How To Use Voice Search – Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro

May 3, 2014

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Amarnath Natarajan

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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.

Tags:

Android, Enter Text, Galaxy, Galaxy Tab Pro, Samsung, Search, Voice

Amarnath Natarajan

I am a freelance programmer and tech enthusiast. In my spare time, I contribute to this website.

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