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Speed of talking

Joennie
Community Member

I have somes hub, hub max, google nest mini (as well as smart lighting and plug).

My grandmother of 88 years old loves using google assistant but it answers her to fast sometimes when asking questions for her to properly understand.

Does it have a way to slow down the speed such as on YouTube when I slow her down at 0,75x??

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Princesss
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi Joennie,

 

Glad you reached out.

 

I appreciate you sharing your experience using Google Home/Nest speakers and I'm glad that your grandmother enjoys using it. To answer your question, right now, there are no particular settings to when we can slow down the speed of the Google Assistant from answering. 

 

As of the moment, the only settings available relating to your questions is to change the voice of your Google Assistant. You might want to check that option so you can compare what voice best fit to your Grandma's liking as well as its phase.

  1. Open the Google Home app .

  2. At the top right corner of the screen, tap the account icon.
  3. Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your Google Home or Google Nest device. To switch accounts, tap another account or Add another account .
  4. Then tap Assistant Settings .
  5. Select Assistant Voice and Sounds

Hope this helps.

 

Best,

Princess

Jake
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey Joennie,

 

I wanted to check in and see if you managed to see Princess_S post? Please let me know if you are still having issues with your device speaking too quickly. I would be happy to assist, and ensure everything is working as intended.

 

Best regards,

Jake

Jake
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey Joennie,


I want to ensure you are good to go, and everything is working properly. Please let me know if you are still having trouble, as I will be locking the thread in 24 hours due to inactivity. 

Best regards,
Jake

Joennie
Community Member

Hi Jake,

 

I did try to change the voice from French Canada to French France.

But it didn't change anything since the issues is the speed of the talking of the assistant.

 

For example under Chromecast/setting/system/accessibility/text to speech/speech rate

we have the possibility to choose the speed at which the text is spoken.

 

So I told myself that if Google were able to create that setting for awesome feature that grandma use maybe it was also available for the assistant to.

I have 30 + device in my home and the assistant understand her command if she forces herself to speak faster then her usual but if the assistant asks her a question, it is to fast for her to understand.

I am asking again.

Can we adjust the speed rate of the assistant?

Jake
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey Joennie,

 

I am sorry again for the late reply. If you are having trouble with the speed of the voice, I would recommend following the steps below. Please let me know if that helps or if the issue is still present.

 

  1. Open the Google Go app Google Go.
  2. Search for an article and then tap the article to open it.
  3. At the bottom, tap Play.
  4. Tap Speed to hear the article faster or slower

Best regards,

Jake

Jake
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey Joennie,


I wanted to check in and see if you are still in need of any help with your device? Please let me know if the steps above had helped, as I would be happy to assist further, and answer any questions you may have.

Best regards,
Jake

Jake
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey Joennie,


Please let me know if you are still having trouble or have any questions, as I will be locking the thread in 24 hours due to inactivity. 

Best regards,
Jake

Jake
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey Joennie,


It has been a few days since the last reply, and I am going to lock the thread at this time. If you have any questions, please feel free to create a new post. 

Best regards,
Jake