Feature request: Use default voice

Jsolomon · 08-25-2016, 01:26 PM

It appears that M3 text-to-speech currently only allows access to whichever voice happens to be first in any language grouping (often a low quality one)

If possible it would be nice to have an option to use the voice set in iOS General settings -> Accessibility -> Speech -> Voices.

Even better would be to provide access to all available voices from within Marvin but I assume this would be a great deal more work or it would have already been done.

Jsolomon · 08-30-2016, 12:38 PM

After a lot of looking it would appear that as of iOS 9.1 there is neither a way to retrieve the mentioned setting or to specify a specific voice for a language.

That being the case, I'd beg Kris to get the iOS Speak Screen working properly with Marvin. If it did nothing more than start at the top of the page rather than the start of the current section it would be a big improvement.

Jsolomon · 09-17-2016, 07:54 AM

Well Hooray for iOS 10. At least for en-US, It appears to use whatever voice you have set in system settings, fixing the above issue. Not only that but they have added a pronunciation correction table (a not well publicised new feature) and several new voices including Ava which is one of the best I've heard yet. No buzzing/clicking/whining and far better "nuance" than even Siri. I highly recommend trying out this voice if you haven't already.

08-25-2016, 01:26 PM	#1
Jsolomon Member Posts: 20 Karma: 14074 Join Date: Aug 2016 Device: Marvin on iPad mini 2 & iPad Air 2	Feature request: Use default voice It appears that M3 text-to-speech currently only allows access to whichever voice happens to be first in any language grouping (often a low quality one) If possible it would be nice to have an option to use the voice set in iOS General settings -> Accessibility -> Speech -> Voices. Even better would be to provide access to all available voices from within Marvin but I assume this would be a great deal more work or it would have already been done.

08-30-2016, 12:38 PM	#2
Jsolomon Member Posts: 20 Karma: 14074 Join Date: Aug 2016 Device: Marvin on iPad mini 2 & iPad Air 2	After a lot of looking it would appear that as of iOS 9.1 there is neither a way to retrieve the mentioned setting or to specify a specific voice for a language. That being the case, I'd beg Kris to get the iOS Speak Screen working properly with Marvin. If it did nothing more than start at the top of the page rather than the start of the current section it would be a big improvement. Last edited by Jsolomon; 09-02-2016 at 11:46 AM. Reason: Old info

09-17-2016, 07:54 AM	#3
Jsolomon Member Posts: 20 Karma: 14074 Join Date: Aug 2016 Device: Marvin on iPad mini 2 & iPad Air 2	Well Hooray for iOS 10. At least for en-US, It appears to use whatever voice you have set in system settings, fixing the above issue. Not only that but they have added a pronunciation correction table (a not well publicised new feature) and several new voices including Ava which is one of the best I've heard yet. No buzzing/clicking/whining and far better "nuance" than even Siri. I highly recommend trying out this voice if you haven't already. Last edited by Jsolomon; 09-17-2016 at 08:40 AM.

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