{"id":131,"date":"2017-02-02T19:53:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T19:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/?p=131"},"modified":"2017-02-02T19:53:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T19:53:37","slug":"google-text-to-speech-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/2017\/02\/02\/google-text-to-speech-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Text-to-Speech Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of ways to use text-to-speech on Android devices and they typically rely on the built-in Google Text-to-Speech voices. But how can you change the voices?<\/p>\n<p>First, go to your device settings and tap on &#8220;Language and Input.&#8221; From there, choose &#8220;Text-to-Speech Output.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image-168x300.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image-168x300.png 168w, https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, tap on the settings wheel next to &#8220;Google Text-to-speech.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-132 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image1-168x300.png\" alt=\"image(1)\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image1-168x300.png 168w, https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image1.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And then choose &#8220;Install voice data.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-133 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image2-168x300.png\" alt=\"image(2)\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image2-168x300.png 168w, https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image2.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A number of voices are available. Choose your preferred language and dialect. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-134 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image3-168x300.png\" alt=\"image(3)\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image3-168x300.png 168w, https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image3.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then select the voice and tap &#8220;OK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-135 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image4-168x300.png\" alt=\"image(4)\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image4-168x300.png 168w, https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/02\/image4.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/> Choosing a new voice will take up memory on your phone, but you may find it worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of ways to use text-to-speech on Android devices and they typically rely on the built-in Google Text-to-Speech voices. But how can you change the voices? First, go to your device settings and tap on &#8220;Language and Input.&#8221; From there, choose &#8220;Text-to-Speech Output.&#8221; Next, tap on the settings wheel next to &#8220;Google &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/2017\/02\/02\/google-text-to-speech-voices\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google Text-to-Speech Voices<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,5,8,10,15,17],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jeremy-zhe-heimerman","tag-android","tag-aural","tag-dyslexia","tag-free","tag-reading","tag-text-to-speech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/academicapps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}