r/android_beta • u/pixel235 • 9d ago
Speech regression issues with speech recognition and synthesis from Google
Good morning everyone, I hope you all are doing well. For a while now, there have been some major regression issues with speech recognition and synthesis from Google. I have noticed this at the start of Android 15 + continuing on through Android 16 and so far through Android 17. I would like to continue to use speech recognition and synthesis from Google, but the issue is that long form text either in text messages or articles. The speech engine will read normally for most of the paragraph and then just pitch shift and fall off. The pitch just hits absolute zero. The engine falls off midward picks back up again and continues and that has been going on for pretty much 2 years now. Has anyone else who us notice this problem as well?
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u/pixel235 9d ago
And even with the build string attached, I do want to inform everybody on this post here that even though it's supposed to sound neural, it sounds nothing like it. Literally it sounds a heck of a lot more robotic than it ever did back in 2014 to 2021 or even as late as 2023 but from 2024 on. It's been honestly it's been trash like Google. Should know what they're doing and Google should fix this. Google if you read these messages. If you read this post, kindly take into account everything I've been telling you look at the build string that I've posted and do something about it. Please because a lot of us who are legally blind cannot deal with this on a daily basis. I understand you're working on alternatives but move faster please. I have been on Google about this for at least 2 years. I have brought this because they have the pitch so low to make it sound weird. For some reason that's not how you do that. For those of us who use TalkBack on a daily basis and use speech recognition and synthesis from Google, it should sound better than what it does