Google improves the voices of its text-to-speech tool
The company Google usually launches updates of its services and applications on Wednesdays. A trend that repeats week after week but that does not mean the immediate arrival of these novelties. This is the case of its application Síntesis de voz, which has just been updated with important new features, although it may take a few days for the Spanish public to be able to enjoy them.Here we tell you what they are and what they do
For those who don't know speech or text-to-speech synthesis (a more text-to-speach translation of the original name) , it must be said that one of the most useful tools of Google And it is in charge of read aloud issues such as translations or the text of any web page or applicationA key tool for users with vision problems or for anyone who prefers to listen rather than read. Issues that Google has now improved with this update.
And it is that in this new version of Google Synthesis of speech, which reaches version number 30 (3.0.10.1047791) new languages and new sounds with high quality have been introduced This means having more languages of which to hear translations or accents, as well as improve the quality of the voices already available so that the sound is clearer, less robotic and somewhat more natural.
This commitment to high quality means better sound, but it implies new voice downloads that require more space So much so that we went from voice packages that weighed between 5 or 6 MB in their normal version, to packages that involve downloading more than 200 MB. Something that most regular users will appreciate in the definition and improvement of sound , although it may place an excessive load on the storage capacity of the terminal. Of course, it is the user who can choose freely which voice packs to download from the menu Settings , in the language and input text section
Of course, when downloading several voice packs, depending on the medium Android Police, it is possible that the sound responses are mixed.In other words, Google uses voices in normal quality or high quality depending on the type of information and the tool used. Also, it may take several seconds for the application to deliver this speech when loading larger speech packets. Something that Google will have to work on in future updates.
Along with these high quality voice packages there are also other new features. Specifically new languages or packages like Portuguese localized in Brazil and Spanish that can be heard in the United States There are also other useful new features such as selecting individually the voice packages of the same languagefor different countries, being able to choose the voice that the user wants and without having to download several packages for the same language if only one is going to be used.
In short, an update that enhances one of the tools of Google that goes unnoticed but is of vital importance for other applications and users who need to hear when they can't read. The new voices will arrive in a update that has been released progressive and phased through from Google Play and free
