Re: [sword-devel] PocketSword can speak!

2017-02-10 Thread Nic Carter
It was on the todo list to implement voice similar to And-Bible. It required stripping the text properly and other bits, but right now all PS has is the native built-in TTS which I was careful to make sure worked properly for visually impaired. I used to get feedback from some users when I would

Re: [sword-devel] PocketSword can speak!

2017-02-10 Thread Karl Kleinpaste
On 02/10/2017 05:48 PM, TS wrote: > The Screen reader version, for example, will pronounce the "L" in > "LORD" as a separate word and then "ORD" as the following word whereas > selecting the words themselves and having them spoken will not have > that problem. That indicates that the former is bein

Re: [sword-devel] PocketSword can speak!

2017-02-10 Thread TS
:) I'm glad to see that I'm not alone in enjoying this type of feature. I actually have a story regarding this matter that I hope to write about later. How exactly are you triggering the TTS to work? There's two different methods that I know of at least. You can have the "Screen" read or

Re: [sword-devel] PocketSword can speak!

2017-02-10 Thread David Haslam
Thanks Manfred, Indeed, but you first have to know about it before you can go and find out how to enable it. And when a features comparison said "No" incorrectly, it might have put some folk off even wondering. Best wishes, David -- View this message in context: http://sword-dev.350566.n4.n

Re: [sword-devel] PocketSword can speak!

2017-02-10 Thread Manfred Bergmann
I think that’s a standard functionality on iOS and macOS. You can have the system speak any text anywhere, almost. Manfred > Am 10.02.2017 um 12:43 schrieb David Haslam : > > After all these years of owning an iPad Mini & iPhone 5, I just found out > that iOS devices do have TTS capability. >

[sword-devel] PocketSword can speak!

2017-02-10 Thread David Haslam
After all these years of owning an iPad Mini & iPhone 5, I just found out that iOS devices do have TTS capability. So I just updated this section of our wiki page. https://crosswire.org/wiki/Choosing_a_SWORD_program#Other Quite a number of languages are supported when you select Voice. I've just