Additional TTS Engines
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@M-Schrijver said in Additional TTS Engines:
It is Acapela TTS Engine for Android. The app self is free but you must pay for each voice separate.
I installed Acapela, but the demo voices don't work.
wrote on 6 Mar 2024, 18:58 last edited by@Con-Hennekens
You can only use the demo voices in the Acapela app. So can listen and play a bit with some settings. If you buy a voice, you can use it in other app.
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Greatly appreciate you sharing this!
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You can only use the demo voices in the Acapela app. So can listen and play a bit with some settings. If you buy a voice, you can use it in other app.
It is a bit of a gamble.wrote on 7 Mar 2024, 10:18 last edited by@M-Schrijver, The app shows me this:
I pressed the play button and it starts circling but not any of the voices are audible. On their website some voices are demoed:
https://www.acapela-group.com/demos/Also I see that most voices are € 4,99 except Thijs en Merel, they go for € 11,99 but both are not in the demo. I guess they are the sexy ones...
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@M-Schrijver, The app shows me this:
I pressed the play button and it starts circling but not any of the voices are audible. On their website some voices are demoed:
https://www.acapela-group.com/demos/Also I see that most voices are € 4,99 except Thijs en Merel, they go for € 11,99 but both are not in the demo. I guess they are the sexy ones...
wrote on 7 Mar 2024, 10:59 last edited by@Con-Hennekens Like you, I pressed the button in the app (Google Pixel 6 Pro) and the voices played as demo as the circle turned with no problems. That was all languages and all samples.
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@Con-Hennekens Like you, I pressed the button in the app (Google Pixel 6 Pro) and the voices played as demo as the circle turned with no problems. That was all languages and all samples.
wrote on 7 Mar 2024, 11:19 last edited by@Dave-J-0, good to know. Strange though
(yes I have the volume up
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@Skellum I chose Serena (premium) from my iPhone voices. Once you have chosen your voice, go to Navigation settings > Audio > Voice and then scroll down the list and select your chosen iPhone voice.
wrote on 7 Mar 2024, 20:12 last edited by@Nick-Carthew Thank you Nick, all sorted now with Kate (enhanced) cheers Tony
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@Nick-Carthew Thank you Nick, all sorted now with Kate (enhanced) cheers Tony
@Skellum Your welcome, happy to help.
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@Skellum Your welcome, happy to help.
wrote on 10 Mar 2024, 18:53 last edited byHi, I bought Rachel (English voice) and took her out for a ride today. Loud and clear - a huge improvement!
The original MRA voice is too timid and not loud enough.
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wrote on 11 Mar 2024, 10:14 last edited by
On my other phone (the rugged one I actually use on the bike) I was able to play the demo voices indeed. They do seem to be a bit louder indeed, but the Dutch voices are really ugly (3 of them are childs voices). The default Google TTS is much clearer and smoother in my opinion. I never understood why some people call it "robotic". That's definitely not the case on any phone I used (quite a few).
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wrote on 11 Mar 2024, 18:22 last edited by M. Schrijver 3 Nov 2024, 18:25
Did a nice ride last saturday.
Filtsmeister does use the default Android voice. Sometimes Flitsmeister did give some info (it runs in the background). It was a good comparisson with the Acapela voice "Daan" which is set in MRA.
What a difference in favour of "Daan" Louder and less robotic/metalicWhat is a robotic voice? This a typical example of a robotic voice (female):
https://youtu.be/yHdemBdvRIo?si=duWDWleqc7P8b-Qs&t=84
At least for me. The default google TTS voice sounds very similiar (to me)
The voice synthesizer of Stephen Hawkins is probably the best known "robotic" voice. -
Did a nice ride last saturday.
Filtsmeister does use the default Android voice. Sometimes Flitsmeister did give some info (it runs in the background). It was a good comparisson with the Acapela voice "Daan" which is set in MRA.
What a difference in favour of "Daan" Louder and less robotic/metalicWhat is a robotic voice? This a typical example of a robotic voice (female):
https://youtu.be/yHdemBdvRIo?si=duWDWleqc7P8b-Qs&t=84
At least for me. The default google TTS voice sounds very similiar (to me)
The voice synthesizer of Stephen Hawkins is probably the best known "robotic" voice.wrote on 11 Mar 2024, 18:35 last edited by Con Hennekens 3 Nov 2024, 18:42@M-Schrijver, That does not sound very good indeed.
But my Android sounds like this:https://photos.app.goo.gl/CV5qdP4cRgdpfD968
The voice is clear and natural in my opinion.
Just a tad low on the volume.
The demo from the Acapela TTS is much worse: