Swarup Baral

[Cockroaches of India @CJP_for_India]

"मुझे अरेस्ट व डिटेन नहीं किडनैप किया गया था।"

: ध्रुव राठी

[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

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[शुभम देशमुख @sbdeshmukhamt]

Collective Appeal from the Blind Community: Google TTS Needs Action, Not Just Acknowledgment.

This is a comprehensive public report on "Speech Services by Google" (Google TTS).
We are posting this publicly because these issues are not new. They have been reported by multiple users over a long period, and many have already been accepted by your teams through standard feedback channels.
We do not need to "DM for details" or "provide audio recordings." We need these long-standing issues and accepted feature requests to be fixed and implemented.
The post is clear to avoid any confusion:
PART 1: ACKNOWLEDGED FEATURE REQUESTS (NOT IMPLEMENTED)
1. User Dictionary: We still have no ability to create a user dictionary to fix custom pronunciations (e.g., for names or technical words).
2. Uninstall Default Voices: We still cannot uninstall the default English (US) voice pack, which wastes storage and clutters the menu.
3. Number Processing: We still have no feature to choose how numbers are read. The default "millions, billions" format is annoying, and we need options (like digit-by-digit).
4. Date Processing: We still have no feature to customize date formats. We need to be able to set regional standards (e.g., DD/MM/YYYY for India).

PART 2: LONG-STANDING BUGS (NOT FIXED)
1. "Zero" Pronunciation Bug: The digit "0" is still incorrectly read as the letter "O" (e.g., "one O five" instead of "one zero five"). This affects all English variants (US, UK, IN, AU, NG).
2. Poor Audio Quality: The voices are not "clear, crisp, and crystal." They are muffled and sound nasally, "like somebody is speaking in the nose."
3. High Latency (Accessibility Failure): The TTS has "huge latency" and is "sluggish." This makes accessibility services like Explore by Touch (TalkBack) "pathetic" and unusable. The "quick responsive" feedback needed for scrolling and swiping is completely absent.
4. No Expressiveness: The engine ignores punctuation. A sentence ending in a question mark (?) is read with the same flat, declarative tone as a period, failing to convey intent.
5. Broken Auto-Language Switching: The auto-language detection "is not working properly." When it does try to switch, it introduces a "huge delay" that disrupts the flow of reading.
6. Incorrect Voice Switching: The system ignores the user's selected "desire voice." For example, a user sets Voice A for English and Voice B for a regional language. When reading, the system will suddenly use a random Voice C for the regional language, creating inconsistency and confusion.
7. Unsolicited Voice Downloads: Google TTS is still automatically downloading unnecessary voices that the user never requested. Even after being manually uninstalled, the system forcibly re-downloads them, wasting data and storage against the user's explicit wishes.

These are not new reports requiring investigation. They are well-documented failures requiring action. We request escalation and a timeline for these fixes.

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[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

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[Accessible Game Dev| Prudence Interactive @Prudence785694]

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[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

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[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

@KukuFMOfficial Thank you @KukuFM team for your ongoing efforts to make the app more accessible for visually impaired users. Your improvements with TalkBack support truly help. Please also enhance the Profile section accessibility in future updates. Great work!

[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

@vinod2292 @KukuFMOfficial @lcbisu @vkgyl2432 Thanks, I have given you full information, I hope you will implement it. And for further information you can send me a dm , thanks.

[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

@KukuFMOfficial @lcbisu @vinod2292 @vkgyl2432 Kuku FM audit revealed accessibility issues (labels, contrast, traps, screen reader, reflow). Please address per WCAG 2.1 AA/IS 17802. I can share a remediation plan.

[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

@vinod2292 @KukuFMOfficial @lcbisu @vkgyl2432 Thank you team for replying but I am not able to send you a private message because the option to DM is not available so how can I DM you

[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

Dear @perplexity_ai team, I’m on the waitlist for Comet 🚀 and very eager to try this new agentic browser. 🙏
If possible, kindly provide me access sooner — would love to share my experience with the community.I'm on the waitlist for @perplexity_ai's new agentic browser

[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

@AngelOne What happened here is that I contacted your team by giving my registered email ID and mobile number. They told me through email that this number is not registered but I have sent it to you, so thank you.
Because I have registered with the same number which I have shared wi

[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

@AngelOne

I want to say that this is the scene of my account activation, my account was to be activated on 22nd August 2025, but till now my account has not been activated, I am contacting from the registered email ID, then the
I was told that it will be activated within the da

[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

This is government.

[Saurav Hegde @SauravHegd64393]

@GoI_MeitY it has been around 9 months since I filed my complaint on the grievance portal about lack of audio captcha for screen reader users and no implementation. @narendramodi Cpgrams portal is not effective and does not resolve grievance for citizens and has become weak.

[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

@ashchanchlani @TheDeverakonda Bhai video ka kya हाल-चाल kab a rahi hai video

[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

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[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

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[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

Filed an official complaint with CCPD against @TeamPratilipi on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, for serious accessibility issues in their app for screen reader users. We urge @RanjeetPratap and the team to act immediately. Complaint ID: DNO/25/CCPD/4300. cc: @ThEbmr

[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

Filed an official complaint with CCPD against @TeamPratilipi on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, for serious accessibility issues in their app for screen reader users. We urge @RanjeetPratap and the team to act immediately. Complaint ID: DNO/25/CCPD/4300. cc: @ThEbmr

[Swarup Baral @SwarupBaral2]

@PocketFM_App I’ve raised serious accessibility concerns about the Pocket FM app for visually impaired users. The app lacks screen reader support and proper labels. Accessibility is a right, not a feature. Please address this.