Google Now has no speech on Galaxy Note 3 I have a Galaxy Note 3, and Google Now has no speech.

The "Google Search" app is up to date from the Play Store.
All of my volumes are set to maximum.
I have gone into Google Now settings and selected "Voice -> Speech output -> Always speak".
I have gone into "Settings->Language and input"; under "Text-to-speech options" my TTS engine is set to "Samsung text-to-speech engine" (the only option) and its language is set to "English (US)".
I have explicitly downloaded the "English (US)" language pack from the "Install voice data" menu.
I have tried rebooting and still no luck.  

Is anyone else experiencing the same issue?
What else can I try?
Answering my own question, this seems to just be my misunderstanding of how Google Now works.
I was typing the search and expecting a voice response.
But apparently it only responds with a voice if you ask with a voice.
If I use voice search, then a voice does indeed reply.  

Leaving this question/answer here in case anyone else has the same misunderstanding.