I'm using Sherpa (https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx) and is working, but the problem of both options is you ened to configure properly the speech engine at android settings: android settings -> accessibility -> text to speech (last entry) then click into your text to speech option to enable it (even if is the only one you have and it's already checked)
Organic Maps giving me the Silent treatment.
A working alternative
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.tts
AlphaElwedritsch I have tried but it needs internet to download the language files.
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yes, once. Internet access can then be withdrawn
I am a real advocate of FLOSS software.
I also want to eliminate GAFAM from my life as much as possible.
But after the years in which I have been intensively involved with the matter, I have to say (and yes, I am a pragmatic person) that google is “unbeaten” in one place or another.
For me, this includes
Keyboard
Navigation / Map
TTS
(camera)
It simply works best with this. Privacy or not.
Of course, in the end everyone has to decide for themselves.
5 days later
Thank you for the advice. I did go into the settings and found the text-to-speech. RH Voice seems to be already selected, but I selected it again and it still isn't talking. I feel like I'm missing something here.
SteveS You have to open the app and set it up since it doesn't automatically configure itself, unlike some of the other options. Go into the app and make sure it works. Go into text to speech settings and make sure it works when the OS uses it.
GrapheneOS changed the title to Organic Maps giving me the Silent treatment. .
Yes, de0u. There is a disclaimer and I did agree to it. And yes, when I open RH Voice, first I choose the language, then there is a screen offering three voices to download. I've downloaded all three. I don't know where I choose which one I prefer, though. In any case, no voice pipes up.
6 days later
HE TALKS! (And what a lovely voice he has!) I don't know what changed for him. I reinstalled a couple of maps, but I don't see why that should matter. Other than that, I didn't really do much of anything. I will tell you that I drove almost half a mile before he said anything.