Android 2.3 User Manual

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Android User’s Guide

Voice input & output settings

You use the Voice Input & Output settings to configure the Android voice input feature, 
described in “Entering text by speaking” on page 35, and the text-to-speech 
synthesizer, for applications that can take advantage of it, such as TalkBack, which is 
described in “Accessibility settings” on page 376.

Google Voice Recognition settings screen

Language 

Opens a screen where you can set the language you use when entering 

text by speaking.

SafeSearch 

Opens a dialog where you can set whether you want Google 

SafeSearch filtering to block some results when you use Google search by voice: 
Block no search results (off), only explicit or offensive images (moderate), or both 
explicit or offensive text and images (strict).

Block offensive words 

When unchecked, Google voice recognition will 

recognize and transcribe words many people consider offensive, when you enter text 
by speaking. When checked, Google voice recognition replaces those words in 
transcriptions with a placeholder comprised of hash symbols ( # ).

Text-to-Speech settings screen

If you don’t have speech synthesizer data installed, only the 

 

setting is available.

Listen to an example 

Plays a brief sample of the speech synthesizer, using your 

current settings.

Always use my settings 

Check to use the settings on this screen in place of 

speech synthesizer settings available in other applications.

Default engine 

Opens a dialog where you can set the text-to-speech application 

you want to use, if you have more than one installed.

Install voice data 

If your phone does not have speech synthesizer data installed, 

connects to Android Market and guides you through the process of downloading and 
installing the data. This setting is not available if the data is already installed.

Speech rate 

Opens a dialog where you can select how quickly you want the 

synthesizer to speak.