Just a quick FYI for anyone who didn't know it already. Eloquence is now back on the Play Store. It's a subscription model. I can totally understand why they did it that way, enabling them to provide future updates and upkeep, though I also understand it might not be the most popular decision.
I, for one, am willing to pay for it to have it back, and it is now a 64 bit app, making it compatible with all modern smart phones.
The one issue I've had so far is that it tends to hang a lot, so when you come across a large block of text, even if you try scrolling past it, it keeps reading and causes Talkback to freeze up. This is an issue I was not having with the mod that was made available in the Blind Android Users telegram. But for the first re-release, bringing it up to 2025 standards, it's pretty good. I don't know of any other way to submit feedback other than app reviews, so did that and hope they will get that bug fixed.
By Justin Harris, 17 December, 2025
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I won’t use it
I will use the 32 bit version cause i can, a subscription for a tts is stupid
@Joshua
Well, if you ever want to update phones to the more modern ones, and you still want eloquence, you don't have much of a choice. I would rather it be a one off, but such are the times we live in, and I want Eloquence beyond my S22 Ultra.
Just about everything is a subscription now
Unfortunately, just about everything is a subscription now. But I agree, a subscription for TTS is really stupid. That’s one thing that’s cool with iPhones and voiceover that we don’t have to pay for any of the voices that we get. This includes eloquence. Also, I wouldn’t want to pay for vocalizer voices. I know people who use androids have to do that. I definitely wouldn’t do it. My favorite vocalizer voices are Karen Samantha and I could use them in any variant. Right now my iPhone SE third generation I used Samantha enhanced and on my iPhone 15 I just can’t premium. I don’t know. I’m still literally not used to the idea of eloquence coming out of my phone. So I just don’t use it.
Apple is paying
For those who are saying that they wouldn't pay for eloquence and they're happy they get it for free on iOS. It's because Apple has made a deal with them! Same with vocalizer. Google really believes and it's high-quality voices that they have which most are fine! So it's up to the user whether or not they want vocalizer eloquence, etc. Just two different ways to look at it I guess.
Exactly
For a lot of users, Google TTS is fine. I look at it like this, you are still paying for the tts on iPhone anyway in a rather round about way due to the Apple tax. Would I prefer a one and done purchase for the tts? Sure! But I do value Eloquence enough that for me, it is still worth it. If it isn't worth it for you, fine, keep using the reasonably good option offered by Google. Honestly, if they were to ever add a pronunciation dictionary to be able to correct mispronounciations, I would happily use Google TTS.
Choices of voices
Does anyone have experience with Acappella or Vocalizer on Android? I am curious as to how well they do, or don't do, with regards to functionality and usability.
I think somebody mentioned on here a while back, that the Acappella voices do not speak out emojis. I don't know if that means they don't announce the emoji itself, or the word "emoji" after an emoji.
the only tts that says the word emogey after reading one
is google TTS, it's one of a few stupid things that google has restricted to there TTS only in the last few versions of Talkback
the subscription.
I think the subscription is great for all of us since the code factory will keep the software updated, and with technology constantly evolving, I don’t see a reason not to go for it.
Re: Emoji
I'm fine with the emoji tag not being spoken aloud, when the TTS reads an emoji. I'm used to this behavior from iOS, which has given us the ability to toggle reading out the emoji tag. So, if this is the only real issue, then I may go with an Acappella voice when I finally get my Android device.
The Acappella voices are nice. Although I do miss the old Ivona voices, but ever since Amazon bought them out...
Price
Is it normal on Google Play to not show the price? I looked at the webpage and it says to install the app to see the price. Well, I am both curious and lazy and would prefer to see numbers first. But perhaps this is a Google Play thing? I am not as familiar with Android as iOS though I do use both.
Re: Price
Under the 'Abot This App' section of the Google Play page, it reads:
$2.99 - $29.90 per item
Thus, I'm guessing 2.99 monthly, 29.00 yearly.