Google TTS?? S Voice?

[nerys71]

I almost freaked. I started up maps and the voice was HORRIBLE !! oh so horrible. it sounded like Svoice. so nasty.

then I found the thread that samsung (bastards) did not include is so all I had to do was install from play and make default and all is good in navigation land again.

then it hit me. is there a hack that would let me replace samsung's tts with googles tts? so svoice also sounds "nice" instead of "nasty" ?

can I rename the apk and replace it? any chance that might work?

 

[Kompster]

I almost freaked. I started up maps and the voice was HORRIBLE !! oh so horrible. it sounded like Svoice. so nasty.

then I found the thread that samsung (bastards) did not include is so all I had to do was install from play and make default and all is good in navigation land again.

then it hit me. is there a hack that would let me replace samsung's tts with googles tts? so svoice also sounds "nice" instead of "nasty" ?

can I rename the apk and replace it? any chance that might work?

Look up Ivona Text to Speak and download the Amy UK voice... You won't be disappointed.

 

[nerys71]

ehhh don't like it. its better than svoice but still very mechanical like sounding

thank you for the suggestion though.

 

[vilasala]

ehhh don't like it. its better than svoice but still very mechanical like sounding

thank you for the suggestion though.

Agreed, that voice is not that good. I still go to ispeech for high quality TTS. Their US english female voice is just amazing. they have a demo online if you want to check it out. Type ispeech demo on google, it's the first result.

 

[nerys71]

Ispeech is pretty good. Not as good as google but way better than svoice and better than ivona.

I just want to replace the samsung tts engine for svoice. Or make google "always listen" like svoice does and like it does on the moto x

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[JimSmith94]

Have you tried the new "Samsung TTS HD US English" download from the Utilities section of Samsung Apps? I've been using it for past week or two and it sounds quite nice.