Google Text-to-speech

- September 20, 2017

Everyone

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Description

Google Text-to-speech powers applications to read the text on your screen aloud. For example, it can be used by:
• Google Play Books to 'Read Aloud' your favourite book
• Google Translate to speak translations aloud so that you can hear the pronunciation of a word
• TalkBack and accessibility applications for spoken feedback across your device
• ... and many other applications in Play Store

To use Google Text-to-speech on your Android device, go to Settings > Language & Input > Text-to-speech output. Select Google Text-to-speech Engine as your preferred engine. Note, on many Android devices, Google Text-to-speech is already turned on, but you can update to the latest version here.

Supported languages: Bangla (Bangladesh), Bangla (India), Cantonese (Hong Kong), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), English (India), English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Mandarin (China), Mandarin (Taiwan), Nepali, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Sinhala, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (United States), Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

Reviews

4.1

1,025,426 total

5 611,749

4 165,105

3 96,847

2 35,635

1 116,090

PREM CHAND KUMAWAT

Nice

মনি মালা

Good

MUKESH SHARMA

excellent

Best

Cool

Joseph Meeks

Honestly I'll give the app 4 stars. It's great and very convenient to use. But even as I voice to text this out I've have to think about all the times that I've had to go back and manually correct anything that I have voice to text it out because of its swapping of words that I did not actually say. Which sometimes leads to messages taking even longer to type out rather than just me actually typing them out.

User reviews

PREM CHAND KUMAWAT September 25, 2017

Nice

মনি মালা September 20, 2017

Good

MUKESH SHARMA September 24, 2017

excellent

September 21, 2017

Best

September 25, 2017

Cool

Joseph Meeks April 11, 2017

Caitlin Compton May 7, 2017

Ever since the most recent android update my voice to text does not work. It will work for a brief period after I restart my phone but not more than a few minutes. Same with my outbound phone calls which I know isn't this apps problem but just want to make some one aware of issues with update

Irene Warker April 30, 2017

I've seen one of my former Godnephews tried the advice. And it does work. I've also downloaded because I never know when I may in needed it in an situations that would accured. In non-seen areas. Temporary til back to normal. Within my lifestyle. Awesome idea to the Google Corporation. For creating as such an app.👸👼🌏🌎🌍🌈❤📖🙏👍👍👍👍👍

Thomas G May 30, 2017

Love it! This is one of my favourite Google Apps. I use it on a daily basis, mainly because it integrates with so many other apps that require TTS and because of it, I do not need to use any data for any of the text-to-speach requirements. I'm giving this a 5 because I have been a bit harsh on other Google Apps but this works really well for me. Thank you Google!

April 6, 2017

Love that I can just say "OK Google" and the app starts, even with my phone locked. Very easy to use, understands what you say, & it talks back with your answer & relevant search info. Everyone needs this app, especially this day & age with so many accidents caused by people texting while driving

Henry Brock August 24, 2017

Thank you for supporting other ways to access text! How may I help correct tts quirks? Words like "live" and "content" are enunciated differently depending on context, and if this app had an easy way to note corrections I would gladly contribute. 20170824: Again, how can we help? If I could easily send snippets that were incorrectly spoken I would gladly do so.

tyson luisi May 18, 2017

Before this most recent update this program was working flawlessly as intended. However until said update my voice detection cuts off mid sentence quite abruptly. Rendering this feature completely unusable. For a short example... forget about long-winded sentences. I will only say 7 words and it will only get about 2 or 3 of those words before I realized that it had stopped detecting my voice when speaking clearly.

Briana Giselle Jauregui May 31, 2017

Thank you Caitlin Compton!!!! I was calling out earlier and my screen wouldn't come back on immediately ... Like I thought my phone was shutting down. Yes to everything you said. I knew I shouldn't have updated this freaking thing. Also, my voice recognition on Google is totally not functioning SINCE I updated. Stupid. Annoying. Broken. I'm

Thomas Carr May 18, 2017

This is a waste of a perfectly good tts system. Try simply pulling up a long article or website with text and have the text read by this app. You can't! The read selected text feature will only do one paragraph at a time. It is sad when Android won't even make the slightest effort to compete with iOS. 😢

