Android Companion App - TTS Notification Voice

Mobile Apps Home Assistant Companion for Android
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After a phone upgrade, the voice used for notifications via the Android app (notify.mobile_app_phone) has changed. I now have two phones with entirely different TTS voices (one male, one female).

The problem is I cannot figure out the setting that controls this (is it in Android? The companion app? HAss itself? Is it a parameter that can be added to the service call?). I was not able to find any documentation related to this - can anyone help me?

I am calling the service like this:

action: notify.mobile_app_phone01
data:
  message: TTS
  data:
    tts_text: This is a voice notification
    media_stream: alarm_stream_max
    ttl: 0
    priority: high

Thank you!

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It’s android, in the Accessibility menu.

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I think I found it - under Accessibility / TalkBack / Settings / Text-to-speech. They really hid it well… :))

Thank you once again for pointing me in the right direction!