How To Use Voice Search – Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro

Learn how to use voice search on your Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro. Set voice search and text-to-speech options.

Voice Search

• From the Settings screen, touch Controls tab > Language and input.
• Touch Voice search to configure:
  • Language: Choose a language for your voice input.
  • Speech output: Always provides audible readout of text, only when using Hands-free functions, or never.
  • Block offensive words: Block recognized offensive words from the results of your voice-input Google searches.
  • Hotword detection: Say Ok Google to launch a voice search.
  • Offline speech recognition: Enable voice input while offline. Touch the All tab to download speech recognition for other languages.
  • Bluetooth headset: Record audio through a Bluetooth headset, if available.

Text-To-Speech Options

• From the Settings screen, touch Controls tab > Language and input.
• Touch Text-to-speech options and select the preferred TTS engine.
• Touch Settings icon next to the preferred TTS engine and configure.
• Under General, configure the following:
  • Speech rate: Set the speed at which the text is spoken.
  • Listen to an example: Play a sample of speech synthesis (available if voice data is installed).
  • Default language status: Display the default language in use.

Note

This guide will work on all Samsung Galaxy Tab Pros; including Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4, Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 and Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2.