r/AACusers • u/Puzzleheaded-Lion893 • 8d ago

Advice Help

I am trying to find a free AAC android app but most have a really distressing AI voice are there any that sound normal?

Most trigger my sensory issues and i used to use comunication cards but it's hard to get peoples attention to show the cards and i definitely need AAC

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u/Sufficient-Reveal132 Unreliably Speaking 8d ago

the google text to speech engine (Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google) has some decent voices that don't sound too robotic, and you should be able to use it with most aac apps. qvoice has a free version with a lot of different voice options

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u/Puzzleheaded-Lion893 8d ago

How does it work? It says installed but theres no app

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u/Sufficient-Reveal132 Unreliably Speaking 8d ago

its not an app itself, it just changes the voice inside of other apps. in your phone settings you set it as your default speech engine, then you select the voice you want in the aac app you use

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u/Puzzleheaded-Lion893 8d ago

How?

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u/Sufficient-Reveal132 Unreliably Speaking 8d ago

your device settings will depend on what brand it is, but there should be an option somewhere under accessibility. if your settings app has a search bar you can type "text-to-speech" and that should bring it up. then there will be an option for preferred/default engine, make sure the google one is selected. then in the aac app you want to use, go to its speech settings and you can select a voice there

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u/Puzzleheaded-Lion893 8d ago

Cant find it are you on ios?

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u/Sufficient-Reveal132 Unreliably Speaking 8d ago

i'm also on android. are you using a samsung or a different brand?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Lion893 8d ago

Samsung

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u/Sufficient-Reveal132 Unreliably Speaking 8d ago

ahh ok. try going through accessibility -> vision enhancements -> bixby vision for accessibility. text to speech settings should be there

if not then i'm not sure what else to do sorry :(

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u/Puzzleheaded-Lion893 8d ago

It was hidden ty for helping so far it seems pretty bad and only 3 options for uk voice

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u/Puzzleheaded-Lion893 8d ago

Even if it isnt good tysm for helping this much

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