User Guide

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Speech
Configure options for entering text by speaking.
Voice search
1. From the Home screen, touch Apps ➔
Settings ➔ Language and input .
2. Touch
Voice search for these options:
• Language : Choose the default language for voice input.
• SafeSearch : Set the sensitivity for filtering of explicit images
from the results of your Google voice searches.
• Block offensive words : Enable to hide words many people
find offensive in results of Google voice searches. Offensive
words are replaced in search results with a placeholder (####).
• Personalized recognition : Customize voice search to improve
the accuracy of speech recognition.
• Google Account dashboard : Manage data collected by your
Google account.
Text-to-speech output
Text-to-speech provides readout of text. For example, you
can have the contents of messages read out to you.
1. From the Home screen, touch
Apps ➔
Settings ➔ Language and input ➔ Text-to-speech
output
.
2. Under Preferred TTS engine, touch
Google Text-to-
speech Engine
to enable the Google engine. Touch
to configure these options:
– Language : Choose a language for text readout.
– Settings for Google Text-to-speech Engine : View open
source licenses.
– Install voice data : Not available if the engine is already
installed.
• Speech rate : Choose the speed at which text is spoken.
• Listen to an example : If you have enabled a speech
synthesizer, play a brief sample of voice output.
• Driving mode : Touch to enable or disable Driving
mode. When enabled, new notifications will be automatically
read out.