Asus ZenFone 2E US AT&T exclusive User Guide - Page 120

Text-to-speech output, Settings, Accessibility, Text-to-speech, output

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Text-to-speech output To specify text-to-speech settings for your device, go to Settings > Accessibility > Text-to-speech output. The following options are available on the Text-to-speech screen: • Preferred engine: The default text-to-speech engine choices vary by device. Options can include Google's Text-to-speech engine, the device manufacturer's engine, and any third-party text-tospeech engines that you've downloaded from the Google Play Store. • Engine settings: To change the settings for your selected text-to-speech engine, select Settings next to the name of your preferred engine . You can then edit the following settings: • Language: Choose "Use system language" or select a different language from the list. • Settings for Google Text-to-speech Engine: • Auto-update voices: Select to automatically update voices. • Use Wi-Fi only: Download voices data using only Wi-Fi. This option conserves data usage. • Install voice data: Select this option to install voice data required for speech synthesis. • Speech rate: Select the speed at which text is spoken. Options include: • Very slow • Slow • Normal • Fast • Faster • Very fast • Rapid • Very rapid • Fastest • Listen to an example: Select this option to hear a short demonstration of speech synthesis. • Default language status: Here your device displays the current status of your default language (e.g. "fully supported"). The default language is the language selected in your preferred Text-tospeech engine. 120

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Text-to-speech output
To specify text-to-speech settings for your device, go to
Settings
>
Accessibility
>
Text-to-speech
output
.
The following options are available on the Text-to-speech screen:
Preferred engine: The default text-to-speech engine choices vary by device. Options can include
Google’s Text-to-speech engine, the device manufacturer’s engine, and any third-party text-to-
speech engines that you’ve downloaded from the Google Play Store.
Engine settings: To change the settings for your selected text-to-speech engine, select Settings
next to the name of your preferred engine . You can then edit the following settings:
Language: Choose “Use system language” or select a different language from the list.
Settings for Google Text-to-speech Engine:
Auto-update voices: Select to automatically update voices.
Use Wi-Fi only: Download voices data using only Wi-Fi. This option conserves data usage.
Install voice data: Select this option to install voice data required for speech synthesis.
Speech rate: Select the speed at which text is spoken. Options include:
Very slow
Slow
Normal
Fast
Faster
Very fast
Rapid
Very rapid
Fastest
Listen to an example: Select this option to hear a short demonstration of speech synthesis.
Default language status: Here your device displays the current status of your default language
(e.g. “fully supported”). The default language is the language selected in your preferred Text-to-
speech engine.