Still having a problem with TTS

[pewe]

I've had a tablet now for about a week - my first experience of Android.

I posted earlier explaining that I could not change the default TTS engine used and unfortunately I have still not found an answer to the problem.

I have installed Ivona and also Svox and in the settings tried to change to one of these, but no luck.
When I tap on an alternative, the selection remains at the default Pico.

I cannot imagine why, but is it possible that the manufacturer may have disabled the ability to change, or am I missing some other possibility.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Thom]

What tablet et are you using?

To try it for you I installed Ivona from Play Store on my Bionic phone under Jelly Bean.

I then went to System settings | Accessibility | Text-to-speech output and there were two items in the Preferred Engine list. I selected Ivone.

Is this what you did on your tablet?

... Thom

 

[pewe]

What tablet et are you using?

It's this one

To try it for you I installed Ivona from Play Store on my Bionic phone under Jelly Bean.

I appreciate the effort Thom

I then went to System settings | Accessibility | Text-to-speech output and there were two items in the Preferred Engine list. I selected Ivone.

Is this what you did on your tablet?

... Thom

That is exactly what I did on mine, but when I tap Ivona the tablet registers the tap (clicks), the description flashes, but the selection stays with Pico.

I have searched for the last 3 days, and cannot find any reference anywhere to anyone having this problem so I really am stumped.

 

[Thom]

What tablet are you using ... that is ... something lie "Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1". Someone could move your question into the appropriate forum or you could visit ... http://androidforums.com/ ... and look it up in the Tablet table (the second table).

... Thom

 

[pewe]

What tablet are you using
... Thom

Hi Thom.
It's an AMPE A10 (the link is in my previous answer, but here it is again - LINK )

It is also sold as a Sanei N10.

It's a good spec and works well - its quite fast and responsive, and the battery lasts a goo 6 hours plus - so apart from this TTS issue I'm quite pleased with it for the money.

 

[Thom]

The only thing I can suggest is that you contact the manufacturer and ask them the question.

Sorry.

... Thom

 

[pewe]

The only thing I can suggest is that you contact the manufacturer and ask them the question.

Sorry.

... Thom

Thanks for your efforts Thom.

I have dropped the supplier an e-mail - but suppliers in China do take their time responding so I'll wait patiently and see what comes back.

 

[mikedt]

I've tried Ivona and SVox on a KIRF Galaxy Note and a Lenovo P700i. They don't work. Ivona has something about "Missing resource" and Svox just refuses to run completely, on both phones. No problem on a real Samsung though. The fake Galaxy Note didn't come with any TTS at all, and the Lenovo came with Pico, but only for Mandarin.

Thanks for your efforts Thom.

I have dropped the supplier an e-mail - but suppliers in China do take their time responding so I'll wait patiently and see what comes back.

I don't think Shenzhen Ampe particularly cares or will be interested TBH.....that's how it is. I used to have an Ampe A76 tablet, and it was rather crap. Gave it away in the end, along with the phony Samsung.

Chinese Android strikes again.

 

[Thom]

I moved the tread to the area for unsupported phones.

... Thom