273 Section 9: Changing Your Settings

Configuring Voice Input Recognition

This feature allows the device to correctly recognize verbal input.
1. From the Settings screen, tap Language and input g Voice search to configure the
following:
Language: Choose a language for your voice input.
“Ok Google” hotword detection: Activate the ability of your device to launch voice
seraching once it hears “Ok Google”.
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 voiceinput Google searches.
Offline speech recognition: Enables voice input while offline.
Bluetooth headset: Records audio through a connected Bluetooth headset.
2. Press Back to return to the previous screen.

Configuring Text-to-speech

This feature allows the device to provide a verbal readout of on‑screen data such as
messages and incoming caller information. This action is called TTS (Text To Speech).
1. From the Settings screen, tap Language and input g Text-to-speech options.
2. Select a current Preferred TTS engine from the list of available options. Select
Samsung text-to-speech engine or Google text-to-speech engine. The default is
Samsung text‑to‑speech engine.
3. Tap Settings next to the preferred TTS engine configure the following
settings:
Language: Set the language for spoken text.
Settings for Google text-to-speech engine: View Open Source Licenses.
Settings for Samsung text-to-speech engine: Configure the General settings for the
Samsung TTS.