Speech Settings - Samsung Galaxy S III User Manual

• Offline speech recognition: tap to download speech
recognition software for different languages. Tap the ALL tab to
display all available languages, then tap the language that you
want.

Speech settings

This menu allows you to set the speech settings for Voice
input.
1. From the Language and input menu, tap Voice
recognizer to select a speech recognition engine.
Options are: Samsung powered by Vlingo and Google.
2. Tap Voice search to configure the following:
• Language: Choose a language for your voice input.
• Speech output: Sets whether you will use speech output
always or only when using hands-free.
• Block offensive words: Enable or disable blocking of
recognized offensive words from the results of your voice-input
Google searches.
• Hotword detection: Enable to being able to launch voice
search by saying the word "Google".
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• Download offline speech recognition: tap to download
speech recognition software for different languages. Tap the
ALL tab to display all available languages, then tap the
language that you want.
3. Tap Text-to-speech options. The following options are
available:
• Preferred TTS engine: Select Google Text-to-speech Engine
or Samsung TTS.
• 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).
4. Tap next to the Preferred TTS engine to configure
the following settings:
Note: Options may be different depending on the TTS
engine you select.
• Language: allows you to set the language for spoken text.
• Settings for Google Text-to-speech Engine: allows you to
view Open Source Licenses.
• Settings for Samsung TTS: allows you to view Open Source
Licenses.