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[Q] Google map is using S voice sound !!!

i just got my note 3 today and was trying to use google map app to take me back to work to see how it works but i realized it is using that robotic voice from S voice instead of the original voice which google has on google map, has anybody else noticed it !!! it makes you forget about using a google map as a navigation. any fixes please.

locksmiths said:
i just got my note 3 today and was trying to use google map app to take me back to work to see how it works but i realized it is using that robotic voice from S voice instead of the original voice which google has on google map, has anybody else noticed it !!! it makes you forget about using a google map as a navigation. any fixes please.
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Second this, is not the same nice voice I had on my one x. Is there a way to change or download a different module?
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Supposedly, should go to settings - controls - language and input - text-to-speech (TTS) options - Samsung TTS engine and press configure cog. Then install voice data and download high quality voice female, but it doesn't do anything (in my case just a popup window that says it will download and nothing else happens). Can you please check this on your device also? It might be a software bug
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You have to have Samsung apps enabled.
At&t Note III...& At&t G Pro

I did that too and mine downloaded but still Samsung voice. On Google map it used to be more human voice .
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slimslim said:
Second this, is not the same nice voice I had on my one x. Is there a way to change or download a different module?
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Supposedly, should go to settings - controls - language and input - text-to-speech (TTS) options - Samsung TTS engine and press configure cog. Then install voice data and download high quality voice female, but it doesn't do anything (in my case just a popup window that says it will download and nothing else happens). Can you please check this on your device also? It might be a software bug
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It worked fine for me I did that right away on Thursday.
Edit: make sure you open the Samsung app store first. Than it will work. ..
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Thanks, it worked. I had disabled Samsung apps
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Still have not been able to find a way to get the google voice back on google map
I managed to download the HD voice but this is not what i had on my note 2 on google map. note 2 users probably know what i mean. it was google voice on google navigation but now it is samsung system voice.

locksmiths said:
I managed to download the HD voice but this is not what i had on my note 2 on google map. note 2 users probably know what i mean. it was google voice on google navigation but now it is samsung system voice.
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Yup, same here. I want the Google voice, not the HD samsung voice.
I have this problem on my Huawei P6, and from doing reseach I believe it's the TTS. If you look at under language and input, there is no Google-Text-To-Speach engine, but instead just the Samsung one.
I still couldn't find a way to download (or where to download the app for that matter) the Google TTS engine.
I hope some can figure this out, because that Samsung voice is really annoying. The funny thing is, Google Now have the correct voice/sound.

Visual360 said:
Yup, same here. I want the Google voice, not the HD samsung voice.
I have this problem on my Huawei P6, and from doing reseach I believe it's the TTS. If you look at under language and input, there is no Google-Text-To-Speach engine, but instead just the Samsung one.
I still couldn't find a way to download (or where to download the app for that matter) the Google TTS engine.
I hope some can figure this out, because that Samsung voice is really annoying. The funny thing is, Google Now have the correct voice/sound.
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Yeah samsung voice is annoying and i hope somone will come up with a link to download the google text to speech engine or another alternative way to get the google voice back on google map

Any word on this?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477542 Here's your solution for root and non-root.
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Hitman3984 said:
Any word on this?
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Changed it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477542
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in the text to speech menu under advanced samsung has HD voice downloads and they all sound really good. and there free

I took a peek on the link provided as far as a work around for this issue/annoyance, and seems like a lot of work.
Anyway, I've found an easier solution. You have to be rooted and have Titanium backup. Not sure if it will for everyone, but it sure works on my phone.
All I did was freeze the Samsung TTS engine, and like a miracle my Google maps now sounds wonderful (it use the Google voice/speech) now.
Let me know if this works for you guys.
I'm happy now.

Visual360 said:
I took a peek on the link provided as far as a work around for this issue/annoyance, and seems like a lot of work.
Anyway, I've found an easier solution. You have to be rooted and have Titanium backup. Not sure if it will for everyone, but it sure works on my phone.
All I did was freeze the Samsung TTS engine, and like a miracle my Google maps now sounds wonderful (it use the Google voice/speech) now.
Let me know if this works for you guys.
I'm happy now.
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that worked perfectly! thanks!

daddioj said:
in the text to speech menu under advanced samsung has HD voice downloads and they all sound really good. and there free
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If you do this then when using navigation it will not say the name of the streets. It will only say turn right in 1000 feet.
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a3plew said:
If you do this then when using navigation it will not say the name of the streets. It will only say turn right in 1000 feet.
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it might not say the name. but it still tells you on top where you need to turn.

daddioj said:
it might not say the name. but it still tells you on top where you need to turn.
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Saying the street names is basic functionality. The omission is inexcusable.

bigmout said:
Saying the street names is basic functionality. The omission is inexcusable.
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This ^^^ /Agreed. That's probably why it's called voice guidance

Voice sound
Google's map navigation function is pretty better than apple's. It shouldn't be lead you to lost at a different location.

