topic Re: Read alarm aloud voice in Galaxy S23

How can I change the "read alarm aloud" voice?

user1XBoSuTlwq — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 04:44:41 GMT

How do I change the voice my alarm "read time aloud" is in? With the last update it changed to a male voice after having been a female voice for the past decade. It's triggering me.

Re: Read alarm aloud voice

usermFH6Cj93VT — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:28:01 GMT

I would like to know why it's not an option. I don't like the male voice either!

Re: Read alarm aloud voice

Tidbitty — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:59:31 GMT

Do you have that option? Have a screenshot? I don't have it on the S24U. Generally, you go to what is used to read it aloud.
If it uses Bixby you change that voice ect.

Re: Read alarm aloud voice

user1XBoSuTlwq — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:12:46 GMT

There is no screenshot bc it is internal. If you use the samsung clock, and alarm that came standard on the phone, and don't use Bixby, there is no option to choose a voice- only to read aloud or not

Re: Re: Read alarm aloud voice

Tidbitty — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:20:45 GMT

I don't have an option to read aloud. You should be able to take a screenshot inside the app. Where are you seeing the setting?

Re: Read alarm aloud voice

user1XBoSuTlwq — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:29:06 GMT

When you set an alarm, click the sound, it's there at the bottom.

Re: Read alarm aloud voice

lloyd420 — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:59:32 GMT

That is why it is called alarm. So that you can actually wake up 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Re: Read alarm aloud voice

user1XBoSuTlwq — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:03:52 GMT

Well that's not very helpful 😕

Re: Read alarm aloud voice

Popsicle20 — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:29:49 GMT

It's convoluted and inconvenient, but you can change the voice.

Pick an alarm that you have set to speak aloud. Go into the settings for it and toggle "Read time and alarm name aloud" off and back on. You should see a dialog as shown in my screenshot. Tap where it says Settings.

Under "Preferred engine", tap the gear icon.

On your default language, tap the gear icon.

Choose which voice you want. Unfortunately they're not labeled as to which ones are male and which are female. I can tell you that for English (US), Default voice 1 is female. 🙂

Re: Read alarm aloud voice

user1XBoSuTlwq — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:31:13 GMT

Thanks so much!

Re: Re: Read alarm aloud voice

Popsicle20 — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:09:24 GMT

I'm glad I could help. 🙂

Re: How can I change the "read alarm aloud" voice?

Bklyn11222 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 06:10:09 GMT

Thank you. This is so dumb to change voices without notice. It's f'd up Samsung! One you go thru the steps outlined, for my S23, all alarms changed to voice 1. There were only 2 English choices for me (1) is female (2) is male.

Re: Re: How can I change the "read alarm aloud" voice?

Popsicle20 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:33:15 GMT

I think most phones will only have 2 voices like yours does. I have more voices on my phone because I downloaded several extra voices and languages from the Galaxy Store. I had an app that used text to speech and I wanted to hear what all the different voices sounded like.