How to install synthetic voices?
How to install synthetic voices?
Alexandros

Written by Alexandros SIDIRAS GALANTE on Friday 03 May 2024, updated on Friday 21 February 2025

Estimated Reading Time ~ 6 minutes

How to install synthetic voices?

The Pictalk applications are cross-platform and work through your web browser. The synthetic voices are managed by your operating system, namely Android, iOS, Windows, etc. For security reasons, we cannot install voices on your behalf. Here is an article that shows you how to install them.

By installing synthetic voices, you will be able to benefit for free from the following applications:

Android

Some Android devices come without any synthetic voice. Rest assured, there are many ways to obtain synthetic voices for free.

Installing voices on Samsung devices

Link to the application to install:

https://galaxystore.samsung.com/detail/com.samsung.SMT

Once the application is installed, go to your settings:

Samsung tablet settings

Click on "Text-to-speech output":

Tablet settings

You should see this screen:

Text-to-speech settings

Here are the settings to check:

  • The chosen language is French or the language of your choice
  • The speed and tone are to your liking
  • Click on "Read" and check that it works correctly

If the default language is not your choice, click on the "Language" button and search for your language. If you can't find it, continue with the tutorial.

Language menu

If the language or voice does not suit you

Click on the gear to customize. You should see this screen:

Local synthesis settings

Check if your language is on the list. IF it is not, click on: "Install voice data" and select your language.

For other Android devices

Make sure you have the Google Text-to-Speech app installed. This app integrates a wide variety of languages and voices by default.

Here is its logo:

Google TTS

Search in your settings for something similar to "synthesis" or "voice" to access the text-to-speech settings. You should have a screen similar to this one.

If you can't find it, you can contact our team or the Google support team.

Voice synthesis settings configured with Google

Note that the "Preferred Engine" is Google. Check that the language is indeed the one you want.

If you do not have the language

Click on the gear. You should see this menu appear:

Google voice synthesis menu

Click on "Install voice data" to then search for your language. In our case, we searched for "French":

Searching for French in the Google menu

Installing free voices

Link to the application to install:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.tts&hl=es&gl=US&pli=1

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