What’s the best TTS (text-to-speech) app for Android in 2026?

bob.fg:

This is the bug I encountered today after a clean install.

Easily fixed via ADB – I had the same here on LOS based ROMs. Assuming you use SherpaTTS:

$ adb shell settings get secure tts_default_synth
none
$ adb shell settings put secure "tts_default_synth" org.woheller69.ttsengine
$ adb shell settings get secure tts_default_synth
org.woheller69.ttsengine

Now, SherpaTTS will work. And yes, it’s a known bug in LOS, since around 2024 – somehow, whatever TTS you install, will not be registered properly with the system (which is what this ADB command does).

To your original question: yes, I’d recommend SherpaTTS. Depending what languages you need, RHVoice should also be a good choice. Only when your “language needs” are not covered by either, I’d go with eSpeak – which has good language coverage, but sounds rather robotic in comparison.