I believe that the stock ROM has some SVOX TTS voices loaded that sound pretty good to me. Is there a way to get these loaded on a custom ROM (Nero v3 for example)? I've searched SVOX, but didn't find anything.
Have you tried visiting "Settings->Voice Input and Output->Text to Speech Settings->Install Voice Data"? That usually will download what I think you're after.
I prefer the paid TTS Engine from Loquendo. Which is available from the Market. This REQUIRES a 2.2 (or later) rom (like Nero v3) as it will not work on any 2.1 or earlier rom.
The only options are $3 voice downloads. I know stock had some free voices, because they are sitting on my internal SD still. I don't know what I'm missing to use them though.
FWIW I ended up buying the $3 UK female SVOX voice because it sounded better than the Loquendo voice. I think the free voices I thought I had on stock was just the stock voices that seem to have become Pico TTS in 2.2
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So yesterday I found this new app by the creator of Edwin called "Smarter Alarm"
What it does is read news, facebook bdays, calendar, and other items AS your daily alarm....very similar to how JARVIS did in the Ironman movies. It's an amazing idea but unfortunately the Android voices just make it suck currently.
I went through quite a few voices yesterday TRYING to find one which is fluid or nice-sounding. So far I think I like Loquendo Susan the best though it's very far from perfect.
Can anyone suggest what are the best Android voices? Paid or free.
On the side: Wouldn't it be cool if a developer could remake the JARVIS voice as an Android system voice? Imagine the awesomeness...
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For italian I'd say Loquendo.
Unfortunately, it's rendered in very low bitrate and sound fugly on a car stereo...
Svox I use is simple and mostly works.
I use SVOX Victoria (UK English)
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Hey, this is the CTO of iHear Network. Our users tend to prefer SVOX and Ivona, but my favorite is the relatively new, CereProc Adam, which is currently going for $1.60 on Google Play. Ivona is free and has great sound quality, but also requires a >250MB data download which can take a while.
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iHearGeoff said:
Hey, this is the CTO of iHear Network. Our users tend to prefer SVOX and Ivona, but my favorite is the relatively new, CereProc Adam, which is currently going for $1.60 on Google Play. Ivona is free and has great sound quality, but also requires a >250MB data download which can take a while.
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Does CereProc Adam have a trial to test the voice? Also how much of a data requirement does it have? I'd like to use ReadBoox to have my logitech revue (google tv) read audiobooks from the attached HD but it only has 512mb of shared internal storage/sdcard so the 250mb of ivona kills it.
Hmm Adam states "Please note, this voice is currently not supported on Android v4.0." which probably leaves out honeycomb 3.1 as well. The only demo is on their webpage as well which tells me nothing about how much data it needs etc. I tried the ivona kendra and amy voices and they are ok....I need to try svox victoria as I hear it's the best of that bunch....I need a good voice if I'm going to be listening to long audiobooks with it.
Holy crap! I've been using SVOX voices (Grace specifically) for a while and did not even know about IVONA. Some of the IVONA voices are superb and way better then anything else on SVOX. Sadly, the best IVONA voice (Salli) is NOT available for Android yet.....its damn good though. I'm using Amy until Salli gets released. Thanks for the info guys
Very good
Come on no one has a jarvis voice ?
Considering Cereproc
I settlted on IVONA, despite the large download. The lag time before responding is a bit of a nuisance. I'm considering Cereproc (which now supports Android 4+). Has anyone else used it lately?
It's been some time since anyone's updated. Has anyone any other feedback?
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I settlted on IVONA, despite the large download. The lag time before responding is a bit of a nuisance. I'm considering Cereproc (which now supports Android 4+). Has anyone else used it lately?
It's been some time since anyone's updated. Has anyone any other feedback?
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Hi, I just tried William English TTS Cereproc voice, with one of the comments saying it sounds like jarvis from a user, so wrong!
It sounded like a rubbish angry frog voice on my Galaxy S3 using tasker, refunded and uninstalled straight away
I was on stock ED05 unrooted this morning.
I expected the best stability with stock rom, but no luck.
I've suffered with a problem which is Navigation sound and Music are playing on top of each other.
Yes, I can't even hear that lady's voice because it's buried by music when I drive..
So, I thought going to CM7 will fix this problem.
Flashed Espresso Nightly Passion Fruit S this afternoon, problem still exists..
Flashed Pool Party v1.4.1 tonight, problem still exists..
From some posts, I heard it's a known bug for android 2.2+, however, my brother's HTC incredible doesn't have this problem
I tried to find other posts about this, but couldn't find one (probably, lack of searching skill)
Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
Odined to DL09 stock and tested again, still hearing navigation sound and music at the same time.
PowerAmp (music player) + Google Navigation (latest) = problem still exists
Stock music player + Google Navigation (latest) = problem still exists
I'm considering maybe they made a wrong move on updating Google Navigation recently.
Anyone has any idea?
It appears to be a bug of Google Maps 5.10.0 and 5.10.1
I've run a few tests to compare Google Maps 5.9.0 and 5.10.0
A problem I mentioned above didn't happen in 5.9.0, but happened again in 5.10.0
If you guys are tired of the robotic TTS voice for our phones, you guys should try this app out. It's awesome. I use Amy UK voice. Sounds sexy lol. So far it works for google nav, EVA voice assistance, Iris, any other app that uses the phones built in TTS. IVONA can be found in the Market and require downloading selected voice to your phone.
I think I found out about this app via Androidspin tweet.
I like the Svox Classic TTS myself, with the Victoria UK, but to each their own I guess. It's just nice to know there are alternatives to the robot.
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I like the Svox Classic TTS myself, with the Victoria UK, but to each their own I guess. It's just nice to know there are alternatives to the robot.
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I've just tried Svox. Is there any free UK voices? It seems all the voices you have to pay for.
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I like the Svox Classic TTS myself, with the Victoria UK...
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I have been using this same setup for some time now.
Have really enjoyed it so far, and a nice change to the stock voice.
Well worth the money.
HTC HD2 American Android 2.3 just installed a new TTS engine IVONA to replace the stock PICO. Works great but I can't get it to work for my stock GPS app. Works for Google books and Google translate but not NAV. Any help appreciated thanks.
Ok, TL;DR: tts controls don't work on oreo.
Here's the long story. I use a tts engine and an ereader to listen to ebooks via headphones while I work. Have been doing it since the Galaxy S3. Have done on the S3, S5, S7, and S7 Edge with no problems ever. Then I switch to the Galaxy S9+. From day one, the tts functions work from the ereader app BUT, I cannot control playback from outside the app, and playback does not stop for any reason other than me pushing stop in the app. This is a problem. I listen to ebooks 8 hours a day and need to be able to pause playback with a touch of my headset/bluetooth. Always could before. Also need playback to pause when I get a call. Always did before. I have been banging on this issue for a few months and have come to only one conclusion. Oreo does NOT recognize TTS engines as media players. This is the only thing I can think of the explain this issue. And before you ask, I have tried with multiple tts engines, and multiple ereader apps. For the sake of clarity, I use the IVONA HQ TTS engine, with the Moon + Reader Pro ereader app. HOWEVER, this issue is identical regardless of what engine/ereader combo I use. I would go on, but I would be beating a dead horse at this point. I have no idea how to make this work. I have tried everything I can think of. Please help. :crying: :crying: :crying:
So I finally got in touch with Samsung, and I got an intelligent human for once, after explaining the problem in exhausting detail, they told me that my issue is fixed in the 8.1 oreo update, so I called my carrier and they said they are about a month away from releasing that update, stop here's hoping.