# Google AI Studio – Generate Speech UI Bug The Accent and Pace controls in the Generate Speech interface are not working correctly. When I select/change these settings, the changes do not properly apply or persist. This appears to be a UI/control issue i

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**Category:** Google AI Studio\
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**Created:** [September 21, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/google-ai-studio-generate-speech-ui-bug-the-accent-and-pace-controls-in-the-generate-speech-interface-are-not-working-correctly-when-i-select-change-these-settings-the-changes-do-not-properly-apply-or-persist-this-appears-to-be-a-ui-control-issue-i/184029 "2026-09-21T04:27:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yousaf\_Shah](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/yousaf_shah/32/151027_2.png) [@Yousaf\_Shah](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Yousaf_Shah)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/google-ai-studio-generate-speech-ui-bug-the-accent-and-pace-controls-in-the-generate-speech-interface-are-not-working-correctly-when-i-select-change-these-settings-the-changes-do-not-properly-apply-or-persist-this-appears-to-be-a-ui-control-issue-i/184029/1 "2026-09-21T04:27:44Z")

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Google AI Studio – Generate Speech UI Bug

The Accent and Pace controls in the Generate Speech interface are not working correctly. When I select/change these settings, the changes do not properly apply or persist.

This appears to be a UI/control issue in the Speech generation interface. Please investigate and fix the Accent and Pace controls.

I have attached a screenshot showing the issue.

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**Author:** ![Sai\_Deepika\_K](https://d1dlmcr85iqnpo.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.ai.google.dev/sai_deepika_k/32/34803_2.png) [@Sai\_Deepika\_K](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/u/Sai_Deepika_K)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/google-ai-studio-generate-speech-ui-bug-the-accent-and-pace-controls-in-the-generate-speech-interface-are-not-working-correctly-when-i-select-change-these-settings-the-changes-do-not-properly-apply-or-persist-this-appears-to-be-a-ui-control-issue-i/184029/2 "2026-09-29T12:31:47Z")

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Hello @Yousaf_Shah ,

The Style, Pace, and Accent dropdown controls in the [Speech Playground](https://aistudio.google.com/generate-speech) are active and pass the selected values in the generation request. If a starter template or existing session retains previous speaker settings, reset the configuration in the **Run settings** panel using **Reset default settings** , or start a clean session from **Create new dialog**.

We also recommend trying the latest Gemini text-to-speech models in the [Speech Playground](https://aistudio.google.com/generate-speech) or via the API — [Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.8-flash-tts) (`gemini-3.8-flash-tts`) and [Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts) (`gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts`), which replaces `gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview` (see the [Speech Generation documentation](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/speech-generation)).

Please retry and let us know if the issue persists.