Discover the power of a convenient text-to-speech reader that can transform your PDFs, documents, webpages, and eBooks into speech. With Speech Services by Google, your mobile device can harness advanced text-to-speech and speech-to-text technologies, enhancing your daily activities with ease and efficiency.
-- Convert your spoken words into text or have the text on your screen read aloud to you.
-- Utilize voice commands to navigate and manage your daily tasks on your mobile devices with the Speech-to-Text feature.
-- Enjoy listening to books or hearing translations spoken aloud with the Text-to-Speech functionality.
Empower your device with the innovative capabilities of Google's text-to-speech and speech-to-text technology. The Google Speech-to-Text functionality:
Speech Services provides essential speech-to-text functionality to Google and a variety of third-party apps, converting your spoken words into written text. This feature can be utilized in numerous ways:
- With Google Maps, use your voice to search for destinations.
- The Recorder App can transcribe your recordings directly on your device.
- The Phone App's Call Screen feature offers real-time transcription of your caller's speech.
- Accessibility apps like Voice Access enable you to control your device through voice commands.
- Dictation or keyboard apps allow you to voice-dictate text messages.
- Apps with a search by voice feature help you quickly find your favorite shows or songs.
- Language learning apps can recognize your speech as you practice a new language.
- ...and numerous other applications available on the Play Store.
To leverage Google Speech-to-Text functionality on your Android device, navigate to Settings > Apps & notifications > Default apps > Assist App, and select Speech Services by Google as your preferred voice input engine.
The Google Text-to-Speech functionality:
Speech Services also enables applications to vocalize the text on your screen. Examples of its use include:
- Google Play Books to "Read Aloud" your favorite book.
- Google Translate to audibly speak translations, helping you grasp the pronunciation of words.
- Talkback and other accessibility applications for providing spoken feedback throughout your device.
- ...and many other applications available on the Play Store.
To activate Google Text-to-Speech functionality on your Android device, go to Settings > Languages & Input > Text-to-Speech output, and choose Speech Services by Google as your preferred engine. Note that on many Android devices, Speech Services by Google is pre-installed, but you can always update to the latest version for optimal performance.
