My S3 sounds... sick?

[rott3np3anut]

Hey, so my S3 sounds really weird sometimes when talking. The best way I can describe it is the voice sounds sick. She talks slower, and lower pitched. I've noticed it during navigation and when I tried out the briefing mode for the alarm clock. Does anyone's phone do this? I tried to find the voice settings but couldn't. Please help!

 

[rott3np3anut]

Bump. No one else has this problem?

 

[McBuzz]

Nope. Voice and music is very clear. Did you put water or anything inside the speaker?

 

[Mabashi]

This happens to me occasionally on my GS3 and Galaxy Nexus. It usually resolves itself by restarting navigation. I'm not sure what causes it, maybe slower internet speed? I wouldn't worry about it too much.

 

[rott3np3anut]

Yeah it's off and on for me during navigation. But it really bothers me with the briefing alarm. It always sounds bad during that, to the point that I don't want to use it because I don't want to hear the voice.

 

[Deleted User]

My wife and I cracked up laughing when that voice happened the first time when using our GPS.

It seems to happen when we are nearing a destination. It's almost like there was an earlier version of the voice that got accidentally left in the system.

 

[_Aardvark]

You know, I think I've notice in navigation my phone switching voices! I thought I was crazy, but maybe not... It's usually a very nice voice, but sometimes the voice is the one I remember from my previous Android phone.

Someone else w/ same "problem": After upgrade to ics... Freaky navigation voice change and media duplicates? - xda-developers

 

[kayst]

I've noticed it a lot during navigation. They have a new, faster, higher-pitched woman talking (sounds like prerecorded wave files), then in the middle for a few words switch to a deeper voiced, lower pitched computer generated voice. Sounds really freaky.

Don't know if this is a result of a new Google Nav version or a Samsung thing or a ICS thing.

I call the regular-sounding one Sally and the deeper voiced one Mona. Wish Mona would go away and just let Sally talk, she's much more friendly.