Be together, not the same. Such is ‘s motto as of late, so it makes no sense that everyone’s Text-to-speech voice sounds the same. Atreyu a deathgrip on yesterday zip.

I still wish I could listen to Snoop Dog’s graceful voice reading Android Authority articles out loud. We are not quite there yet, but at least things are getting a little better. Google’s Text-to-speech tool has been updated to include multiple voice variations in all available languages. As of version 3.8, there is a bevy of options for both female and male alterations, making it easy to customize your experience and make your phone sound a little different from the crowd. After playing around with it for a bit, I can tell the main difference is in speech flow.

Each version seems to represent a different style of talking, but the voices themselves do sound very similar. Maybe they are simply manipulated via software? We wouldn’t be able to confirm that, but you can check them out yourself. Simply go to Settings > Language & input > Text-to-speech output, then tap on the gear next to “Google Text-to-speech Engine” and select “Install voice data”.

Aug 7, 2016 - Some even allow you to download the generated voice file. Your voice settled, get a software that save the speech for you, like Balabolka. Mac OS X (a.k.a. Things gets lot more easier on OS X. (Yah, I prefer the old name better. It works on Windows (1, 2), OS X, and even Android (1, 2) and iOS.

Select the language of your choosing and check out the different voice options available. Do you use Google’s Text-to-speech? I have to say I rarely use Text-to-speech.

In fact, the few times I have it is only to test it. I can see how it would be convenient when your hands are busy, though. Or when you simply don’t want to be looking at a screen.

I am sure I would use it all the time if I could use Snoop’s voice, that’s for sure. Do hit the comments and let us know what you think of this update. Will you be taking advantage of it?

Download Don’t want to wait around for Google to push this update to your phone? We understand this may take a while. If you are the impatient kind, simply hit the button below to download the APK file and install the update manually.

I tried several text-to-speak programs (on linux) such as Fetival, eSpeak, etc; but the voice in all of them is very robotic. There are voice templates to change voice from male to female, but the problem in them all is that the system read each word separately, instead of starting to read a sentence. Is there any advanced program or trick to read a text with a relatively natural voice? The current artificial voices cannot be listened for a long text (too boring as the listener cannot concentrate). Closed as off-topic by ♦ Mar 1 '16 at 18:32 This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason: • 'Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they become outdated quickly and attract opinion-based answers.