Navigation - Voice Navigation / Guidance NOT WORKING on any app

raiinzen

I am on a Google Pixel 9a with newly installed GrapheneOS.
I need to have navigation on my phone WITH voice guidance.
I installed OsmAnd, and despite enabling voice navigation, it won't talk to me.

Note: I installed a few different apps including Google Maps temporarily just to see if it's an app-specific error, or if it's something about the OS.

NONE of the apps are able to do voice guidance for navigation. They can all find the location, and I can watch the maps and direction on the screen; however, I'd MUCH prefer to have it speak to me because I am often driving in traffic, so watching the screen all the time is less than ideal.

What settings within the OS might be preventing voice guidance for navigation?

(This happens both when I am using Android Auto & when I am just navigating directly from my phone (no bluetooth connection.)

Also, while I think this is unrelated, I thought I'd mention it. When I get a text message, and I want Android Auto to read it to me, I click "Play" and it says it's unable to play the text message for me. That one isn't the end of the world, but I wonder if it could be related?

Thanks.

Johnnyloans

You'd need a speech input and output app. Likely no app has this built in speech to text because it relies on another app for that. Google maps has text to speech built in.

I think the default for google phones is in the play store. search for "google speech recognition and synthesis" (or find an alternative)

After you have it, I think you'd advertise it for use with any app here:
settings > language > speech. Then select the app to use for input and output.

raiinzen

Thank you Johnny. That worked! For reference if anyone has the same question. Do what Johnny recommended. Also install the Language you want it to use, and then restart your phone. Them, bam! It works!

MUCH appreciated, Johnny!

bosko69

Just wanted to say I had the same issue as raiinzen: started using OsmAnd+ and needed a speech recognition/synthesis app. Found Google's "Speech Recognition & Synthesis" on the Play Store and it worked perfectly. Now I have audible turn-by-turn directions with OsmAnd+.