Android mobiles have many features where voice is the most important. Either by ordering any type of task without having to use the keyboard, or as audio response if you can't look at the screen at that instant. However, its users will have noticed that said voice, coming from the mobile, always uses a feminine tone, being a recognizable voice in all sorts of applications such as the search engine Google, the map tool Google Maps, or in the helpful translations of Google TranslateA voice that can change gender and tone for the most personalized experience possible.
This is possible thanks to the recent update of the application Speech Synthesis from Google, the tool in charge of converting a text into a live voice dictationfor the user who cannot attend to the screen. The new update (still pending its arrival in Spain at the time of publication of this article) expands the package of voices available for Spanish, going from one to sixA variety to satisfy users tired of today's voice.
After downloading and installing this new update (at the moment via the apk file which has been leaked on the Internet) viaGoogle Play Store, all you need to do is perform a simple setup before you start using any of these voices.Thus, access the Settings menu of the terminal. Once inside, move to the submenu Language and text input Here you will find Text synthesis, where the language packs downloaded to the terminal are collected, and where all that remains is to click on Install voice files
At this point, the user is faced with the set of voices in Spanish that Google makes available to them. A total of seven voices, if we include that of the woman that has always been used in the terminals Android In total there are three new men's (the same male voice with different lower and higher tones), and others three female voices All of them available to be selected and used through the applications Google or through any of the voice services available on the Android device
In this way, any user can modify the tone of the voice that answers when asking a question in the application Google, but also when using the service Talkback A tool specially dedicated to users with some type of problem or visual disability so that they can hear everything that is written on the screen In this way, they will be able to put aside the same voice that has been accompanying them for several years now, and try other variations that may be more enjoyable or at least novel.
This new voice pack is completely free, and remains available in the Settings menuto jump from one voice to another as desired. You just have to follow the steps described above and choose the variant that you prefer. This will apply to all services and tools.
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