Home User Manual The most common problems and questions Voice output doesn’t work (Android) or is too fast (iOS)

Voice output doesn’t work (Android)

If the voice output doesn’t work on Android, please make sure to check the following:

  • Open the dialog “voice output”: Settings > Language and Input > Speech > Text-to-speech output or Settings > Accessibility > Text-to-speech Output
  • A text-to-speech engine should be selected there (e.g. “Pico TTS”)
  • If thats not the case, select one of the displayed engines

If an engine is already selected but the voice output does still not work or in case there is no engine available at all, please try installing the Google TTS engine following these steps:

  • Open the Google Play Store on your device
  • Search for the “Google Text-to-Speech” app (or use this link)
  • Install the app and go back to the voice output dialog (see above)
  • The Google TTS engine should now be available for selection
  • Select the Google TTS engine as active engine

Voice output too fast (iOS)

If the voice output is spoken too fast on iOS, please check the following:

  • Please try adjusting the speed in iOS using settings > common > accessibility > voice using the slide control.
  • If your device runs an older iOS version, please try upgrading to a newer version.

Last change:

Download now and experience real racing.

© 2022 SmartRace – a Trademarc - Web, Apps, Print & Mehr project

All videos, images and graphics used are the property of SmartRace unless otherwise stated. Further use for private or commercial purposes is not permitted without permission. Pictures of the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring courtesy of ADAC Nordrhein e.V.

SmartRace is a software for Mac, tablets and smartphones and is used for timing Carrera Digital tracks in 1:32 and 1:24 scale and via the Analogue mode also for analogue tracks (e.g. Carrera Evolution, Carrera Exclusiv, Carrera Go!!!, Ninco, Scalextric or others). SmartRace either connects to the Carrera AppConnect adapter via Bluetooth or takes the measurement in analogue mode via the camera of a smartphone connected via SmartRace Connect

Carrera®, Carrera Digital® and Carrera AppConnect® are registered trademarks of Carrera Toys GmbH. SmartRace is not an official Carrera product and is in no way associated with or dependent on Carrera Toys GmbH.