Carlos Rodriguez June 8, 2017

Simply doesn't work. Even after installing voices it reverts back to the dull system voice. And on other apps no option appears for using text to speech. Perhaps time to sell 6p in general...Disappointment

MANISH AGGARWAL August 26, 2017

This app is continuously showing downloading English India waiting for Wi-Fi . Even I started WiFi nothing change. Is that a joke, I think Google should take this app out or help me in problem. Google geniuses worst work I suppose.

prasanna kumar August 16, 2017

The stupid notification says "waiting for WiFi" for two months now. Its just annoying. Have tried all online solutions but it won't go. I connected my phone to a WiFi network and still shows, I disable "WiFi only" option and it still shows. Please give a solution for how to get rid of that notification already.

Derek Wade April 24, 2017

Voice to text is both a very effective means of texting on the go, and also a huge pain in the butt. For one thing, I'm getting sick of it spelling out punctuation. There is no need to write the word, "comma". Second if a word has homonyms, such as "their", every single one of those homonyms should show up in the Chooser to allow you to select the correct one. This is rarely the case. Voice to text also occasionally randomly Capitalizes Words for no Reason. This is frustrating and irritating. It's been months. Fix these bugs. 4/24/17

Tim Guernsey April 18, 2017

Iv had THIS "State Of The Art" phone That Will Do ANYTHING & More for . . . 2 Years , , , , , maybe 3 Years - but anyway- iv had This phone for a Long time & STILL Havnt used This App, I Havnt Even Tap'd on it to see what it's about. However, I'm assuming it's prity close to wat the Name of the App is. Perhaps 1 day I will get more curious & check it out BEFORE I accidentally drop my phone in the toilet like my previous Hand Held Cellular device from wich I make calls & txts from. Good Luck Developer's

Levi Karkiainen April 16, 2017

It is both wonderful and absolutely horrible at the same time. It saves me a lots and lots of time however it can also misunderstand the most basic and simple of words. I have said something as simple as "hello" and it types down something as complex and off-the-wall as " blood for the blood God hail Satan" But that part goes away when you bathe your phone and holy water. Still this app is worth getting just really really annoying

Ellichu thepikachu April 14, 2017

It can't understand a thing I say at all. Make it understand a Scottish, English, American etc. accents. Or most people won't be able to use it. Why did this junk come with my phone? It. Doesn't. Work. It is not like I can't just get used to it, it can't understand me. I prefer using keyboards, even SwiftKey. That's why I am using SwiftKey. You can use it. Unlike this crap of an app. Delete it or fix it. Your choice. And add more words to it! Jesus Christ I could spend all Day typing this! I'm going to go now. Bye!

Aminah Binte Mahmood June 12, 2017

A while back, I couldn't bear to have Google TTS read my books to me. It sounded as if a robot was magically transported from the science fiction universe to next to me and was talking to me. Now? There is so much difference to the quality of the UK voices that it's one of most natural TTS voices in the Play Store. I excluded one star for more improvement, but if you any doubts on the quality, don't hesitate.

George Yann May 26, 2017

In the meantime the Google search app is supporting the Greek language, Google tts though is still acting like it sounds like Greek to it. Maybe the developers of the two apps should contact each other and figure something out. Also I would like to have my system in English but navigation in Greek, is there a reason why I cannot be able to do that?

Someone stole my sweetroll May 3, 2017

Gonna give it 3 stars because the description is very vague. I mean at least tell us that it doesn't work with pdf files...and if it does, at least make the app more simple rather than confusing.... Another thing, I dislike the fact that the app icon is hidden.

Crystal Ann August 3, 2017

Have been unable to figure out where this app is in order to use it, and haven't found any option for text to speech in any menus or options or the basic device settings?? Update : thank you for explaining the basics, now I am able to use it.

Anonymous Person August 10, 2017

Needs frequent updates...via server... Speech output is too artificial, as though a human is reading and not explaining. Therefore it needs more intonation and speech modules so that it can sound more natural. Use your Deep Mind to get around this problem.

