Some smaller questions on E/OS practicalities, Signal Backup, Speech Engine, Missing Google Maps

[tcecyk]

@kucing

2. Magic Maps and other devices use a speech engine the eighties would love but would I describe as not useable. I use english because I don’t expect the thing to be able to handle smaller languages. Are there solutions like changing the speech engine?

I’m sorry to be not precise, I meant text to speech like the spoken directions using Magic Maps. These sound awful.

SherpaTTS packages a great improvement in speech engines: Alternative to eSpeak? - #46 by MRTN - can be set as Android system wide.

Magic Earth will use it via General → Sound → Voice Language - Text-to-speech (Android robot).

I wonder though what your settings were that you experienced as eighties-like, the App built-in engine or the Android system engine, the former did strike me as good enough (vs PicoTTS).