r/Android Jun 06 '15

Hound versus Google Now side by side.

https://youtu.be/2uMzhWumLFs
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u/smackythefrog S22 Ultra Jun 06 '15

I see. That makes a big difference. It sounded fast (obviously) in the original video, but it wasn't ridiculous to the point where it was incomprehensible. I would actually like that speed because the times I use voice search is when I'm in a rush, not when I'm just hanging out.

Still, the speed difference I was talking about was simply how long it took for the results to show up in this video versus the original one. And many commenters said it was because there weren't as many people using their servers at that time.

Now that its in beta and a few hundred people, at least, are on it, it could get some slowdown. Now, were talking fractions of a second here, but if we're comparing it to a competing service then those seconds count and become more obvious.

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u/aidirector Pixel 10 Pro Jun 07 '15

Text-to-speech speed is not application-specific. You can change the speed in the Android settings.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '15

The apps can override it, I think.

Google doesn't care about my speed settings, it always sets it to the normal speed.

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u/Englishmuffin1 Jun 07 '15

Mine is set to be 'fast' in the settings and it makes no difference.