Voice input

Voice recognition settings

Voice recognition lets you conduct searches by speaking to your phone.
1. From the Settings menu, touch 'Voice input and output > Voice recognition settings'.
2. Touch a setting to configure:
• Language: Select your preferred spoken language from the list.
• SafeSearch: (Applies only to Google searches.) Select how closely you want Voice recognition to monitor your speech for explicit images: Off (none), Moderate, or Strict.
• Block offensive words: Omits offensive words from your searches.
• Personalized recognition: Adapts your device’s speech recognition to more closely match your voice.
• Google Account dashboard: Lets you manage the data collected and stored in you Google account.

Voice output

Text-to-speech settings

Text-to-speech provides audible readout of text, for example, the contents of text messages, and the Caller ID for incoming calls.
1. From the Settings menu, touch 'Voice input and output > Text-to-speech settings'.
2. Touch a setting to configure:
• Listen to an example: Play a sample of speech synthesis (available if voice data is installed).
• Driving mode: When enabled, reads out the CallerID for incoming calls and new notifications.
• Always use my settings: When enabled, settings you make override the application’s default settings.
• Default settings: Configure settings to your preferences. When 'Always use my settings' is enabled, these settings override the application’s default settings.
– Default engine: Set the speech synthesis engine for spoken text.
– Install voice data: Download and install the speech synthesis data needed to activate Text-to-speech from Google Play (free).
– Speech rate: Set the speed at which the text is spoken.
– Language: Set the language voice for spoken text.
• Engines: Set language(s) supported by available speech synthesis engine(s) – Pico TTS.