An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content Scanning Technology

Re:An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content S... by yosito on Friday August 06, 2021 @10:04AM (#28087298)

I have found that my Pixel with CalyxOS and microG doesn't have any text to speech engine. So the maps apps work, but with no turn by turn audio.

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Re:An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content S... by commoner on Friday August 06, 2021 @10:19AM (#28087462)

RHVoice is a free and open source text-to-speech output engine for Android. Try it out:

- F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.olga_yakovleva.rh...

- GitHub: https://github.com/RHVoice/RHVoice

Alternatively, if you prefer Google's closed source text-to-speech engine (that is preinstalled on most commercial Android devices), you can download Speech Services by Google through Aurora Store:

- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...

Instructions for configuring the default text-to-speech engine on Android are here:

- https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/6006...

Most navigation apps come with their own voice banks for turn-by-turn navigation audio, and installing a text-to-speech engine isn't necessary for these apps. However, Organic Maps (which is a recommended app in the CalyxOS setup wizard) doesn't, and it relies on the default text-to-speech engine.

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Re:An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content S... by yosito on Friday August 06, 2021 @10:37AM (#28087753)

Thanks! I didn't know about RHVoice. I tried installing a couple others I found through searching F-Droid, but nothing worked. I just installed RHVoice.

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