Settings 149
Speech
Voice Recognizer
Choose a voice recognition engine for your device’s
recognition features.
1. From the Home screen, touch
Apps
➔
Settings
➔
Language and input
➔
Voice recognizer
.
2. Select Samsung powered by Vlingo or Google.
Voice Search
1. From the Home screen, touch
Apps
➔
Settings
➔
Language and input
➔
Voice search
.
2. Set options:
• Language
: Choose a language for voice searching.
• Speech output
: Choose options for speech output.
• Block offensive words
: When enabled, words many people
find offensive are not shown in results of Google voice
searches. Offensive words are replaced in results with a
placeholder (####).
• Hotword detection
: When enabled, you can say “Google” to
launch voice search.
• Download offline speech recognition
: Download speech
recognition, to enable voice input while offline.
• Personalized recognition
: Enable to have your device improve
recognition based on your speech.
• Google account dashboard:
View and manage your collected
data.
Text-To-Speech Output
Text-to-speech (TTS) provides audible readout of text.
1. From the Home screen, touch
Apps
➔
Settings
➔
Language and input
➔
Text-to-speech
output
.
2. Touch a setting to configure:
• Preferred TTS engine
–
Select
Google Text-to-speech Engine
, or
Samsung TTS
.
•General
–
Speech rate
: Choose a rate at which text readouts are spoken.
–
Listen to an example
: Play a sample of speech synthesis.
–
Driving mode
: When enabled, new notifications are read out
automatically. Touch
Driving mode
to choose items for readout
when Driving mode is enabled.