This handy text-to-speech app transforms PDFs, documents, web pages, and ebooks into audible content.
Google's Speech Services app brings powerful text-to-speech (TTS) and speech-to-text (STT) capabilities to your mobile device.
Key Features:
- Voice to Text & Text to Voice: Convert spoken words into text or have on-screen text read aloud.
- Voice Commands: Use voice commands to control your device and perform daily tasks via the STT function.
- Read Aloud Functionality: Listen to books, translations, and more with the TTS feature.
Powering Your Apps with Google Speech Technology:
Google's Speech-to-Text technology underpins numerous apps, including:
- Google Maps: Voice search for locations.
- Recorder App: On-device transcription of recordings.
- Phone App Call Screen: Real-time transcription of incoming calls.
- Accessibility Apps (e.g., Voice Access): Voice-controlled device operation.
- Dictation/Keyboard Apps: Voice dictation for text messages.
- Voice Search Apps: Quick searches for shows, music, etc.
- Language Learning Apps: Speech recognition during language practice.
- Many other apps in the Play Store.
To enable Google Speech-to-Text on your Android device: Go to Settings > Apps & notifications > Default apps > Assist App. Select "Speech Services by Google" as your preferred voice input.
Google Text-to-Speech Integration:
Speech Services also powers applications that read text aloud, such as:
- Google Play Books: "Read Aloud" functionality.
- Google Translate: Hear pronunciations of translations.
- Talkback and other accessibility apps: Spoken feedback throughout your device.
- Numerous other apps on the Play Store.
To enable Google Text-to-Speech: Navigate to Settings > Languages & input > Text-to-speech output. Choose "Speech Services by Google" as your preferred engine.
Note: Speech Services by Google is often pre-installed, but you can update to the latest version from your app store.
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