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So I tried everything in the below linked thread. In settings for Organic Maps it states Voice Instruction "Not Available". When I set-up turn-by-turn, that works fine but not voice instruction and the little volume icon has an x next to it won't work. Already downloaded RHVoice and fiddled with what I could from below thread and searching online. No luck. Any ideas or does it not work with Android 14/latest GOS? Is Magic Earth working for voice? I like the offline turn-by-turn on Organic Maps if it would give me voice directions.
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/2488-organic-maps-app-voice-instructions-are-not-available

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    MoonshineMidnight

    Organic Maps and RHVoice isn't working for me either. Installing OSMand+ to see if it's a phone or app issue.

    OSMand+ works just fine. Annoying cause I do prefer Organic Maps's clean design.

      [deleted] Yeah, a nudge. Organic Maps Works just fine on my stock Android 14 Pixel 6 for offline turn-by-turn with voice nav. In Accessibility in Settings for Text-To-Speech-Output the stock Android obviously uses Google and it works just fine for Organic Maps offline. GOS has Text-To-Speech empty (as it should getting rid of Google), but installing FOSS RHVoice for TTS does not seem to do the trick for Organic Maps. I can't seem to find a FOSS alterative to RHVoice for Organic Maps or in general. Suggestions appreciated. On the positive side, Magic Earth has voice nav on my GOS 6a with RHVoice, but my understanding (I'd be happy to be corrected) is Magic Earth does not have offline turn-by-turn. You have to broadcast your location via your SIM 4g or 5g.

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        MoonshineMidnight

        I installed Organic Maps a couple of months ago and RHVoice did work. I tested it to make sure. No idea how long it hasn't been working as I don't use navigation very often.

          [deleted] you need google services .
          Open organic maps , hamburger menu at bottom , voice Instructions . it will explain what's needed to use turn by turn .

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            Skyway

            I do have google services installed.

            I do hear the turn by turn instructions if I'm using OSMand. Text-to-speech with RHVoice works just fine.

            With Organic Maps this isn't working. I'm fine with this. Used Osmand for years and have already switched back.

            Thanks for the suggestion.

            So I got TTS to work with Organic Maps, and I now have offline turn-by-turn nav with voice instructions with Organic Maps. Was not working with RHVoice as mentioned in above posts (does work for Magic Earth). Since I like Organic Maps I kept trying things. Downloaded open source eSpeak and went to Text-To-Speech-Output in Accessibility and switched to it. Did not work. Switched back to RHVoice and it worked!

              a month later

              I have tried to install Google TTS Engine (without GSF) from Aurora, due to my language isn't supported by RHVoice, but no luck.
              The app installs and I can download the voice recognition data for my language (about 123MB) but I can't download the TTS data. I think TTS data is downloaded using GSF by a strange reason.

              I use eSpeak and highly discourage using the Google Engine.

              But I experimented in a user profile and at least

              • compatibility layer
              • the three Google apps, play store disabled
              • Google TTS from Aurorastore

              Worked directly. You need to enable the TTS once, or it wont work.

              The espeak voice sounds very robotic though, and you need to tweak it to fit your needs. I recommend using it, as its fine.

              There are many other TTS libaries out there, simply nobody has made an Android App yet.

                missing-root The main problem here is I want to do not install GSF even if I can disable after. Thanks anyway.
                I will try eSpeak. Last update from eSpeak-ng is from 2022. Is the project dead?

                23 days later

                MoonshineMidnight
                I tried the same - installed RHVoice and wan't able to get any voice output from Organic Maps. So then installed sSpeak with the same result. I then switched back to RHVoice and it's now working.

                  3 months later

                  nihil

                  The issue I had (maybe you too?) is that after installing the TTS app it won't work immediately. You need to go to the system settings and search for TTS settings and then select your app (say, RHVoice) as the default TTS app. Even if you have just one eligible app installed, you still need to select it once.

                  3 months later
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                  I got Organic Maps and RHVoice working today. In the Organic Maps help files it says under "Testing" "Organic Maps will not give you any voice instructions while you're standing still". So I tried it today and it works.

                    10 days later