[SOLVED] Maps voice guidance

Is anyone else getting a terribly robotic voice from the Maps turn by turn gps? Normally it's the nice smooth voice from Google Now, but since I've been using it on my Note 3 it sounds terrible. Any ideas?
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tmb993 said:
Is anyone else getting a terribly robotic voice from the Maps turn by turn gps? Normally it's the nice smooth voice from Google Now, but since I've been using it on my Note 3 it sounds terrible. Any ideas?
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This...absolutely horrible
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tmb993 said:
Is anyone else getting a terribly robotic voice from the Maps turn by turn gps? Normally it's the nice smooth voice from Google Now, but since I've been using it on my Note 3 it sounds terrible. Any ideas?
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Is this Google Maps navigation, or some other maps app?
The Note 2's settings let you choose between text-to-speech by Google or by Samsung. Does the Note 3 have those options too? Which option are you using?

Gary02468 said:
Is this Google Maps navigation, or some other maps app?
The Note 2's settings let you choose between text-to-speech by Google or by Samsung. Does the Note 3 have those options too? Which option are you using?
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That's exactly what it was. There is only an option for Samsung and to get the high quality voice you have to download it. I didn't even think of that. Thanks!
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I want really is the original google voice back ! Anyway to install it ?
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How is that solved?

daraj said:
How is that solved?
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I would like to know also I hate the new voice.

daraj said:
How is that solved?
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Read the thread guys, it's pretty clear.
kitsinni said:
I would like to know also I hate the new voice.
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tmb993 said:
Read the thread guys, it's pretty clear.
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Wouldn't it be easier to explain then? I saw that mention of downloading one I would love to know what that is. I searched googleplay and didn't seem to find what I was looking for.

As Gary02468 mentioned, you have to go to the TTS settings in Language and Input. Then click on the settings on the Samsung TTS Engine and then download voice data. I guess in my mind what needed to be done was obvious.
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It's not clear actually the Samsung text to speech is not good we want to be able to use Google
The hd Samsung vs non hd both sound horrible
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tmb993 said:
As Gary02468 mentioned, you have to go to the TTS settings in Language and Input. Then click on the settings on the Samsung TTS Engine and then download voice data. I guess in my mind what needed to be done was obvious.
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Maybe it is an issue with my phone I go in the to the Samsung text-to-speech engine, go to install data, choose English High Quality, hit play sound exactly like what I want, hit download and nothing happens. It never changes to the high quality voice.

kitsinni said:
Maybe it is an issue with my phone I go in the to the Samsung text-to-speech engine, go to install data, choose English High Quality, hit play sound exactly like what I want, hit download and nothing happens. It never changes to the high quality voice.
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Do you have a Samsung account set up? It downloads the data through the Samsung app store.
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I got it to work. I had to go in and reset my app defaults and now it downloaded correctly. Thanks for the directions!

I don't think this is actually solved, at least not what op was asking for. OP was wanting the original Google TTS that is excluded from the phone's firmware for some reason. The fix that you see above was addressing someone else's issue not being able to download the high quality version of samsung's tts engine.

Yea I hope theres a way to add google's tts in the near future as well.
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iahk said:
I don't think this is actually solved, at least not what op was asking for. OP was wanting the original Google TTS that is excluded from the phone's firmware for some reason. The fix that you see above was addressing someone else's issue not being able to download the high quality version of samsung's tts engine.
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I am the OP and what I really wanted was to get rid of the terrible, robotic sounding voice. The Samsung HD voice works great for me so I changed the title to "SOLVED". If you guys want to make another thread on how to download the Google TTS that's cool, but as far as my issue is concerned, it's fixed.
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kitsinni said:
I got it to work. I had to go in and reset my app defaults and now it downloaded correctly. Thanks for the directions!
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Ah I see. Glad I could help!
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As a side note, I was just using my GPS and for just one phrase the Google voice was used and then it switched back to the Samsung HD voice. Strange lol.
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S-Finder is amazing!!

it is so much better than the google phone search...
say you want to look up someones phone number or email.....before you would have to go into contacts and search
now you just pull down the notification bar, click s-finder, type in their name and everything comes up

IMHO, S finder not so useful, then Google now

DimonVideo said:
IMHO, S finder not so useful, then Google now
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what I needed was an universal phone search....contacts, calendar, birthday, notes, tasks, phone numbers, etc....
google now does not do that well.....
this one does it just like iphones

this was one of my main gripes about Android (I switched from an iphone about a year ago)...no readily accessible system-wide search. I still think S Finder is kinda slow but it's definitely better than nothing :good::good::good:

hmm, I'll have to check it out.