Deborah Lim June 16, 2017

I used to love using Messenger, but now with the update from 2 days ago it is a colossal pain in the ass. Text to speech -you have to hit the button like 4 times and it keeps going back and forth, between a tiny little screen of the preview and the actual message. While I appreciate the extra gifs and stickers they are not worth the cumbersome and awkwardness of using the app to send a message

Mark Gwathmey April 10, 2017

I think this program is very great. Considering I have a TBI from the war. I have a problem reading and put in my thoughts on the paper this program, helps me express my thoughts. So I can get them out quicker Vice trying to type it or going back and deleting what I'm trying to type. This program is unexceptional gift to me words cannot explain how I feel when I can communicate my thoughts without typing.

Mario V. April 29, 2017

THIS STUPID THING ACTIVATES ON ITS OWN WHENEVER I CONNECT MY EARBUDS TO MY PHONE!!! MY EARBUDS ARE FUN AND OUT OF NOWHERE THE APP ACTIVATES!!! FIX THIS BECAUSE IT'S GETTING ANNOYING AND IT EVEN MAKES ME SKIPS SONGS IN SPOTIFY WITHOUT MY CONSENT!!!

Bobby L June 11, 2017

You should have us template our voice so that it can recognize how we speak and enunciate. So far this app has been a bit of a joke but it works with everything else I have so I use it. Contact me and I'll go over some ideas with you.

July 22, 2017

Just finished downloading it. Based on the reviews to this app that I read I think it will be awesome. I'm just hopefully hopeless hoping anyway. Thanks a lot. # On my quest to downloading more useful apps...thanks again Google

nikly notforutoknow September 8, 2017

Use this a lot. Wish it allowed more time for listening. Btw, most people don't realize that when composing a text msg, instead of just saying Send or Cancel, you can also say Repeat It, and Add To It.

Krampus Aurora July 27, 2017

This was very useful to help me learn how to pronounce certain words in Spanish and English. Everyone who said its boring, it is not here for your entertainment. It is to help and read things, not for you. So what if its not fun, it was not intended to be a game nor was it for young audience!

Paul Burnier July 28, 2017

BTW, some people are rating the wrong app. This is the text-to-speech app and not the voice recognition app. I gave it 3 stars because the American voices are horrible, and I had to settle for the male British one. It is unacceptable that in this day and age the American voices sound this bad, please fix this promptly.

Rishabh Malhotra April 7, 2017

It is needed to be more improved! As it works well but in most cases it fails.... Nd whn it is failed nd we are in hurry of smething.. It is irritating that time!

Lu DYMENZ September 8, 2017

Wow people are dumb this is TEXT 2 SPEECH not Talk to text. Damn Google can you make this app read a web page aloud and accessing the desire more simple? Or do you need to add some 45sec ads that we are forced to sit thru first? I thought you CIA cats had other revenue streams....

YETURU CHENCHU KUMAR July 9, 2017

Irritating notification on notification bar, always shows to download (waiting for wifi)female for English (uk),dear Google developers!! Please look at this buz. Is Google Apps also have bugs who will provide buggles apps????

Jewellianne W July 7, 2017

Why???? When you have the capabilities do you not fix the app to sound more natural and less horribly distorted so it can actually be more useful. Swahili text to speech is not pronounced correctly at all as most words I have come across are unrecognizable by sound. Please add Swahili to your list and enhance, fix, or reinvent the speech to sound more natural and fluid. Thank you.

June 8, 2017

Mike, Moto e running 6, Moto e running 5.1 This works well for me, I have always like the voice, but it has improved recently. Very nice, useful app. My only complaint with Google is that they allow manufactures to prevent users from deleting pre installed apps. My old phone has 15 disabled apps on it, that's 181.2mb of wasted space. The only way to delete them is to root the phone. Google, please develop an app with temporary root access to delete so called system apps. The android user experience is ruined by bloatware.

Leah Maharaj July 4, 2017

It's pretty accurate but not 100% accurate. I also want to be a little bit more understanding with punctuation. Sometimes it will actually put the punctuation mark other times it will just type a random similar word.

What's New

• Added support for Bangla (India), Czech, Khmer, Nepali, Sinhala and Ukrainian.

• Number processing can now be turned off in settings. This produces a more literal pronunciation of the text. For example 09/10/2017 will be pronounced as oh nine slash ten... Only available for our English voices.

• Intonation control is now available for more voices.

• Various other improvements to our voices.

Additional information

Updated

September 20, 2017

Size

Varies with device

Installs

1,000,000,000 - 5,000,000,000

Current Version

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Requires Android

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