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Speech
Voice search
1. From the Home screen, touch
Apps
➔
Settings
➔
Language and input
➔
Voice search
.
2. Set options:
• Language
: Choose a language for voice searching.
• Speech output
: Always provides audible readout of text, or
only when using Hands-free functions.
• Block offensive words
: When enabled, words many people
find offensive are not shown in results of Google voice
searches. Offensive words are replaced in results with a
placeholder (####).
• Hotword detection
: When enabled, saying the word Google
launches voice search.
• Download offline speech recognition
: Enable voice input
while offline. Touch the All tab to download speech recognition
for other languages.
• Personalized recognition
: Improves speech recognition
accuracy.
• Bluetooth headset
: Record audio through the Bluetooth
headset.
Text-to-speech output
Text-to-speech (TTS) provides audible readout of text, for
example, the contents of text messages, and the Caller ID for
incoming calls.
1. From the Home screen, touch
Apps
➔
Settings
➔
Language and input
➔
Text-to-speech
output
.
2. Touch a setting to configure:
• Preferred TTS engine
–
Select
Google Text-to-speech Engine
, or
Samsung TTS
.
•General
–
Speech rate
: Choose a rate at which text readouts are spoken.
–
Listen to an example
: Play a sample of speech synthesis.
–
Driving mode
: When enabled, incoming calls and new
notifications are read out automatically. Touch
to
e
nable. Touch
Driving mode
to choose items for readout when
Driving mode is enabled.
