[accessible-android] Re: [accessible-android] [accessible-android] Re: [accessible-android] [accessible-android] No speech after switching to Acapela engine… help please!!

  • From: Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: accessible-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:32:16 -0600

Okay, I now have managed to purchase and install Heather US English.  She 
sounds great!

Thanks for your help! :)

Russell
On 2013-07-06, at 12:56 PM, Beto Arreola <beto.arreola22@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You do it from within the app.
> On Jul 6, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Ah, that makes sense!  I wish I would have known that before hand!  Once I 
>> get sighted help to switch back to the Google speech engine, will I be able 
>> to go to the Google PlayStore and purchase Acapela voices, or does this have 
>> to be done from within the Acapela app?
>> 
>> Thanks so much for your quick response!
>> 
>> Russell
>> On 2013-07-06, at 12:42 PM, Beto Arreola <beto.arreola22@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi, acapella will work, but only if you buy one of their voices before 
>>> hand.  The app you downloaded is so you can go in and look at the voices 
>>> and buy one.
>>> If you run accapela with out a purchase of a voice you will loose 
>>> everything speech wise.
>>> As for regaining speech your best bet is getting sighted help, or if you 
>>> can't there maybe a way to hard reset the nexus.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jul 6, 2013, at 12:38 PM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>> 
>>>> I bought a Nexus 7 3 weeks ago.  I've been busy and haven't had much time 
>>>> to play with it, but this morning I decided I'd download and install the 
>>>> Acapela text-to-speech engine because I've been hearing good things about 
>>>> the quality of the voices.
>>>> 
>>>> After downloading and installing the Acapela engine, I went into TalkBack 
>>>> settings and changed from the original Google voice to the Acapela speech 
>>>> engine.  I assumed, incorrectly, that the engine would just change, and 
>>>> I'd still have speech.  As soon as I confirmed that I wished to change to 
>>>> the Acapela speech engine, my Nexus went silent.  I now have no speech, 
>>>> and, at this moment, no sighted assistance.  What do I need to do to get 
>>>> speech back?  Is there a way to turn TalkBack off and then back on again 
>>>> without sighted assistance?  I'm running Android 4.2.2.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for any help or advice.  I can't believe that one can't switch 
>>>> speech engines without sighted help… please tell me this isn't the case?
>>>> 
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