navigate. Can I get this same voice to say other things?
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How can I perform Optical Character Recognition and have it read with Text-To-Speech?
I know about the (Danish) app SkanRead, but apparently it is discontinued, so I'm looking for alternatives.
The only function I need is that it should allow using the camera to take a photo of some ...
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TTS Accessibility for Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) Messages
This applies to Android users in the USA.
Has anyone received a CMAS message (used for tornado warnings, etc.) with a TTS accessibility solution (i.e. Google Talkback, etc) enabled?
Any ...
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Is there an app that will vocalize (text to speech) a message (SMS)?
When I'm driving with a headset active (Bluetooth or wired), I want my Android to read me any incoming text messages.
Any references?
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How to replace the generic Google TTS service?
I kind of hate the voice used for navigation, alarm clock. Seems everything is using that same voice. Too robotic for my liking. I found IVONA Text-to-Speech Voices | TTS Voices | Text To Voice
Not ...
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Download foreign sound files for GPS navigation (Satnav)?
A friend of mine has a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S (LT18i) running Android 2.3.4.
I'd like to know if the sound files for the GPS (Satnav) can be changed from France French to Quebec French, and if ...
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How do I get the Android 4 web browser to read arbitrary web pages out loud?
Can the Android browser in ICS read any web page out loud with TalkBack? How? It reads user interface elements, and some parts of specially scripted web pages (google.com) but I don't see how to make ...
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Text to speech for apps that do not support it? [closed]
Is there a way to read aloud the text shown on the screen by apps that do not support text to speech?
For instance, it would be very nice to listen to the text shown by the Kindle app if you can't ...
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How Can I Record Text-To-Speech Output
Android has a Text-To-Speech engine called PicoTTS.
Is there any way to have it read a file and save the output to an audio file (instead of routing the audio to the headset or speakers) without ...
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Text-to-speech reading queue?
Anything similar to InstaPaper/Chrome to Phone, but with reading (text-to-speech) capabilities?
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Stroke Patient - Android Ice Cream Sandwich TTS
I have a friend who has had a stroke and can't speak any longer. I have a Xoom with Ice Cream Sandwich (I can upgrade it anyway), and I'm just wondering if there are any built in, or inexpensive Text ...
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Android App to read current time out loud?
I am looking for an Android app that would read out loud the current time. For example if I'm in bed and don't want to open my eyes, I would just press a button or something, and it would read "It is ...
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Text-to-speech reader for Google Voice SMS text messages?
There are a bunch of apps for reading your phone's "native" SMS text messages, but I couldn't find anything for Google Voice, nor could I find any apps that can generically read text in other apps ...
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Is there a way to have my device say the callers name when the call is coming in?
I have a HTC Desire Z with Froyo . I am trying to find a way to have my device speak the caller name. I have tried SayMyName but it only works if you are connected to the internet. I want a similar ...
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Is there a way to change the “text to speech” person's voice?
By default, it uses the robotic woman's voice for reading text to speech. Is there a way to change the voice to something else?
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How can I change the voice used for the Navigation app on Android?
I love the Navigation app on Android. The voice it uses is fine, but I'd like a little variety. I'd settle for it using the British voice that's available on the phone. However, I've changed the ...
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How can I have SMS texts read out to me?
How can I have incoming texts read out to me? It can be useful when I am driving.
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Google Translate text-to-speech not working
In Google Translate application, when I try to install text-to-speach, It gives me a box saying:
Text-to-speach requires:
SVOX voice data: {disabled button}Installed{/disabled button}
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What is the dominant factor for evaluating performance for TTS & ASR?
We know that CPU speed ("MFLOPS") alone is not the only factor that determines the performance of an Android device.
Other factors include the I/O subsystem, memory speed and, of course, the software ...
