Text-to-Speech/Speech-to-Text in Android 4.2

coronos · Feb 8, 2013

Hello,

My current (and first Android) phone is a first-gen Galaxy S, running Gingerbread. When I got it, among my first installations were SVOX Classic TTS, Google Voice Search, and Speech Synthesis. These were all recommended for voice functions by posts on some forum, somewhere--it was too long ago to remember where.

My Nexus 4 is scheduled to arrive today, and I am wondering if I will need to install any TTS/STT software, or if Google has incorporated speech recognition and speech synthesis well enough into Jelly Bean that additional installs are now unnecessary.

Thanks!

woodsb123 · Feb 8, 2013

To answer your question, YES, with newer versions of Android, Google has incorporated an app called Google Now. Not sure how much you use the text to speech features but I was using a separate app also on my previous phone and when my new phone included Google Now, I've been using it and haven't had to install any other app except to change the voice of my TTS assistant. Hope this helps.

bigdrew · Feb 8, 2013

The built-in TTS in Jellybean is pretty slick and natural-sounding. I used to use SVOX also, and there's really no need for it on the N4. It should install okay if you decide that you want it though.

coronos · Feb 9, 2013

Thanks for both replies.

I got the phone today and listened to the default voice. The speech pattern seems quite natural, but the tone is harsh and I don't think I would want to listen to it for long.

woodsb123 said:
. . . haven't had to install any other app except to change the voice of my TTS assistant.

What is the most straightforward way to do this? If I wanted to use an SVOX voice, does that mean I would also need the SVOX Classic speech engine, or will the system be able to use a downloaded SVOX voice? . . . Or are there other downloadable voices that work with the system's speech engine?

Nexus5 · Feb 25, 2013

My mom got her Droid for free with her internet access so she's loathe to spend $80 on a decent BT keyboard and spent all weekend trying to do voice recognition.

At one point she had me in stitches with something like: "Are you blowing loans on the bank hard without waiting for the arrivals of jeep."

No mom, I'm not blowing hard bank loans. Jeepers!

Clearly her tablet is junk or there's better apps out there for dictation than the built in app she was tinkering with?

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