How To Use Speech Settings – Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
Learn how to use speech settings on your Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. This menu allows you to set the speech settings for Voice input.
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From the Home screen, tap Apps icon > Settings > My device icon > Language and input.
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Tap Voice search to configure the following:
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Language: Choose a language for your voice input.
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Speech output: Sets whether you will use speech output always or only when using hands-free.
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Block offensive words: Enable or disable blocking of recognized offensive words from the results of your voice-input Google searches.
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Hotword detection: Enable to being able to launch voice search by saying the word Google.
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Download offline speech recognition: Enables voice input while offline.
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Personalized recognition: enables the improvement of speech recognition accuracy.
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Google Account dashboard: allows you to manage your collected data.
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Bluetooth headset: allows you to record audio through a Bluetooth headset if available.
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Tap Text-to-speech options and select Google Text-tospeech Engine or Samsung text-to-speech engine.
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Tap Settings icon next to the preferred TTS engine configure the following settings:
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Language: allows you to set the language for spoken text.
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Settings for Google Text-to-speech Engine: allows you to view Open Source Licenses.
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Settings for Samsung text-to-speech engine allows you to view Open Source Licenses.
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Install voice data: allows you to install voice data for speech synthesis.
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Scroll down to the General section to access the following options:
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Speech rate: Set the speed at which the text is spoken.
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Listen to an example: Play a sample of speech synthesis (available if voice data is installed).