Android system settings for speech and vocalization recognition

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Q: How do I get speech and vocalization recognition working on Android?

A: You lot may need to tweak your organization settings for an optimal experience. Here are some tips for setting up Android for speech and voice recognition. This includes troubleshooting issues you may run across.

2022 buggy update in Spoken communication Services past Google

Speaking E-mail uses the Google text to oral communication engine, which appears as a separate app, which you tin can discover by looking for 'Voice communication Services by Google' on your phone. If you get glitches with speech communication functions, for example long delays between sentences in text to speech or cutting off while attempting oral communication recognition, and then it could exist due to bugs in Speech Services. In Feb 2022 nosotros discovered a buggy update in Speech Services past Google causing these kinds of glitching out, and the solution was to uninstall the latest update of Speech communication Services. Yous can practice this by looking in system settings > apps > Speech communication Services by Google, and observe the 'uninstall' push which may be under the dots menu. This is still a major problem (every bit at June 2022) and is the most common cause of bug reported past users lately.

Spoken language Recognition (Speech-to-Text aka STT)

    Speaking Email uses the Google TTS engine feature known equally "Google Vocalisation Typing" for dictation and commands. It works using the offline engine, so you need to download the offline voice (even if you are always online - equally we accept found the offline engine to be more accurate).

    When you take done this, you demand to make sure the same language (eg en-U.s.a., en-GB, fr-FR, pt-BR) is used in various settings so that everything works.

    Bank check the following in your system settings:

    1. Expect under 'Language & Input'. In some cases it might be nether Gboard.
    2. Find "Google Vocalization Typing", make certain it's enabled

    3. If you see "Faster Vocalization Typing", switch that on.

    4. If you see 'Offline Speech Recognition', tap that, and install / download all languages that y'all would similar to apply.
    5. Annotation: if your preferred linguistic communication does non accept an offline voice available under Google Vocalisation Typing, you must choose a language that does and make information technology your default language. Go dorsum to 'Google Vocalization Typing', and select the languages you want to use under 'Languages'.
    6. Become dorsum to 'Linguistic communication & Input', and select the aforementioned languages once more. And then select your primary linguistic communication. Note that this must exist one of the 'Offline Languages' you downloaded and installed showtime. A common problem is that the default linguistic communication is non available as an offline voice.  For instance en-NZ is not bachelor offline then you must employ en-US or en-GB every bit your default language (but you can go along en-NZ equally a secondary language)

    Still not working?

    You may accept some organization setting inadvertently disabled. The best way to check is to open Google Voice Banana. If something is disabled it will detect and prompt you guide you how to plough information technology on.

    Speech Output (Text-to-Spoken language aka TTS)

    • Expect nether Accessibility > Text-to-spoken communication output. Ensure you have "Google Text to Oral communication" selected and the correct language.
    • Note that Speaking Email won't use Samsung or other vendor voices - so you need to enable the Google voices equally your default TTS engine.
    • Tap the cog next to Google TTS Engine.
    • Tap "install vocalization data"
    • Download the voices in any languages you demand.
    • In Speaking E-mail get to Preferences > Speech Speed, Voices & Linguistic communication
    • Speaking Electronic mail lists whatsoever languages you have voices selected for. Cull 1 of these or add a language and then choose which vox you lot adopt. Voice samples are played when yous tap so you can tell what they audio similar. (Annotation if you take Basic Edition voice options volition not be available)

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    If you lot can't hear any spoken communication output, check out the possible reasons here:

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