How To Use Speech Settings – Samsung Galaxy Tab 3

Dec 4, 2013

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Learn how to use speech settings on your Samsung Galaxy Tab 3. You can change language, speech output, Bluetooth, hotword detection etc.

Set the speech settings for Voice search.

Touch Settings > Language and input.

Touch Voice search to configure:

Language: Choose a language for your voice input.
Speech output: Always provides audible readout of text, or only when using Hands-free functions.
Block offensive words: Enable or disable blocking of recognized offensive words from the results of your voice-input Google searches.
Hotword detection: When enabled, saying the word Google launches voice search.
Bluetooth headset: Record audio through a Bluetooth headset, if available. Voice output provides audible readout of text, for example, the contents of email messages.
Touch Settings > 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).

Note

This guide will work on all Samsung Galaxy Tabs; including Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0, Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1.

Tags:

Android, Galaxy, Galaxy Tab 3, Samsung, Settings

Amarnath Natarajan

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