MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 days agoCan I uninstall this Google service without affecting my phone negatively?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1imageCan I uninstall this Google service without affecting my phone negatively?lemmy.worldMeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up17·8 days agoIt’ll make the microphone button on your keyboard not work and turn your GPS app mute. Other than that, no bad effects.
minus-squaremuzzle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 days agoCan you replace it with an OS app like SherpaTTS?
minus-squareTibi@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 days agoI have replaced it with sherpaTTS and now I can hear glados’ voice for navigation :D
minus-squaremuzzle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoReally? which one are you using to get the Glados effect?
minus-squareTibi@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoThe repo links to this to test models: https://huggingface.co/spaces/k2-fsa/text-to-speech And there is a glados one listed there (at least in english and german)
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoYes but I’ve given up on that front. Not important enough for me to research any more.
minus-squareMeowerMisfit817@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 days agoWell, seems I can uninstall it. Thanks.
minus-squareparaplu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoI’d also expect it could make Google translate unable to pronounce words.
It’ll make the microphone button on your keyboard not work and turn your GPS app mute. Other than that, no bad effects.
Can you replace it with an OS app like SherpaTTS?
I have replaced it with sherpaTTS and now I can hear glados’ voice for navigation :D
Really? which one are you using to get the Glados effect?
The repo links to this to test models: https://huggingface.co/spaces/k2-fsa/text-to-speech And there is a glados one listed there (at least in english and german)
Yes but I’ve given up on that front. Not important enough for me to research any more.
Well, seems I can uninstall it. Thanks.
I’d also expect it could make Google translate unable to pronounce words.