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Samsung text to speech, how to remove?
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Yousuf Khan
Jun 18, 2021, 1:23:53 PM6/18/21
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All of a sudden my phone is announcing the names of people who are
calling me or texting me. I don't want anyone knowing who people
contacting me are, so I've had it set to keep all notifications generic
for ages. Then all of a sudden, without me doing anything (perhaps a
recent phone update?) my phone is tattletaling on me. I think it may be
a new Samsung piece of software that was installed without my
permission, but since they come in with updates, I got no choice. I
found a setting called "Read caller ID aloud" and set it to off, but
it's still doing it (typical)! How do I uninstall this piece of shit?
calling me or texting me. I don't want anyone knowing who people
contacting me are, so I've had it set to keep all notifications generic
for ages. Then all of a sudden, without me doing anything (perhaps a
recent phone update?) my phone is tattletaling on me. I think it may be
a new Samsung piece of software that was installed without my
permission, but since they come in with updates, I got no choice. I
found a setting called "Read caller ID aloud" and set it to off, but
it's still doing it (typical)! How do I uninstall this piece of shit?
John Doe
Jun 18, 2021, 4:46:22 PM6/18/21
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Yousuf Khan wrote:
> All of a sudden my phone is announcing the names of people who are
> calling me or texting me. I don't want anyone knowing who people
> contacting me are, so I've had it set to keep all notifications generic
> for ages. Then all of a sudden, without me doing anything (perhaps a
> recent phone update?) my phone is tattletaling on me.
Sounds like good situational comedy...
> All of a sudden my phone is announcing the names of people who are
> calling me or texting me. I don't want anyone knowing who people
> contacting me are, so I've had it set to keep all notifications generic
> for ages. Then all of a sudden, without me doing anything (perhaps a
> recent phone update?) my phone is tattletaling on me.
VanguardLH
Jun 18, 2021, 8:22:47 PM6/18/21
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That mentions the "Read caller names aloud", but it also says it only
works with a Bluetooth speaker or headset. Are you using a BT device
for where to play the audio?
For callers you don't know, and for those that have no CName data, just
the CID (caller ID of phone number), do you actually hear your phone
announcing "Call from 525 555 5252"? Or do you hear a name? Most calls
don't have a CNAME record, so all you get is the caller's phone number.
If you are hearing names aloud, perhaps that is for callers that are in
your Contacts list, not for non-contact callers.
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/howto/enable-text-to-voice-android-caller-id-playback/
https://itstillworks.com/disable-iphone-vacation-30543.html
That gives other settings you might want to check.
nospam
Jun 18, 2021, 8:30:10 PM6/18/21
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In article <1o2ct63r...@v.nguard.lh>, VanguardLH <V...@nguard.LH>
wrote:
> For callers you don't know, and for those that have no CName data, just
> the CID (caller ID of phone number), do you actually hear your phone
> announcing "Call from 525 555 5252"? Or do you hear a name? Most calls
> don't have a CNAME record,
none do. caller id on cellular doesn't send cnam.
> so all you get is the caller's phone number.
which maps to whatever name is in the user's address book, and if
there's no match, it's the city/state (or country if international).
wrote:
> For callers you don't know, and for those that have no CName data, just
> the CID (caller ID of phone number), do you actually hear your phone
> announcing "Call from 525 555 5252"? Or do you hear a name? Most calls
> don't have a CNAME record,
> so all you get is the caller's phone number.
there's no match, it's the city/state (or country if international).
John Doe
Jun 18, 2021, 9:16:31 PM6/18/21
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Joe Beanfish
Jun 21, 2021, 10:04:47 AM6/21/21
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Otherwise naming your phone model and android version may help as
features vary phone to phone.
VanguardLH
Jun 22, 2021, 6:48:03 AM6/22/21
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