User's Manual

Changing Your Settings 287
Configuring Voice Input Recognition
This feature allows the device to correctly recognize verbal
input.
1. From the main
Settings
page, tap
Controls
tab
Language and input
.
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”.
Download offline speech recognition
: enables voice input
while offline.
Bluetooth headset
: records audio through a connected
Bluetooth headset.
3. Press 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 main
Settings
page, tap
Controls
tab
Language and input
Text-to-speech options
.
2. Select a current Preferred TTS engine from the list of
available options. The default is the
Samsung text-to-
speech engine
option.
3. Tap next to the preferred TTS engine configure
the following settings:
Language
: allows you to set the language for spoken text.
Settings for Samsung text-to-speech engine
: allows you to
configure the General settings for the Samsung TTS.
Install voice data
: allows you to install voice data for speech
synthesis.
4. Configure the General options to alter the settings
associated with this feature:
Speech rate
: adjusts the rate at which on-screen text is
spoken by the device.