S finder not searching Gmail messages, it's so weird

Use Gmail with the stock email, and it just might..
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eyecon82 said:
what I needed was an universal phone search....contacts, calendar, birthday, notes, tasks, phone numbers, etc....
google now does not do that well.....
this one does it just like iphones
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Yes, it's true.. that's why Apple sue Samsung again for the unified search feature in S Finder.. lol ?
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a4t said:
Yes, it's true.. that's why Apple sue Samsung again for the unified search feature in S Finder.. lol ?
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Apple sued for the Universal search(Google search widget) present in Samsung's Gingerbread and ICS phones, not S Finder.

steamb0x said:
Use Gmail with the stock email, and it just might..
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Stock mail is terrible app, all people use AquaMail and Gmail native app

DimonVideo said:
Stock mail is terrible app, all people use AquaMail and Gmail native app
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The suggestion was in relation to Sfinder picking up on Gmail content & nothing more. Check Sfinder settings out..
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system.img said:
Apple sued for the Universal search(Google search widget) present in Samsung's Gingerbread and ICS phones, not S Finder.
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which, i think is complete BS.....it's called indexing and a computer wouldn't even be modern if it cant search its own self

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Apple sued for the Universal search(Google search widget) present in Samsung's Gingerbread and ICS phones, not S Finder.
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Thank you for your clarification
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S Finder no longer searches Evernote
I loved S Finder for its ability to search all the phone's local data AND Evernote notes (amazing). For some reason, S Finder is no longer searching Evernote notes (and some other apps as well) despite the fact that those apps are checked in the S Finder settings. I thought this might have had to do with KitKat, but S Finder continued to work with EN long after the upgrade. :crying:

Yes, S finder saves me a lot of time too when searching for settings I want to find fast. I think it's one of the most powerful feature of the new tw.

Is quite useful when i looking for specific files or apps. I use google now for weather and map and use s finder for files.

Yep. It's way better than the google search
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Yep. It's way better than the google search
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Lol, you can't be serious!

Joe0113 said:
Lol, you can't be serious!
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Sure, I can. Google search can't search within your email and text messages like s-finder
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I love how it finds settings as well :laugh:

Problem with SMS and Google voice default setting

I can't for the life of me figure out how to use Google Voice as my default SMS app. My Note 3 and every other phone I've used in the past few years has all had this as an option. I don't really want to use hangouts as it's just not really setup as a SMS app yet.
Anyone else have this issue or a possible solutions?
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luckybun said:
I can't for the life of me figure out how to use Google Voice as my default SMS app. My Note 3 and every other phone I've used in the past few years has all had this as an option. I don't really want to use hangouts as it's just not really setup as a SMS app yet.
Anyone else have this issue or a possible solutions?
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Cant you just set Google voice typing as the default keyboard?.

cooza said:
Cant you just set Google voice typing as the default keyboard?.
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This made me giggle

I've been searching around and it seems that this is an issue for all S5's no matter the carrier. I'm experiencing the same issue on my T-Mobile S5. It sucks because I can't get my Google Glass to send messages from Google Voice anymore.
Hopefully Samsung will fix this asap.
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I can't for the life of me figure out how to use Google Voice as my default SMS app. My Note 3 and every other phone I've used in the past few years has all had this as an option. I don't really want to use hangouts as it's just not really setup as a SMS app yet.
Anyone else have this issue or a possible solutions?
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NickStarr said:
I've been searching around and it seems that this is an issue for all S5's no matter the carrier. I'm experiencing the same issue on my T-Mobile S5. It sucks because I can't get my Google Glass to send messages from Google Voice anymore.
Hopefully Samsung will fix this asap.
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I don't have it either and just flashed the first official 4.4.2 to my note2 and it's not there either so maybe it's a change to the newer 4.4.2 firmwares.
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morbidz said:
This made me giggle
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Thanks mate. I try to please where I can

S-Voice can be activated only with voice command?! no old style of long press ??1

if i want to activate the S-Voice be long press home button like the note 4... can i do that ?! and how?
i can't find anything else other then Voice Command which i really hate.... i does not work properly and when i use earphones it does not work at all... just have wake up with voice command. would like to have the old option with long press... is it possible?

Long press home for Google Now voice
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tylerholbrook said:
Long press home for Google Now voice
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was asking for s-voice
google now voice doesn't take commands like "play songs" etc....

amir84 said:
was asking for s-voice
google now voice doesn't take commands like "play songs" etc....
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I quit using s voice after Google got better.
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anybody else can help me please ????????????

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HELP !!... i really need this feature to work

anyboady can help ?????????????
s-voice does not work when screen is lock and i'm with earphones !! that is so stupid because i used it with note 4 to play music and command the music libreray... now to to that i must first unlock the phone with my finger print in order for s-voice to pop up !! please help ??!!

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Buy Note 4 which is much better than N5. I had them ALL(from N1 to N8...) an Note 4 N910C Rocks!! And Voice Command is extremely useful function, specially cuz Note phones r huge and taking quality photos is many times impossible with hands!! If
u thinking opposite, than Note phablets isnt 4 u at all, buy some much smaller device and enjoy in it.